Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
OVLH vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $109m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF, and $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.
7.8 pts behind VOO
OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+14.8%
OVLH
+7.0%
7.8 pts behind VOO
Total return, distributions reinvested
7.8 pts behind VOO
OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+14.8%
OVLH
+7.0%
7.8 pts behind VOO
0.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QQQI
+8.9%
13.9% of it arrived as cash
3.4 pts behind QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QQQI
+8.9%
13.9% cash
3.4 pts behind QQQ
13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QQQI costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | OVLH | QQQI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +7.0% | +8.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 6.7% | fell 5.4% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 38% of the Dec 29, 2023 payment | 100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.80% | 0.68% |
| Net assets, OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 | $109m | $15.5bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
Risk and return
Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 142 weekly returnsEach against its own benchmark: OVLH against VOO, Jan 22, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026; QQQI against QQQ, Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.
From Feb 2024 to Oct 2026, QQQI returned more: +50.0% to +39.4%. OVLH swung less: 9.1% to 16.0%. OVLH fell less at its worst: −8.0% to −18.4%.
Full scorecard
19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | OVLH | QQQI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +39.4% | +50.0% | QQQI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +12.9% | +16.0% | QQQI | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +38.6% | +1.4% | OVLH | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 9.1% | 16.0% | OVLH | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 5.4% | 10.8% | OVLH | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −8.0% | −18.4% | OVLH | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Upside capture | 61.5% | 69.5% | Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose. | |
| Downside capture | 79.7% | 85.5% | Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better. | |
| Beta | 0.67 | 0.80 | Not an edge | How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves. |
| R squared | 0.93 | 0.98 | Not an edge | Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.90 | 0.74 | OVLH | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.52 | 1.09 | OVLH | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Treynor | 0.094 | 0.148 | Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta. | |
| Calmar | 1.62 | 0.87 | OVLH | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
| Against the benchmark | ||||
| Benchmark | VOO | QQQ | The ETF each fund is measured against. | |
| Alpha | −1.0% a year | −0.1% a year | Not significant | Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts. |
| Alpha t-stat | −0.85 | −0.05 | Not an edge | How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance. |
| Alpha range | −3.5% to +1.4% | −3.1% to +2.9% | Includes zero | The 95% range for the yearly alpha. |
| Information ratio | −0.78 | −0.66 | Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error. | |
| Tracking error | 6.0% | 4.8% | Not an edge | How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 142 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, OVLH and QQQI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | OVLH | QQQI | OVLH | QQQI | OVLH | QQQI |
| 3 months | −1.4% | −2.2% | 0.0% | 3.5% | −1.3 pts | +1.3 pts |
| 6 months | +1.6% | −0.2% | 0.0% | 6.9% | −3.5 pts | +0.1 pts |
| 1 year | +7.0% | +8.9% | 0.3% | 13.9% | −7.8 pts | −3.4 pts |
| 3 years | +58.6% | – | 1.7% | – | −24.8 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: OVLH Jan 2021 · QQQI Jan 2024 | +73.9% | +53.8% | 3.2% | 41.2% | −47.2 pts | −11.2 pts |
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OVLH
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annually. Overlay Shares estimates that 38% of the distribution paid Dec 29, 2023 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
QQQI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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