Which paid more, IQQQ or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so IQQQ 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, IQQQ returned +7.4% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, IQQQ or SIXH?

IQQQ charges 0.55% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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IQQQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $380m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

6.8%

IQQQ cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+7.4%

IQQQ total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH 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% 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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IQQQ costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.1 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IQQQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	IQQQ	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	IQQQ	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+7.4%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 0.5%	rose 21.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	IQQQ	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	IQQQ	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.69%
Net assets, IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$380m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	IQQQ	SIXH
Holdings in common	23%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score64.4IQQQ98.5SIXH

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

IQQQ 64.4

SIXH 98.5

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 SIXH

Return

Total return edge IQQQ +42.9% +35.1%

Annualized edge IQQQ +14.8% +12.3%

Price return edge SIXH +12.0% +28.6%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 18.0% 8.1%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −19.4% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.62 0.94

Sortino edge SIXH 0.89 1.35

Calmar edge SIXH 0.76 1.68

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, IQQQ returned more: +42.9% to +35.1%. SIXH swung less: 8.1% to 18.0%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −19.4%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: IQQQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	IQQQ	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+42.9%	+35.1%	IQQQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+12.3%	IQQQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+12.0%	+28.6%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.0%	8.1%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.5%	5.7%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.4%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.62	0.94	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.89	1.35	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.76	1.68	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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

23%

By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and SIXH hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IQQQ SIXH

Micron Technology, Inc. 4.06% 2.85%

Walmart, Inc. 1.92% 2.31%

Palantir Technologies, Inc. 1.61% 1.85%

Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.57% 2.42%

Lam Research Corp. 1.42% 2.52%

NVIDIA Corp. 7.26% 1.34%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.30% 1.26%

Apple, Inc. 6.32% 1.25%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.88% 1.21%

Amazon.com, Inc. 3.80% 1.17%

Alphabet, Inc. 2.69% 1.16%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.63% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IQQQ

Microsoft Corp. 5.12%

Tesla, Inc. 2.50%

Alphabet, Inc. 2.49%

Broadcom, Inc. 2.39%

Intel Corp. 1.69%

Netflix, Inc. 1.28%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.17%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 1.03%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.69%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54%

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Side by side

IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer ProShares Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.1% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.8% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +0.5% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +7.4% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −4.9 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% not published

Age 2.6 years 6.5 years

Net assets, IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $380m $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	IQQQ	SIXH	IQQQ	SIXH	IQQQ	SIXH
3 months	−4.4%	+6.0%	1.5%	0.5%	−0.9 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	−2.6%	+10.3%	3.4%	1.0%	−2.3 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+7.4%	+23.5%	6.8%	2.1%	−4.9 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	–	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: IQQQ Mar 2024 · SIXH May 2020	+44.2%	+104.1%	25.6%	16.7%	−13.8 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IQQQ or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so IQQQ 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, IQQQ returned +7.4% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IQQQ or SIXH?: IQQQ charges 0.55% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

IQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

ProShares page for IQQQ ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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