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OARK vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QDTE paid 34.2% of its price in cash against OARK’s 32.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $40m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF, and $919m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

OARK on its own →QDTE on its own →
At a glance
32.3%
OARK cash paid, 1 year
34.2%
QDTE cash paid, 1 year
−2.3%
OARK total return, 1 year
+16.5%
QDTE total return, 1 year
OARK · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of ARKK
OARK
−2.3%
ARKK
−3.5%

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

ARKK

−3.5%

OARK

−2.3%

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

ARKK

−3.5%

OARK

−2.3%

1.2 pts ahead of ARKK

32.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
QDTE · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QDTE
+16.5%
QQQ
+15.2%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QDTE

+16.5%

34.2% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

QDTE

+16.5%

34.2% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

34.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTE over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −21.6%, total +16.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +1.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QDTE costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.8 points; QDTE is far larger, $916m against $40m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OARK vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOARKQDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.3%+16.5%
Price change, 1 yearfell 37.0%fell 21.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkARK Innovation ETF, measured through ARKKNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.00%0.96%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$40m$916m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QDTE scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score16.8OARK35.1QDTE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, OARK and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OARK QDTE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OARK
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 29.86%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 24.47%
2ARKK US 11/20/26 C85.01 FLX 4.87%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C84.5 1.40%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C85 0.87%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C83 -1.67%
ARKK US 10/30/26 C82.5 -2.39%
2ARKK US 11/20/26 P85.01 FLX -3.41%
Only in QDTE
QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 73.81%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.75%
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Side by side

OARK YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on ARKK, paying weekly QDTE Roundhill Nasdaq-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Issuer YieldMax Roundhill
Strategy synthetic covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 27.5% 20.7%
Expense ratio 1.00% 0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year 32.3% 34.2%
Price change, 1 year −37.0% −21.6%
Total return, 1 year −2.3% +16.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year −3.5% +15.2%
Ahead or behind +1.2 pts +1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.9 years 2.6 years
Net assets, OARK as of Oct 27, 2026 and QDTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $40m $919m

As of Oct 28, 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: OARK vs QDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOARKQDTEOARKQDTEOARKQDTE
3 months+13.7%+9.5%8.9%6.6%−8.3 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+9.8%+10.2%19.6%14.9%−7.3 pts+0.3 pts
1 year−2.3%+16.5%32.3%34.2%+1.2 pts+1.3 pts
3 years+86.2%–103.7%–−66.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: OARK Nov 2022 · QDTE Mar 2024+56.0%+61.4%90.3%75.3%−83.1 pts−3.8 pts

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About each fund
OARK

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.3%. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) returned −3.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.5%, paid weekly.

QDTE

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QDTE paid 34.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.7%, paid weekly. Roundhill 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 paid more, OARK or QDTE?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 34.2%, 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, OARK or QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, OARK returned −2.3% and QDTE +16.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OARK or QDTE?
OARK charges 1.00% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so QDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) →Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →OARK on its own →QDTE on its own →OARK dividend history →OARK holdings →QDTE dividend history →QDTE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
OARK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
OARK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
OARK 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for OARK ↗
QDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Roundhill page for QDTE ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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