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IQQQ vs KHPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year KHPI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.5%, though IQQQ returned more with it reinvested.

ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF and Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF.

6.5%IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
9.1%KHPI cash paid, 1 year
+17.7%IQQQ total return, 1 year
+11.0%KHPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: IQQQ scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

IQQQ 69.7KHPI 55.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

IQQQ4.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%6.5% as cash4.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%4.1 pts behind QQQ
KHPI5.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% of it arrived as cash5.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%5.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and KHPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in IQQQOnly in KHPI
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
NVIDIA Corp. 7.54%
Apple, Inc. 6.74%
Microsoft Corp. 4.92%
Micron Technology, Inc. 4.44%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.27%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.41%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IQQQ and KHPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IQQQKHPIIQQQKHPIIQQQKHPI
3 months−3.1%+1.9%1.8%2.2%−0.6 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+19.1%+11.3%4.2%4.7%−5.1 pts−6.8 pts
1 year+17.7%+11.0%6.5%9.1%−4.1 pts−5.5 pts
Since launch+51.5%+24.6%24.4%18.4%−13.0 pts−17.7 pts
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IQQQ and KHPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IQQQ
ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
KHPI
Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerProSharesKensington
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%9.0%
Expense ratio0.97%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year6.5%9.1%
Price change, 1 year+10.8%+1.5%
Total return, 1 year+17.7%+11.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−4.1 pts−5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age912 days743 days
Net assets$405m$401m

IQQQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

KHPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IQQQ or KHPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting price in cash and KHPI paid 9.1%, so KHPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IQQQ or KHPI?
With every distribution reinvested, IQQQ returned +17.7% and KHPI returned +11.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IQQQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, IQQQ or KHPI?
IQQQ charges 0.97% a year and KHPI charges 0.98%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IQQQ against KHPI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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