Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
PBP vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its price in cash against PBP’s 11.7%, though PBP returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $389m for Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and $15m for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
PBP costs 0.82 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.6 points; PBP is far larger, $389m against $15m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | PBP | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +16.2% | +6.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 3.6% | fell 21.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 95% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $389m | $15m |
| 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
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What they share
By the books each fund has filed, PBP and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
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0% in common
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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 | PBP | YQQQ | PBP | YQQQ | PBP | YQQQ |
| 3 months | +2.5% | +10.7% | 2.5% | 10.6% | +2.6 pts | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | +8.1% | +9.0% | 5.3% | 15.9% | +3.1 pts | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | +16.2% | +6.6% | 11.7% | 26.8% | +1.4 pts | +21.1 pts |
| 3 years | +49.6% | – | 33.4% | – | −33.3 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: PBP Dec 2007 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +172.0% | −10.1% | 92.4% | 40.8% | −467.6 pts | +28.7 pts |
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PBP
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly. Invesco estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.
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