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QDTY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its price in cash against QQQI’s 13.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $37m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF, and $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

QDTY on its own →QQQI on its own →
At a glance
30.7%
QDTY cash paid, 1 year
13.9%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
+10.1%
QDTY total return, 1 year
+8.9%
QQQI total return, 1 year
QDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind QQQ
QDTY
+10.1%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

30.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+8.9%
QQQ
+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QQQI costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.5bn against $39m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QDTY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQDTYQQQI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.1%+8.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 21.9%fell 5.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate75% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.17%0.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$39m$15.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QQQI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score27.8QDTY42.2QQQI

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, QDTY and QQQI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QDTY QQQI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QDTY
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 95.10%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 0.73%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 0.05%
Only in QQQI
NVIDIA Corp 8.08%
Apple Inc 7.88%
Microsoft Corp 6.31%
Amazon.com Inc 4.40%
Micron Technology Inc 4.34%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56%
Tesla Inc 3.42%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.00%
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Side by side

QDTY YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer YieldMax NEOS
Strategy 0DTE covered call option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 30.9% 14.7%
Expense ratio 1.17% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.7% 13.9%
Price change, 1 year −21.9% −5.4%
Total return, 1 year +10.1% +8.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −2.2 pts −3.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 75% 100%
Age 1.7 years 2.8 years
Net assets, QDTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $37m $15.5bn

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

Window by window: QDTY vs QQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQDTYQQQIQDTYQQQIQDTYQQQI
3 months−2.6%−2.2%7.4%3.5%+0.8 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+0.6%−0.2%15.2%6.9%+1.0 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+10.1%+8.9%30.7%13.9%−2.2 pts−3.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QDTY Feb 2025 · QQQI Jan 2024+21.7%+53.8%45.1%41.2%−8.5 pts−11.2 pts

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About each fund
QDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 75% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QDTY or QQQI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 13.9%, 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 QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, QDTY returned +10.1% and QQQI +8.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QDTY or QQQI?
QDTY charges 1.17% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →QDTY on its own →QQQI on its own →QDTY dividend history →QDTY holdings →QQQI dividend history →QQQI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QDTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QDTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QDTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for QDTY ↗
QQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
NEOS page for QQQI ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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