Which is cheaper, JUDO or QQQI?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and QQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF, and $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

13.9%

QQQI cash paid, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+8.9%

QQQI total return, 1 year

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI

+8.9%

QQQ

+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.13 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	QQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	QQQI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+8.9%
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	fell 5.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	QQQI
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	behind by 3.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	QQQI
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.68%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026	$7.0m	$15.5bn
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	QQQI
Holdings in common	38%

Method

What they share

38%

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and QQQI hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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38% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO QQQI

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84% 8.08%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64% 6.31%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17% 4.40%

Apple, Inc. 4.38% 7.88%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79% 2.66%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56% 2.57%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99% 4.34%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.39% 1.85%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.56% 1.39%

Lam Research Corp. 1.22% 1.30%

Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.85% 1.28%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 0.79% 3.00%

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Only in JUDO

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Mastercard, Inc. 1.72%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Target Corp. 1.51%

American Express Co. 1.49%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.49%

Only in QQQI

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56%

Tesla Inc 3.42%

Walmart Inc 2.74%

Alphabet Inc 2.48%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.26%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.02%

Palantir Technologies Inc 1.81%

Intel Corp 1.43%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Janus Henderson NEOS

Strategy covered call option income

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 14.7%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.68%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 13.9%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −5.4%

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +8.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available −3.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 224 days 2.8 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.0m $15.5bn

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: JUDO vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	QQQI	JUDO	QQQI	JUDO	QQQI
3 months	−1.2%	−2.2%	1.6%	3.5%	+0.5 pts	+1.3 pts
6 months	+5.8%	−0.2%	3.1%	6.9%	+0.6 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	–	+8.9%	–	13.9%	–	−3.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · QQQI Jan 2024	+16.1%	+53.8%	3.8%	41.2%	not measured	−11.2 pts

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About each fund

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JUDO or QQQI?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

QQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for QQQI ↗

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How this is computed

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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