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

Over the year ULTY paid 46.9% of its price in cash against QDTE’s 36.8%, though QDTE returned more with it reinvested.

Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF, side by side, income ETFs on ETFIQ.

36.8%QDTE cash paid, 1 year
46.9%ULTY cash paid, 1 year
+22.3%QDTE total return, 1 year
−5.8%ULTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: QDTE scores higher

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

QDTE 44.7ULTY 4.73.2, the lowest in this set96.9, the highest

A percentile among the 161 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

QDTE0.7 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
QQQ+23.0%QDTE+22.3%36.8% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+23.0%QDTE+22.3%36.8% as cash0.7 pts behind QQQ
ULTY23.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
SPY+17.5%ULTY−5.8%23.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+17.5%ULTY−5.8%23.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in QDTEOnly in ULTY
NDX 03/19/2027 2510.15 C 26.01%Alphabet Inc 5.66%
4NDX US 12/18/26 C2450.1 FLX 25.19%Analog Devices Inc 5.47%
NDX 06/11/2027 3059.42 C 22.18%Amazon.com Inc 5.16%
4NDX US 09/18/26 C2250 FLX 18.27%Lam Research Corp 4.99%
Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 5.05%Ciena Corp 4.95%
First American Government Obligations Fu 3.30%Quanta Services Inc 4.95%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 4.86%
NVIDIA Corp 4.80%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QDTE and ULTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QDTEULTYQDTEULTYQDTEULTY
3 months+1.0%−0.3%7.8%14.2%+1.8 pts−3.6 pts
6 months+16.9%+11.2%15.9%29.8%−3.8 pts−4.8 pts
1 year+22.3%−5.8%36.8%46.9%−0.7 pts−23.3 pts
Since launch+58.3%+9.0%73.8%86.7%−4.3 pts−45.9 pts
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QDTE and ULTY on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QDTE
Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
ULTY
YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerRoundhillYieldMax
Strategy0DTE covered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized24.3%61.5%
Expense ratio0.96%1.30%
Cash paid, 1 year36.8%46.9%
Price change, 1 year−18.5%−53.3%
Total return, 1 year+22.3%−5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+23.0%+17.5%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−23.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age918 days925 days

QDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QDTE paid 36.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.3%, paid weekly.

ULTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, ULTY paid 46.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 53.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −5.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +17.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 23.3 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 61.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QDTE or ULTY?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, QDTE paid 36.8% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.9%, so ULTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QDTE or ULTY?
With every distribution reinvested, QDTE returned +22.3% and ULTY returned −5.8% over the year to Sep 11, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, QDTE or ULTY?
QDTE charges 0.96% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so QDTE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QDTE against ULTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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