Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QDTY vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH 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 $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.
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%
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, 2026.5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+18.0%
SIXH
+23.5%
5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+18.0%
SIXH
+23.5%
2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SIXH costs 0.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.4 points.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QDTY | SIXH |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +10.1% | +23.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 21.9% | rose 21.2% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 75% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.17% | 0.69% |
| Net assets, QDTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 | $37m | $603m |
| 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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Risk and return
Feb 21, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 88 weekly returnsFrom Feb 2025 to Oct 2026, QDTY returned more: +23.5% to +20.8%. SIXH swung less: 8.9% to 18.1%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −19.5%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | QDTY | SIXH | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +23.5% | +20.8% | QDTY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +13.3% | +11.8% | QDTY | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −28.0% | +16.5% | SIXH | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 18.1% | 8.9% | SIXH | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 13.3% | 6.4% | SIXH | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −19.5% | −7.3% | SIXH | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.56 | 0.85 | SIXH | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 0.77 | 1.20 | SIXH | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.68 | 1.61 | SIXH | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 88 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QDTY and SIXH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
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 | QDTY | SIXH | QDTY | SIXH | QDTY | SIXH |
| 3 months | −2.6% | +6.0% | 7.4% | 0.5% | +0.8 pts | +1.8 pts |
| 6 months | +0.6% | +10.3% | 15.2% | 1.0% | +1.0 pts | +3.5 pts |
| 1 year | +10.1% | +23.5% | 30.7% | 2.1% | −2.2 pts | +5.5 pts |
| 3 years | – | +47.6% | – | 6.8% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: QDTY Feb 2025 · SIXH May 2020 | +21.7% | +104.1% | 45.1% | 16.7% | −8.5 pts | not measured |
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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.
SIXH
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.
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