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

Over the year QDTY paid 30.9% of its price in cash against XRMI’s 12.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF and Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF.

30.9%QDTY cash paid, 1 year
12.1%XRMI cash paid, 1 year
+20.2%QDTY total return, 1 year
+10.3%XRMI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XRMI scores higher

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

QDTY 37XRMI 43.43.8, 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
XRMI6.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XRMI+10.3%12.1% of it arrived as cash6.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XRMI+10.3%6.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in QDTYOnly in XRMI
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 96.19%NVIDIA CORP 8.27%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 3.21%APPLE INC 7.54%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.53%MICROSOFT CORP 5.63%
United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 0.07%AMAZON.COM INC 3.82%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.15%
BROADCOM INC 2.61%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 2.50%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.26%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QDTY and XRMI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QDTYXRMIQDTYXRMIQDTYXRMI
3 months−0.9%+3.5%7.9%3.0%+1.6 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+20.7%+8.9%17.3%6.3%−3.6 pts−9.1 pts
1 year+20.2%+10.3%30.9%12.1%−1.6 pts−6.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+27.2%not published33.3%not published−51.2 pts
Since launch+27.1%+17.0%42.0%43.8%−8.5 pts−66.1 pts
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QDTY and XRMI 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
XRMI
Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerYieldMaxGlobal X
Strategy0DTE covered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized25.9%12.3%
Expense ratio1.17%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year30.9%12.1%
Price change, 1 year−14.0%−2.4%
Total return, 1 year+20.2%+10.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−1.6 pts−6.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate94%95%
Age582 days1849 days
Net assets$27m$60m

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).

XRMI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XRMI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 XRMI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QDTY paid 30.9% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 12.1%, 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 XRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, QDTY returned +20.2% and XRMI returned +10.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QDTY returned more.
Which is cheaper, QDTY or XRMI?
QDTY charges 1.17% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QDTY against XRMI, 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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