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IVVW vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its price in cash against IVVW’s 17.5%, though IVVW returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $349m for iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF and $881m for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
17.5%
IVVW cash paid, 1 year
34.7%
QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+14.8%
IVVW total return, 1 year
+13.7%
QDTE total return, 1 year
IVVW · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
IVVW
+14.8%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

IVVW

+14.8%

17.5% as cash

about even with SPY

17.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. IVVW over 1 year: paid 17.5%, price −4.1%, total +14.8%, SPY +14.8%, 0.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of QQQ
QDTE
+13.7%
QQQ
+12.3%

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% of it arrived as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTE

+13.7%

34.7% as cash

1.4 pts ahead of QQQ

34.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.7%, price −23.4%, total +13.7%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IVVW costs 0.71 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; QDTE is 2.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVVW vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWQDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.8%+13.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 4.1%fell 23.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate49% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.25%0.96%
Net assets$349m$881m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · IVVW scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score47.6IVVW32.6QDTE

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 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 136 weekly returns
IVVW QDTE
Return
Total return edge QDTE +37.2% +53.7%
Annualized edge QDTE +12.9% +17.9%
Price return edge IVVW −11.7% −41.9%
Risk
Volatility edge IVVW 10.0% 17.8%
Max drawdown edge IVVW −15.0% −20.5%
Downside capture 62.0% 91.4%
Beta 0.63 0.85
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge IVVW (slight) 0.83 0.77
Sortino edge IVVW (slight) 1.16 1.12
Treynor 0.133 0.172
Calmar edge Tie 0.86 0.87
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.7% a year +1.1% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.28 0.37
Information ratio −0.55 −0.22
Tracking error 6.9% 5.7%

Each against its own benchmark: IVVW against SPY, Mar 22, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; QDTE against QQQ, Mar 15, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Mar 2024 to Oct 2026, QDTE returned more: +53.7% to +37.2%. IVVW swung less: 10.0% to 17.8%. IVVW fell less at its worst: −15.0% to −20.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: IVVW vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureIVVWQDTEEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+37.2%+53.7%QDTEPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.9%+17.9%QDTETotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−11.7%−41.9%IVVWPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.0%17.8%IVVWSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.1%12.2%IVVWLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.0%−20.5%IVVWDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture51.5%81.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture62.0%91.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.630.85Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.93Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.830.77IVVW (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.161.12IVVW (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1330.172Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.860.87TieAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.7% a year+1.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.280.37Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.5% to +6.0%−4.8% to +7.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.55−0.22Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error6.9%5.7%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 136 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVVW QDTE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in IVVW
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.36%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 0.00%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7821.5 -0.03%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7699.92 -0.18%
NOV26 SPX C @ 7655.87 -0.29%
Only in QDTE
QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.55%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.69%
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Side by side

IVVW iShares IVV Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 15.7% 27.9%
Expense ratio 0.25% 0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year 17.5% 34.7%
Price change, 1 year −4.1% −23.4%
Total return, 1 year +14.8% +13.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts +1.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 49% 100%
Age 2.6 years 2.7 years
Net assets $349m $881m

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: IVVW vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowIVVWQDTEIVVWQDTEIVVWQDTE
3 months+2.0%−1.6%3.9%6.3%+2.2 pts+1.8 pts
6 months+8.0%+1.6%7.8%14.3%+3.0 pts+2.0 pts
1 year+14.8%+13.7%17.5%34.7%0.0 pts+1.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: IVVW Mar 2024 · QDTE Mar 2024+40.5%+55.2%42.6%75.6%−14.4 pts−2.3 pts

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About each fund
IVVW

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 49% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTE paid 34.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 23.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.9%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or QDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 34.7%, so QDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IVVW or QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +14.8% and QDTE +13.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or QDTE?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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