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OARK vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OARK paid 33.3% of its price in cash against QYLG’s 16.7%, though QYLG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $38m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF, and $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

OARK on its own →QYLG on its own →
At a glance
33.3%
OARK cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
−2.6%
OARK total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG total return, 1 year
OARK · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of ARKK
OARK
−2.6%
ARKK
−3.7%

1.1 pts ahead of ARKK

OARK over 1 year: paid 33.3%, price −36.6%, total −2.6%, ARKK −3.7%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ARKK

−3.7%

OARK

−2.6%

1.1 pts ahead of ARKK

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of ARKK

OARK over 1 year: paid 33.3%, price −36.6%, total −2.6%, ARKK −3.7%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ARKK

−3.7%

OARK

−2.6%

1.1 pts ahead of ARKK

33.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OARK over 1 year: paid 33.3%, price −36.6%, total −2.6%, ARKK −3.7%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG
+14.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.0 points; QYLG is 5.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OARK vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOARKQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−2.6%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 36.6%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkARK Innovation ETF, measured through ARKKNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.00%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$31m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QYLG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score15.3OARK49.4QYLG

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 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

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 →

Method

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OARK QYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in OARK
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 31.70%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 25.99%
2ARKK US 11/20/26 C85.01 FLX 1.48%
ARKK US 11/06/26 C83 0.25%
ARKK US 11/06/26 C84 0.07%
ARKK US 11/06/26 C82 -0.16%
ARKK US 11/06/26 C81 -0.68%
2ARKK US 11/20/26 P85.01 FLX -7.39%
Only in QYLG
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13%
APPLE INC. 7.59%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 3.47%
ALPHABET INC. 3.25%
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Side by side

OARK YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on ARKK, paying weekly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer YieldMax Global X
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 31.8% 7.1%
Expense ratio 1.00% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 33.3% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year −36.6% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year −2.6% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year −3.7% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +1.1 pts +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%
Age 3.9 years 6.1 years
Net assets, OARK as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $38m $183m

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: OARK vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOARKQYLGOARKQYLGOARKQYLG
3 months+1.6%−0.8%8.3%1.6%−3.9 pts+2.6 pts
6 months−2.3%+2.5%17.8%4.0%−3.3 pts+2.8 pts
1 year−2.6%+14.4%33.3%16.7%+1.1 pts+2.1 pts
3 years+62.6%+72.0%95.8%52.1%−36.1 pts−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: OARK Nov 2022 · QYLG Sep 2020+47.8%+116.2%90.4%76.4%−75.3 pts−46.8 pts

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About each fund
OARK

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OARK paid 33.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 36.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) returned −3.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.8%, paid weekly.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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 paid more, OARK or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OARK paid 33.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so OARK 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 QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, OARK returned −2.6% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OARK or QYLG?
OARK charges 1.00% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG 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 →QYLG on its own →OARK dividend history →OARK holdings →QYLG dividend history →QYLG 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 ↗
QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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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