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

Over the year QLDY paid 29.2% of its price in cash against XIDE’s 6.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF and FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December.

29.2%QLDY cash paid, 1 year
6.3%XIDE cash paid, 1 year
+10.6%QLDY total return, 1 year
+6.5%XIDE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: XIDE scores higher

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

QLDY 19.1XIDE 44.13.8, 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

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
XIDE10.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XIDE+6.5%6.3% as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XIDE+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in QLDYOnly in XIDE
Ndx 12/18/2026 2001.44 C 94.80%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07 110.36%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 4.77%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026 1.02%
United States Treasury Note/bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 0.53%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 680.58 0.73%
Ndxp Us 09/21/26 P29500 0.08%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/01/2026 0.51%
Xnd 12/18/2026 10.44 C 0.05%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.51%
Cash & Other -0.06%US Dollar 0.49%
Nasdaq-1 Put Opt 09/26 29650 -0.16%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 612.52 -0.33%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 680.58 -13.29%

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

QLDY and XIDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QLDYXIDEQLDYXIDEQLDYXIDE
3 months−6.6%+1.6%8.3%1.5%−4.1 pts−0.7 pts
6 months+20.1%+6.0%18.7%3.2%−4.2 pts−12.0 pts
1 year+10.6%+6.5%29.2%6.3%−11.2 pts−10.1 pts
Since launch+10.6%+19.9%29.2%17.4%−11.2 pts−46.8 pts
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QLDY and XIDE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QLDY
Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying weekly
XIDE
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerDefianceFirst Trust
Strategyoption incomebuffer with income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized19.6%6.2%
Expense ratio1.04%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year29.2%6.3%
Price change, 1 year−20.3%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+10.6%+6.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.2 pts−10.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age365 days1005 days
Net assets$52m$23m

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).

XIDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIDE paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QLDY or XIDE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QLDY paid 29.2% of its starting price in cash and XIDE paid 6.3%, 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 XIDE?
With every distribution reinvested, QLDY returned +10.6% and XIDE returned +6.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QLDY returned more.
Which is cheaper, QLDY or XIDE?
QLDY charges 1.04% a year and XIDE charges 0.85%, so XIDE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QLDY against XIDE, 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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