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QDTY vs QLDY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QDTY paid 30.9% of its price in cash against QLDY’s 29.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF.

30.9%QDTY cash paid, 1 year
29.2%QLDY cash paid, 1 year
+20.2%QDTY total return, 1 year
+10.6%QLDY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: QDTY scores higher

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

QDTY 37QLDY 19.13.8, 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

QDTY1.6 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QDTY+20.2%30.9% of it arrived as cash1.6 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QDTY+20.2%30.9% as cash1.6 pts behind QQQ
QLDY11.2 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QLDY+10.6%29.2% of it arrived as cash11.2 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QLDY+10.6%11.2 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QDTY and QLDY hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QDTY and QLDY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQDTYQLDY
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.53%4.77%
Only in each
Only in QDTYOnly in QLDY
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 96.19%Ndx 12/18/2026 2001.44 C 94.80%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 3.21%United States Treasury Note/bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 0.53%
United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 0.07%Ndxp Us 09/21/26 P29500 0.08%
Xnd 12/18/2026 10.44 C 0.05%
Cash & Other -0.06%
Nasdaq-1 Put Opt 09/26 29650 -0.16%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QDTY and QLDY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QDTYQLDYQDTYQLDYQDTYQLDY
3 months−0.9%−6.6%7.9%8.3%+1.6 pts−4.1 pts
6 months+20.7%+20.1%17.3%18.7%−3.6 pts−4.2 pts
1 year+20.2%+10.6%30.9%29.2%−1.6 pts−11.2 pts
Since launch+27.1%+10.6%42.0%29.2%−8.5 pts−11.2 pts
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QDTY and QLDY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QDTY
YieldMax(R) Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
QLDY
Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerYieldMaxDefiance
Strategy0DTE covered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized25.9%19.6%
Expense ratio1.17%1.04%
Cash paid, 1 year30.9%29.2%
Price change, 1 year−14.0%−20.3%
Total return, 1 year+20.2%+10.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−1.6 pts−11.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate94%100%
Age582 days365 days
Net assets$27m$52m

QDTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QDTY paid 30.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

QLDY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QLDY paid 29.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.6%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 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, QDTY or QLDY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QDTY paid 30.9% of its starting price in cash and QLDY paid 29.2%, so QDTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QDTY or QLDY?
With every distribution reinvested, QDTY returned +20.2% and QLDY returned +10.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QDTY returned more.
Which is cheaper, QDTY or QLDY?
QDTY charges 1.17% a year and QLDY charges 1.04%, so QLDY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QDTY against QLDY, 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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