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GOOY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its price in cash against QQQI’s 13.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $217m for YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF and $15.4bn for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

At a glance
39.5%
GOOY cash paid, 1 year
13.7%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
+18.0%
GOOY total return, 1 year
+11.9%
QQQI total return, 1 year
GOOY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.8 pts behind GOOGL
GOOY
+18.0%
GOOGL
+21.8%

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% of it arrived as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

39.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
QQQI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.3 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+11.9%
QQQ
+15.2%

3.3 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.7%, price −2.8%, total +11.9%, QQQ +15.2%, −3.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QQQI

+11.9%

13.7% of it arrived as cash

3.3 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.7%, price −2.8%, total +11.9%, QQQ +15.2%, −3.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QQQI

+11.9%

13.7% cash

3.3 pts behind QQQ

13.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.7%, price −2.8%, total +11.9%, QQQ +15.2%, −3.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QQQI costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.4bn against $217m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GOOY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGOOYQQQI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.0%+11.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 20.9%fell 2.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAlphabet (GOOGL)Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.14%0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$217m$15.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GOOY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

GOOY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score81.8GOOY49.1QQQI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

GOOY 81.8
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

QQQI among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

QQQI 49.1
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. QQQI is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 141 weekly returns
GOOY QQQI
Return
Total return edge GOOY +79.6% +52.7%
Annualized edge GOOY +24.1% +16.9%
Price return edge QQQI −37.1% +3.2%
Risk
Volatility edge QQQI 25.0% 16.0%
Max drawdown edge QQQI −23.6% −18.4%
Downside capture 91.0% 85.4%
Beta 0.77 0.79
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge GOOY (slight) 0.82 0.79
Sortino edge GOOY (slight) 1.25 1.16
Treynor 0.212 0.158
Calmar edge GOOY 1.02 0.92
Against the benchmark
Alpha −5.9% a year 0.0% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.78 0.01
Information ratio −1.36 −0.67
Tracking error 9.2% 4.8%

Each against its own benchmark: GOOY against GOOGL, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; QQQI against QQQ, Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GOOY returned more: +79.6% to +52.7%. QQQI swung less: 16.0% to 25.0%. QQQI fell less at its worst: −18.4% to −23.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GOOY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGOOYQQQIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+79.6%+52.7%GOOYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+24.1%+16.9%GOOYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−37.1%+3.2%QQQIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility25.0%16.0%QQQISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation16.4%10.8%QQQILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−23.6%−18.4%QQQIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture57.4%69.5%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture91.0%85.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.770.79Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.940.98Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.820.79GOOY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.251.16GOOY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.2120.158Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.020.92GOOYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkGOOGLQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−5.9% a year0.0% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.780.01Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−12.5% to +0.6%−3.0% to +3.0%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.36−0.67Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error9.2%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, 141 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GOOY and QQQI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GOOY QQQI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GOOY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.18%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 9.66%
GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 C 3.95%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C335 1.38%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C337.5 0.50%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C327.5 -1.24%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C325 -1.50%
GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 P -5.02%
Only in QQQI
NVIDIA Corp 7.99%
Apple Inc 7.74%
Microsoft Corp 6.10%
Micron Technology Inc 4.73%
Amazon.com Inc 4.24%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.04%
Tesla Inc 3.29%
Alphabet Inc 2.93%
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Side by side

GOOY YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying weekly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer YieldMax NEOS
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark Alphabet (GOOGL) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 26.4% 14.1%
Expense ratio 1.14% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 39.5% 13.7%
Price change, 1 year −20.9% −2.8%
Total return, 1 year +18.0% +11.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +21.8% +15.2%
Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −3.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.3 years 2.7 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $217m $15.4bn

As of Oct 28, 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: GOOY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGOOYQQQIGOOYQQQIGOOYQQQI
3 months−1.2%+9.9%7.2%3.8%+2.3 pts+0.2 pts
6 months−6.2%+7.8%18.0%7.2%+0.8 pts−2.1 pts
1 year+18.0%+11.9%39.5%13.7%−3.8 pts−3.3 pts
3 years+88.3%–89.5%–−80.2 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GOOY Jul 2023 · QQQI Jan 2024+75.1%+60.7%83.8%41.2%−72.3 pts−12.4 pts

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GOOY and QQQI are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. GOOY paid 39.5% and QQQI 13.7% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 25.8 points.
  2. What each is measured against. GOOY is measured against Alphabet (GOOGL) and QQQI against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
GOOY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid weekly.

QQQI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GOOY or QQQI?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.7%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GOOY or QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, GOOY returned +18.0% and QQQI +11.9% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GOOY or QQQI?
GOOY charges 1.14% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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