{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ink-vs-qqqy","section":"compare","title":"INK vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return | ETFIQ","description":"INK paid 0.0% in cash each over its own window and QQQY 30.4%. Total return with distributions reinvested was \u22121.2% against +13.1%, to Nov 12, 2026.","as_of":"Nov 12, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which is cheaper, INK or QQQY?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"INK charges 0.35% a year and QQQY charges 1.01%, so INK is cheaper. 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As of Nov 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. INK QQQY \n Expense ratio 0.35% 1.01% \n Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 $5.3m $177m \n Total return, 1 year not published +13.1% \n Benchmark not published Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ \n Holdings in common not published \n \n N","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, INK against QQQY, data as of Nov 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ink-vs-qqqy","a":{"ticker":"INK","name":"AB Equity Premium Income ETF","issuer":"AllianceBernstein","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-12","verdict":"Since launch in Nov 2026, INK paid no cash and lost 1.2% in total.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ink","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price","value":"0.0%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, since launch","value":"\u22121.2%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"not set","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$5.3m","as_of":"2026-11-11","source":"issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.35%","as_of":"2026-09-04","source":"497 XBRL, Sep 4, 2026"},{"label":"Strategy","value":"covered call","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":null}]},"b":{"ticker":"QQQY","name":"Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF","issuer":"Defiance","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-12","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, QQQY paid 30.4% in cash and returned 13.1% in total, against 11.3% for QQQ.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qqqy","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price","value":"30.4%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+13.1%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against QQQ","value":"+1.8 pts","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, latest payout (Defiance estimate)","value":"100.0%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"Defiance estimate"},{"label":"Last payment (paid weekly), ex-date Nov 10, 2026","value":"$0.1112","as_of":"2026-11-10","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$177m","as_of":"2026-11-11","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Nov 11, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"1.01%","as_of":"2025-12-17","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Dec 17, 2025"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ink-vs-qqqy"}