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PBP vs QDTE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QDTE paid 36.1% of its price in cash against PBP’s 11.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
36.1%QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
+21.1%QDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

PBP 80.6QDTE 39.93.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY
QDTE0.7 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QDTE+21.1%36.1% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QDTE+21.1%36.1% as cash0.7 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and QDTE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in PBPOnly in QDTE
NVIDIA Corp 8.18%NDX 03/19/2027 2510.15 C 25.90%
Apple Inc 7.50%QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 24.77%
Microsoft Corp 5.57%NDX 06/11/2027 3059.42 C 22.64%
Amazon.com Inc 3.77%QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.82%
Alphabet Inc 3.11%Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 4.97%
Broadcom Inc 2.57%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 3.90%
Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.22%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBP and QDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
PBPQDTEPBPQDTEPBPQDTE
3 months+5.0%−0.9%2.8%7.6%+2.7 pts+1.6 pts
6 months+13.0%+19.7%5.7%16.2%−5.0 pts−4.5 pts
1 year+18.5%+21.1%11.8%36.1%+1.9 pts−0.7 pts
3 years+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+199.0%+59.9%101.2%74.1%−604.5 pts−4.3 pts
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PBP and QDTE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
QDTE
Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerInvescoRoundhill
Strategycovered call0DTE covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized11.3%20.8%
Expense ratio0.29%0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%36.1%
Price change, 1 year+5.5%−19.2%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+21.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind+1.9 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age6101 days925 days
Net assets$386m$967m

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

QDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QDTE paid 36.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.8%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or QDTE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 36.1%, 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, PBP or QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +18.5% and QDTE returned +21.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, PBP or QDTE?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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PBP against QDTE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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