Which is cheaper, JUDO or QQQY?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QQQY charges 1.01%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and QQQY 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 $178m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

29.9%

QQQY cash paid, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+13.6%

QQQY 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.

QQQY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY

+13.6%

QQQ

+12.3%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.46 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	QQQY
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	QQQY
Total return, 1 year	not published	+13.6%
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	fell 17.8% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	QQQY
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	ahead by 1.3 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	QQQY
Expense ratio	0.55%	1.01%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.0m	$178m
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	QQQY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and QQQY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO QQQY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JUDO

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17%

Apple, Inc. 4.38%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Only in QQQY

Ndx 12/18/2026 1000.34 C 98.45%

Ndx 11/05/2026 28516.79 C 0.38%

Ndx 11/05/2026 28437.17 C -0.51%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly

Issuer Janus Henderson Defiance

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 weekly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 31.5%

Expense ratio 0.55% 1.01%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 29.9%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −17.8%

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +13.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +1.3 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 81%

Age 224 days 3.1 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.0m $178m

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 QQQY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	QQQY	JUDO	QQQY	JUDO	QQQY
3 months	−1.2%	−3.5%	1.6%	7.3%	+0.5 pts	−0.1 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+0.4%	3.1%	15.4%	+0.6 pts	+0.7 pts
1 year	–	+13.6%	–	29.9%	–	+1.3 pts
3 years	–	+51.9%	–	88.2%	–	−39.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · QQQY Sep 2023	+16.1%	+49.8%	3.8%	88.1%	not measured	−37.0 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.

QQQY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 QQQY?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QQQY charges 1.01%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →JUDO on its own →QQQY on its own →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →QQQY dividend history →QQQY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Defiance page for QQQY ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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