Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
PCOV vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
PCOV and YQQQ both write options for income.
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Net assets: $10m on Nov 2, 2026 for Principal Equity Premium Income ETF, and $15m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
PCOV since launch: paid 1.9%, price −2.0%, total −0.1%, not measured against a benchmark. 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
PCOV costs 0.77 points a year less; YQQQ is 1.5 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | PCOV | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +6.6% |
| Price change | fell 2.0% (since Aug 19, 2026) | fell 21.3% (1 year) |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.34% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $10m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
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 | PCOV | YQQQ | PCOV | YQQQ | PCOV | YQQQ |
| 3 months | – | +10.7% | – | 10.6% | – | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | – | +9.0% | – | 15.9% | – | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | – | +6.6% | – | 26.8% | – | +21.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: PCOV Aug 2026 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | −0.1% | −10.1% | 1.9% | 40.8% | not measured | +28.7 pts |
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PCOV
Over the period from its first trade on Aug 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, PCOV paid 1.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.1%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid periodically.
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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