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IQQQ vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against IQQQ’s 6.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $380m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

At a glance
6.8%
IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
9.1%
RDVI cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
IQQQ total return, 1 year
+22.0%
RDVI total return, 1 year
IQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ
IQQQ
+7.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with RDVY
RDVI
+22.0%
RDVY
+22.2%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

9.1% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

about even with RDVY

9.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IQQQ costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.6 points; RDVI is 10.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IQQQ vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIQQQRDVI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%+22.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.5%rose 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate93% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQFirst Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$376m$3.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common21%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · RDVI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score64.4IQQQ92.5RDVI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Mar 28, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 135 weekly returns
IQQQ RDVI
Return
Total return edge Tie +42.9% +42.8%
Annualized edge Tie +14.8% +14.7%
Price return edge RDVI +12.0% +14.5%
Risk
Volatility edge RDVI 18.0% 14.8%
Max drawdown edge RDVI −19.4% −16.4%
Downside capture 96.9% 97.1%
Beta 0.88 0.95
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge RDVI 0.62 0.71
Sortino edge RDVI 0.89 1.03
Treynor 0.127 0.126
Calmar edge RDVI 0.76 0.90
Against the benchmark
Alpha −2.3% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.03 −0.67
Information ratio −0.96 −0.72
Tracking error 4.3% 1.3%

Each against its own benchmark: IQQQ against QQQ, Mar 28, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; RDVI against RDVY, Oct 28, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, IQQQ and RDVI returned about the same: +42.9% and +42.8%. RDVI swung less: 14.8% to 18.0%. RDVI fell less at its worst: −16.4% to −19.4%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: IQQQ vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIQQQRDVIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+42.9%+42.8%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+14.8%+14.7%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+12.0%+14.5%RDVIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility18.0%14.8%RDVISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation12.5%10.2%RDVILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−19.4%−16.4%RDVIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture84.6%92.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture96.9%97.1%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.880.95Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.960.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.620.71RDVIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.891.03RDVIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1270.126Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.760.90RDVIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQRDVYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−2.3% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.03−0.67Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−6.7% to +2.1%−1.5% to +0.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.96−0.72Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error4.3%1.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 135 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and RDVI hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IQQQ RDVI
Microsoft Corp. 5.12% 2.16%
NVIDIA Corp. 7.26% 2.00%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.30% 1.89%
Micron Technology, Inc. 4.06% 1.83%
Apple, Inc. 6.32% 1.63%
Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.57% 2.02%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.69% 1.57%
Lam Research Corp. 1.42% 1.84%
Applied Materials, Inc. 1.36% 1.97%
KLA Corp. 0.86% 1.90%
Western Digital Corp. 0.58% 0.72%
Booking Holdings, Inc. 0.58% 1.16%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in IQQQ
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.80%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.88%
Tesla, Inc. 2.50%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.49%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.39%
Walmart, Inc. 1.92%
Intel Corp. 1.69%
Palantir Technologies, Inc. 1.61%
Only in RDVI
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%
Accenture plc 2.35%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35%
Veralto Corporation 2.34%
The Allstate Corporation 2.23%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%
Chubb Limited 2.16%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.15%
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Side by side

IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly
Strategy option income dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.1% 8.3%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.8% 9.1%
Price change, 1 year +0.5% +12.2%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% +22.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +22.2%
Ahead or behind −4.9 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 40%
Age 2.6 years 4.0 years
Net assets, IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $380m $3.9bn

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: IQQQ vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowIQQQRDVIIQQQRDVIIQQQRDVI
3 months−4.4%−1.9%1.5%2.0%−0.9 pts+0.6 pts
6 months−2.6%+7.9%3.4%4.3%−2.3 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+7.4%+22.0%6.8%9.1%−4.9 pts−0.2 pts
3 years–+76.0%–30.9%–−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IQQQ Mar 2024 · RDVI Oct 2022+44.2%+106.5%25.6%43.0%−13.8 pts−8.4 pts

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About each fund
IQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

RDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +22.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IQQQ or RDVI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and RDVI paid 9.1%, so RDVI 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 RDVI?
With every distribution reinvested, IQQQ returned +7.4% and RDVI +22.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IQQQ or RDVI?
IQQQ charges 0.55% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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