Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
INK vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
INK costs 0.76 points a year less; YQQQ is 2.8 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | INK | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +5.8% |
| Price change | fell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026) | fell 22.7% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 93% of the Nov 13, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 20.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $5.3m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 27.7%, price −22.7%, total +5.8%, short QQQ −14.2%, +20.0 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | INK | YQQQ | INK | YQQQ | INK | YQQQ |
| 3 months | – | +10.4% | – | 11.2% | – | +5.6 pts |
| 6 months | – | +10.7% | – | 16.9% | – | +9.4 pts |
| 1 year | – | +5.8% | – | 27.7% | – | +20.0 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | −1.2% | −11.2% | 0.0% | 41.4% | not measured | +27.7 pts |
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INK
Over the period from its first trade on Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, INK paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.2%.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, YQQQ paid 27.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 22.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 20.0 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 39.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 13, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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