Data as of .
DUBS vs IQQQ: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year IQQQ paid 6.5% of its price in cash against DUBS’s 2.3%, though DUBS returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DUBS scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, DUBS and IQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in DUBS | Only in IQQQ |
|---|---|
| State Street SPDR Portfolio S& 74.61% | ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60% |
| BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core E 25.28% | NVIDIA Corp. 7.54% |
| TREASURY BILL 0.11% | Apple, Inc. 6.74% |
| Microsoft Corp. 4.92% | |
| Micron Technology, Inc. 4.44% | |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 4.27% | |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.41% | |
| Alphabet, Inc. 3.25% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUBS | IQQQ | DUBS | IQQQ | DUBS | IQQQ | |
| 3 months | +3.2% | −3.1% | 0.5% | 1.8% | +1.0 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +20.3% | +19.1% | 1.2% | 4.2% | +2.3 pts | −5.1 pts |
| 1 year | +20.3% | +17.7% | 2.3% | 6.5% | +3.7 pts | −4.1 pts |
| 3 years | +80.1% | not published | 9.1% | not published | +1.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +84.4% | +51.5% | 9.3% | 24.4% | +2.4 pts | −13.0 pts |
| DUBS Aptus Large Cap Enhanced Yield ETF Option income on SPY, paying quarterly | IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Aptus | ProShares |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | quarterly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 2.1% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.40% | 0.97% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 2.3% | 6.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | +17.6% | +10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.3% | +17.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +21.8% |
| Ahead or behind | +3.7 pts | −4.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1192 days | 912 days |
| Net assets | $353m | $405m |
DUBS in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 17.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.1%, paid quarterly.
IQQQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, DUBS or IQQQ?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DUBS paid 2.3% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.5%, so IQQQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, DUBS or IQQQ?
- With every distribution reinvested, DUBS returned +20.3% and IQQQ returned +17.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DUBS returned more.
- Which is cheaper, DUBS or IQQQ?
- DUBS charges 0.40% a year and IQQQ charges 0.97%, so DUBS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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