Which paid more, OEI or QYLD?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OEI paid 9.2% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, OEI or QYLD?

With every distribution reinvested, OEI returned +12.9% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, OEI or QYLD?

OEI charges 1.02% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

OEI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its price in cash against OEI’s 9.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $46m on Jul 31, 2026 for Optimized Equity Income ETF, and $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

9.2%

OEI cash paid, 1 year

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

+12.9%

OEI total return, 1 year

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

OEI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.9 pts behind SPY

OEI

+12.9%

SPY

+14.8%

1.9 pts behind SPY

OEI over 1 year: paid 9.2%, price +3.0%, total +12.9%, SPY +14.8%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OEI

+12.9%

9.2% of it arrived as cash

1.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts behind SPY

OEI over 1 year: paid 9.2%, price +3.0%, total +12.9%, SPY +14.8%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OEI

+12.9%

9.2% cash

1.9 pts behind SPY

9.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OEI over 1 year: paid 9.2%, price +3.0%, total +12.9%, SPY +14.8%, −1.9 pts. 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

QYLD costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OEI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	OEI	QYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	OEI	QYLD
Total return, 1 year	+12.9%	+16.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 3.0%	rose 3.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	OEI	QYLD
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	OEI	QYLD
Expense ratio	1.02%	0.60%
Net assets, OEI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026	$46m	$8.5bn
Holdings
Measure	OEI	QYLD
Holdings in common	52%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OEI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score75.7OEI72.8QYLD

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

OEI 75.7

QYLD 72.8

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

52%

By the books each fund has filed, OEI and QYLD hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

52% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first OEI QYLD

NVIDIA Corp 8.22% 8.20%

Microsoft Corp 5.93% 5.82%

Amazon.com Inc 4.51% 4.93%

Apple Inc 4.23% 7.65%

Alphabet Inc 3.44% 3.50%

Broadcom Inc 3.01% 3.11%

Alphabet Inc 2.76% 3.28%

Micron Technology Inc 2.54% 4.32%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.15% 2.78%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.54% 3.62%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.52% 2.13%

Tesla Inc 1.44% 2.62%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in OEI

Johnson & Johnson 2.08%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.04%

Eli Lilly & Co 1.78%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.63%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.58%

AbbVie Inc 1.55%

Mastercard Inc 1.55%

General Electric Co 1.39%

Only in QYLD

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.26%

KLA CORPORATION 1.11%

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.03%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.97%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC. 0.91%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.90%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 0.88%

T-MOBILE US, INC. 0.87%

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Side by side

OEI Optimized Equity Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Core Alternative Global X

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.6% 12.2%

Expense ratio 1.02% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 9.2% 12.3%

Price change, 1 year +3.0% +3.3%

Total return, 1 year +12.9% +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%

Ahead or behind −1.9 pts +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 99%

Age 1.0 years 12.9 years

Net assets, OEI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $46m $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: OEI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	OEI	QYLD	OEI	QYLD	OEI	QYLD
3 months	+3.3%	+2.4%	2.4%	3.0%	+3.4 pts	+5.9 pts
6 months	+6.3%	+5.4%	4.7%	6.0%	+1.3 pts	+5.8 pts
1 year	+12.9%	+16.5%	9.2%	12.3%	−1.9 pts	+4.2 pts
3 years	–	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: OEI Oct 2025 · QYLD Dec 2013	+15.0%	+194.8%	9.4%	117.5%	−1.1 pts	−610.5 pts

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About each fund

OEI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OEI paid 9.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.6%, 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 paid more, OEI or QYLD?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OEI paid 9.2% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OEI or QYLD?: With every distribution reinvested, OEI returned +12.9% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, OEI or QYLD?: OEI charges 1.02% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

OEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

OEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Core Alternative 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

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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