Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
KQQQ vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
KQQQ costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; KQQQ is 8.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | KQQQ | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +4.6% | +5.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 10.6% | fell 22.7% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 93% of the Nov 13, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own holdings | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 20.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $122m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 171 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
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 →
KQQQ over 1 year: paid 15.0%, price −10.6%, total +4.6%, its own holdings +4.9%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 27.7%, price −22.7%, total +5.8%, short QQQ −14.2%, +20.0 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.What they share
By the books each fund has filed, KQQQ and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 11, 2026.
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0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | KQQQ | YQQQ | KQQQ | YQQQ | KQQQ | YQQQ |
| 3 months | −6.7% | +10.4% | 3.6% | 11.2% | +1.0 pts | +5.6 pts |
| 6 months | −8.4% | +10.7% | 6.8% | 16.9% | +1.9 pts | +9.4 pts |
| 1 year | +4.6% | +5.8% | 15.0% | 27.7% | −0.3 pts | +20.0 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: KQQQ Jul 2024 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +39.1% | −11.2% | 30.6% | 41.4% | not measured | +27.7 pts |
KQQQ
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, KQQQ paid 15.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. KQQQ's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +4.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.9%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, YQQQ paid 27.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 22.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 20.0 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 39.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 13, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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Net assets on Nov 11, 2026: $122m for Kurv Technology Titans Select ETF and $15m for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
KQQQ and YQQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 year.
KQQQ +4.6%, YQQQ +5.8%: YQQQ +1.2 pts ahead, 1 year, Nov 12, 2025 to Nov 12, 2026.