Which is cheaper, GRNI or QYLG?

GRNI charges 0.99% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

GRNI vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

GRNI and QYLG 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 $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

9.5%

GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

+9.0%

GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025

+14.4%

QYLG 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% as 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.

QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG

+14.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.64 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GRNI vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	GRNI	QYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	GRNI	QYLG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+14.4%
Price change	fell 6.4% (6 months)	fell 3.9% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	GRNI	QYLG
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 0.8 pts	ahead by 2.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	GRNI	QYLG
Expense ratio	0.99%	0.35%
Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026	$55m	$183m
Holdings
Measure	GRNI	QYLG
Holdings in common	27%

Method

What they share

27%

By the books each fund has filed, GRNI and QYLG 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 QYLG

Microsoft Corp 2.56% 5.78%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.48% 3.59%

Amazon.com Inc 2.38% 4.89%

Apple Inc 2.36% 7.59%

Broadcom Inc 2.15% 3.09%

Alphabet Inc 2.13% 3.47%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.12% 2.76%

NVIDIA Corp 2.09% 8.13%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.04% 1.95%

Tesla Inc 1.74% 2.60%

Netflix Inc 1.88% 1.40%

Palantir Technologies Inc 2.08% 1.30%

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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 QYLG

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25%

WALMART INC. 2.50%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.11%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.09%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.86%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.69%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.25%

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Side by side

GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, paying monthly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth 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% 7.1%

Expense ratio 0.99% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 16.7%

Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) −3.9%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +14.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +2.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%

Age 351 days 6.1 years

Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $55m $183m

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 QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	GRNI	QYLG	GRNI	QYLG	GRNI	QYLG
3 months	−3.9%	−0.8%	2.5%	1.6%	−0.6 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	−1.6%	+2.5%	5.0%	4.0%	−0.8 pts	+2.8 pts
1 year	–	+14.4%	–	16.7%	–	+2.1 pts
3 years	–	+72.0%	–	52.1%	–	−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · QYLG Sep 2020	+9.0%	+116.2%	9.5%	76.4%	not measured	−46.8 pts

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About each fund

GRNI

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%. 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. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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 QYLG?: GRNI charges 0.99% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG 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 →QYLG on its own →GRNI dividend history →GRNI holdings →QYLG dividend history →QYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

GRNI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat website ↗

QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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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