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PAPI vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDAQ paid 16.8% of its price in cash against PAPI’s 8.2%, though PAPI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $400m for Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF and $248m for TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
8.2%
PAPI cash paid, 1 year
16.8%
TDAQ cash paid, 1 year
+23.4%
PAPI total return, 1 year
+12.0%
TDAQ total return, 1 year
PAPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.4 pts behind IWD
PAPI
+23.4%
IWD
+32.8%

9.4 pts behind IWD

PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWD

+32.8%

PAPI

+23.4%

8.2% as cash

9.4 pts behind IWD

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.4 pts behind IWD

PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWD

+32.8%

PAPI

+23.4%

9.4 pts behind IWD

8.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
TDAQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with QQQ
TDAQ
+12.0%
QQQ
+12.3%

About even with QQQ

TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

TDAQ

+12.0%

16.8% of it arrived as cash

about even with QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with QQQ

TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

TDAQ

+12.0%

about even with QQQ

16.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TDAQ over 1 year: paid 16.8%, price −5.7%, total +12.0%, QQQ +12.3%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PAPI costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points; PAPI is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PAPI vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePAPITDAQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+23.4%+12.0%
Price change, 1 yearrose 14.3%fell 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate98% of the Oct 21, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkiShares Russell 1000 Value ETF, measured through IWDNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.68%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$400m$248m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · PAPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score96.1PAPI44.6TDAQ

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

Risk and return

Sep 12, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 59 weekly returns
PAPI TDAQ
Return
Total return edge Tie +18.3% +18.4%
Annualized edge Tie +16.0% +16.0%
Price return edge PAPI +8.2% −1.7%
Risk
Volatility edge PAPI 10.2% 17.4%
Max drawdown edge PAPI −6.6% −9.2%
Downside capture 82.0% 96.6%
Beta 0.69 0.93
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge PAPI 1.14 0.72
Sortino edge PAPI 1.81 1.11
Treynor 0.129 0.136
Calmar edge PAPI 2.41 1.75
Against the benchmark
Alpha −3.2% a year +0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.80 0.27
Information ratio −1.11 −0.06
Tracking error 7.8% 3.2%

Each against its own benchmark: PAPI against IWD, Oct 27, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; TDAQ against QQQ, Sep 12, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2025 to Oct 2026, PAPI and TDAQ returned about the same: +18.3% and +18.4%. PAPI swung less: 10.2% to 17.4%. PAPI fell less at its worst: −6.6% to −9.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: PAPI vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePAPITDAQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+18.3%+18.4%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.0%+16.0%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+8.2%−1.7%PAPIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.2%17.4%PAPISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation6.4%11.3%PAPILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−6.6%−9.2%PAPIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture61.0%93.0%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture82.0%96.6%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.690.93Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.600.97Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.140.72PAPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.811.11PAPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1290.136Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar2.411.75PAPIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkIWDQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−3.2% a year+0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.800.27Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−11.2% to +4.7%−4.7% to +6.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.11−0.06Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.8%3.2%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 59 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, PAPI and TDAQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PAPI TDAQ
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Only in PAPI
Corning, Inc. 1.00%
TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.80%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.76%
Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.72%
Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Avnet, Inc. 0.70%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.70%
Only in TDAQ
Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF 99.56%
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Side by side

PAPI Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes options on the S&P 500, measured against the Russell 1000 Value Index, paying monthly TDAQ TappAlpha Innovation 100 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 18.2%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.2% 16.8%
Price change, 1 year +14.3% −5.7%
Total return, 1 year +23.4% +12.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +32.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −9.4 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 98%
Age 3.0 years 1.2 years
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $400m $248m

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: PAPI vs TDAQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPAPITDAQPAPITDAQPAPITDAQ
3 months+6.6%−2.9%1.8%4.3%+2.6 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+13.2%−0.5%3.9%8.4%−0.7 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+23.4%+12.0%8.2%16.8%−9.4 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+44.5%–23.7%–−39.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: PAPI Oct 2023 · TDAQ Sep 2025+45.5%+21.6%23.9%19.6%−42.4 pts+0.6 pts

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About each fund
PAPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.4%. iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) returned +32.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly.

TDAQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TDAQ paid 16.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.2%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Oct 21, 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, PAPI or TDAQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its starting price in cash and TDAQ paid 16.8%, so TDAQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, PAPI or TDAQ?
With every distribution reinvested, PAPI returned +23.4% and TDAQ +12.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, PAPI or TDAQ?
PAPI charges 0.29% a year and TDAQ charges 0.68%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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