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IQQQ vs XIDE: 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 XIDE’s 6.3%, 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 $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December.

IQQQ on its own →XIDE on its own →
At a glance
6.8%
IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
6.3%
XIDE cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
IQQQ total return, 1 year
+6.6%
XIDE 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.
XIDE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.2 pts behind VOO
XIDE
+6.6%
VOO
+14.8%

8.2 pts behind VOO

XIDE over 1 year: paid 6.3%, price +0.1%, total +6.6%, VOO +14.8%, −8.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIDE

+6.6%

6.3% of it arrived as cash

8.2 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.2 pts behind VOO

XIDE over 1 year: paid 6.3%, price +0.1%, total +6.6%, VOO +14.8%, −8.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIDE

+6.6%

8.2 pts behind VOO

6.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. XIDE over 1 year: paid 6.3%, price +0.1%, total +6.6%, VOO +14.8%, −8.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IQQQ costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; IQQQ is 18.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IQQQ vs XIDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIQQQXIDE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%+6.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.5%rose 0.1%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$376m$20m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · IQQQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score64.4IQQQ61.1XIDE

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, IQQQ and XIDE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IQQQ XIDE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in IQQQ
NVIDIA Corp. 7.26%
Apple, Inc. 6.32%
Microsoft Corp. 5.12%
Micron Technology, Inc. 4.06%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.80%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.88%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.69%
Tesla, Inc. 2.50%
Only in XIDE
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07 110.10%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 680.58 0.51%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 612.52 -0.21%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 680.58 -11.83%
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Side by side

IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly XIDE FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Issuer ProShares First Trust
Strategy option income buffer with income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.1% 6.2%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.8% 6.3%
Price change, 1 year +0.5% +0.1%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% +6.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −4.9 pts −8.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 61%
Age 2.6 years 2.9 years
Net assets, IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 and XIDE as of Nov 3, 2026 $380m $20m

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 XIDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowIQQQXIDEIQQQXIDEIQQQXIDE
3 months−4.4%+1.3%1.5%1.5%−0.9 pts+1.4 pts
6 months−2.6%+3.1%3.4%3.1%−2.3 pts−1.9 pts
1 year+7.4%+6.6%6.8%6.3%−4.9 pts−8.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IQQQ Mar 2024 · XIDE Dec 2023+44.2%+20.7%25.6%18.4%−13.8 pts−47.4 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.

XIDE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XIDE paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 61% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IQQQ or XIDE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and XIDE paid 6.3%, 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 XIDE?
With every distribution reinvested, IQQQ returned +7.4% and XIDE +6.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IQQQ or XIDE?
IQQQ charges 0.55% a year and XIDE charges 0.85%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →IQQQ on its own →XIDE on its own →IQQQ dividend history →IQQQ holdings →XIDE dividend history →XIDE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
IQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
IQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
ProShares page for IQQQ ↗
XIDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XIDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XIDE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
First Trust page for XIDE ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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