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QLDY vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its price in cash against QYLG’s 16.7%, though QYLG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $53m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF, and $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

QLDY on its own →QYLG on its own →
At a glance
35.3%
QLDY cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+9.1%
QLDY total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG total return, 1 year
QLDY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.2 pts behind QQQ
QLDY
+9.1%
QQQ
+12.3%

3.2 pts behind QQQ

QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QLDY

+9.1%

35.3% of it arrived as cash

3.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.2 pts behind QQQ

QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QLDY

+9.1%

35.3% cash

3.2 pts behind QQQ

35.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG
+14.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.69 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; QYLG is 3.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QLDY vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQLDYQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.1%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 27.2%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.04%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$58m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QYLG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score24.9QLDY49.4QYLG

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, QLDY and QYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QLDY QYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QLDY
Ndx 12/18/2026 2001.44 C 92.84%
United States Treasury Note/bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 0.49%
Exchange Put Opt 11/26 28320 0.15%
Xnd 12/18/2026 10.44 C 0.05%
Nasdaq-1 Put Opt 11/26 28470 -0.24%
Only in QYLG
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13%
APPLE INC. 7.59%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 3.47%
ALPHABET INC. 3.25%
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Side by side

QLDY Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Defiance Global X
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 19.7% 7.1%
Expense ratio 1.04% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 35.3% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year −27.2% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year +9.1% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −3.2 pts +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 93%
Age 1.1 years 6.1 years
Net assets, QLDY as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $53m $183m

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: QLDY vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQLDYQYLGQLDYQYLGQLDYQYLG
3 months−4.5%−0.8%9.5%1.6%−1.1 pts+2.6 pts
6 months−3.1%+2.5%18.5%4.0%−2.8 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+9.1%+14.4%35.3%16.7%−3.2 pts+2.1 pts
3 years–+72.0%–52.1%–−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QLDY Sep 2025 · QYLG Sep 2020+13.2%+116.2%39.1%76.4%−3.7 pts−46.8 pts

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About each fund
QLDY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.7%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QLDY or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so QLDY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QLDY or QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, QLDY returned +9.1% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QLDY or QYLG?
QLDY charges 1.04% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →QLDY on its own →QYLG on its own →QLDY dividend history →QLDY holdings →QYLG dividend history →QYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QLDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QLDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QLDY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Defiance page for QLDY ↗
QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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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