Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QLDY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its price in cash against YMAG’s 33.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $53m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF and $268m for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.
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% as 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, 2026.1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+4.6%
YMAG
+5.8%
33.4% of it arrived as cash
1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+4.6%
YMAG
+5.8%
1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QLDY costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; YMAG is 5.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QLDY | YMAG |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +9.1% | +5.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 27.2% | fell 29.4% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 0% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment | 11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.04% | 1.34% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $53m | $268m |
| 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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QLDY and YMAG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated 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 | QLDY | YMAG | QLDY | YMAG | QLDY | YMAG |
| 3 months | −4.5% | +3.3% | 9.5% | 9.1% | −1.1 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | −3.1% | +1.9% | 18.5% | 18.1% | −2.8 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 1 year | +9.1% | +5.8% | 35.3% | 33.4% | −3.2 pts | +1.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: QLDY Sep 2025 · YMAG Jan 2024 | +13.2% | +70.3% | 39.1% | 91.7% | −3.7 pts | not measured |
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.
YMAG
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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