Which is cheaper, GRNI or QYLD?

GRNI charges 0.99% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

GRNI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

GRNI and QYLD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF, and $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

9.5%

GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

GRNI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

GRNI

+9.0%

none

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% cash

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.39 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GRNI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GRNI	QYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	GRNI	QYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.5%
Price change	fell 6.4% (6 months)	rose 3.3% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	GRNI	QYLD
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 0.8 pts	ahead by 4.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	GRNI	QYLD
Expense ratio	0.99%	0.60%
Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026	$55m	$8.5bn
Holdings
Measure	GRNI	QYLD
Holdings in common	27%

Method

What they share

27%

By the books each fund has filed, GRNI and QYLD hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GRNI QYLD

Microsoft Corp 2.56% 5.82%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.48% 3.62%

Amazon.com Inc 2.38% 4.93%

Apple Inc 2.36% 7.65%

Broadcom Inc 2.15% 3.11%

Alphabet Inc 2.13% 3.50%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.12% 2.78%

NVIDIA Corp 2.09% 8.20%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.04% 1.97%

Tesla Inc 1.74% 2.62%

Netflix Inc 1.88% 1.41%

Palantir Technologies Inc 2.08% 1.32%

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Only in GRNI

Arista Networks Inc 2.98%

General Electric Co 2.79%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.69%

Packaging Corp of America 2.69%

PNC Financial Services Group I 2.67%

Robinhood Markets Inc 2.65%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2.63%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.61%

Only in QYLD

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

WALMART INC. 2.53%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.13%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.11%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.88%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.71%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.26%

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Side by side

GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, paying monthly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Fundstrat Global X

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 12.2%

Expense ratio 0.99% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 12.3%

Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +3.3%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 99%

Age 351 days 12.9 years

Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $55m $8.5bn

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: GRNI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GRNI	QYLD	GRNI	QYLD	GRNI	QYLD
3 months	−3.9%	+2.4%	2.5%	3.0%	−0.6 pts	+5.9 pts
6 months	−1.6%	+5.4%	5.0%	6.0%	−0.8 pts	+5.8 pts
1 year	–	+16.5%	–	12.3%	–	+4.2 pts
3 years	–	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · QYLD Dec 2013	+9.0%	+194.8%	9.5%	117.5%	not measured	−610.5 pts

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About each fund

GRNI

GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GRNI or QYLD?: GRNI charges 0.99% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →GRNI on its own →QYLD on its own →GRNI dividend history →GRNI holdings →QYLD dividend history →QYLD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

GRNI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat website ↗

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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