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EGGY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its price in cash against QQQI’s 13.9%, though QQQI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $158m on Aug 31, 2026 for NestYield Dynamic Income ETF, and $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

At a glance
30.4%
EGGY cash paid, 1 year
13.9%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
−12.6%
EGGY total return, 1 year
+8.9%
QQQI total return, 1 year
EGGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 27.4 pts behind SPY
EGGY
−12.6%
SPY
+14.8%

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+8.9%
QQQ
+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QQQI costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EGGY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEGGYQQQI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−12.6%+8.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 37.9%fell 5.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.92%0.68%
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026$158m$15.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common13%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QQQI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score11.7EGGY42.2QQQI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 95 weekly returns
EGGY QQQI
Return
Total return edge QQQI +12.9% +26.5%
Annualized edge QQQI +6.9% +13.7%
Price return edge QQQI −35.3% −2.5%
Risk
Volatility edge QQQI 30.8% 16.8%
Max drawdown edge QQQI −32.5% −18.4%
Downside capture 144.2% 85.5%
Beta 1.33 0.80
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge QQQI 0.24 0.61
Sortino edge QQQI 0.32 0.90
Treynor 0.056 0.148
Calmar edge QQQI 0.21 0.75
Against the benchmark
Alpha −7.9% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.45 −0.05
Information ratio −0.17 −0.66
Tracking error 23.9% 4.8%

Each against its own benchmark: EGGY against SPY, Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026; QQQI against QQQ, Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, QQQI returned more: +26.5% to +12.9%. QQQI swung less: 16.8% to 30.8%. QQQI fell less at its worst: −18.4% to −32.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: EGGY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEGGYQQQIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+12.9%+26.5%QQQIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+6.9%+13.7%QQQITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−35.3%−2.5%QQQIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility30.8%16.8%QQQISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation23.3%11.4%QQQILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−32.5%−18.4%QQQIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture183.0%69.5%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture144.2%85.5%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta1.330.80Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.420.98Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.240.61QQQIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.320.90QQQIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0560.148Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.210.75QQQIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−7.9% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.45−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−42.6% to +26.8%−3.1% to +2.9%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.17−0.66Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error23.9%4.8%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 95 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and QQQI hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EGGY QQQI
Micron Technology Inc 4.29% 4.34%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.62% 3.56%
Alphabet Inc 4.80% 2.66%
Sandisk Corp 5.14% 0.76%
Seagate Technology Holdings PL 13.26% 0.61%
Western Digital Corp 4.13% 0.55%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 8.38% 0.24%
Teradyne Inc 1.86% 0.19%
Astera Labs Inc 3.46% 0.18%
CoreWeave Inc 2.29% 0.11%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in EGGY
Bloom Energy Corp 8.93%
SK hynix Inc 5.56%
Vertiv Holdings Co 5.24%
Coherent Corp 5.11%
Vistra Corp 4.09%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.87%
Celestica Inc 2.82%
Ciena Corp 2.82%
Only in QQQI
NVIDIA Corp 8.08%
Apple Inc 7.88%
Microsoft Corp 6.31%
Amazon.com Inc 4.40%
Tesla Inc 3.42%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.00%
Walmart Inc 2.74%
Broadcom Inc 2.57%
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Side by side

EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Nest Egg NEOS
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 49.4% 14.7%
Expense ratio 0.92% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 13.9%
Price change, 1 year −37.9% −5.4%
Total return, 1 year −12.6% +8.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −27.4 pts −3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 1.9 years 2.8 years
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $158m $15.5bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: EGGY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowEGGYQQQIEGGYQQQIEGGYQQQI
3 months−22.8%−2.2%8.7%3.5%−22.6 pts+1.3 pts
6 months−27.0%−0.2%15.7%6.9%−32.0 pts+0.1 pts
1 year−12.6%+8.9%30.4%13.9%−27.4 pts−3.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EGGY Dec 2024 · QQQI Jan 2024+6.8%+53.8%50.5%41.2%−24.6 pts−11.2 pts

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About each fund
EGGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.4%, paid monthly. Nest Egg estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EGGY or QQQI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.9%, so EGGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned −12.6% and QQQI +8.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or QQQI?
EGGY charges 0.92% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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