Which is cheaper, JUDO or QYLD?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and QYLD 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 $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+16.5%

QYLD 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.

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.05 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	QYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	QYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.5%
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	rose 3.3% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	QYLD
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	ahead by 4.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	QYLD
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.60%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026	$7.0m	$8.5bn
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	QYLD
Holdings in common	40%

Method

What they share

40%

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and QYLD hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

40% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO QYLD

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84% 8.20%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64% 5.82%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17% 4.93%

Apple, Inc. 4.38% 7.65%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79% 3.50%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56% 3.11%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99% 4.32%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.56% 1.88%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.39% 2.13%

Lam Research Corp. 1.22% 1.71%

Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.85% 1.17%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 0.79% 2.78%

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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 QYLD

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

TESLA, INC. 2.62%

WALMART INC. 2.53%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.11%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.97%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1.32%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.26%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Janus Henderson Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

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% 12.2%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 12.3%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +3.3%

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 99%

Age 224 days 12.9 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $7.0m $8.5bn

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 QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	QYLD	JUDO	QYLD	JUDO	QYLD
3 months	−1.2%	+2.4%	1.6%	3.0%	+0.5 pts	+5.9 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+5.4%	3.1%	6.0%	+0.6 pts	+5.8 pts
1 year	–	+16.5%	–	12.3%	–	+4.2 pts
3 years	–	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · QYLD Dec 2013	+16.1%	+194.8%	3.8%	117.5%	not measured	−610.5 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.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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 QYLD?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

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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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