Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QQQI vs TCAL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against TCAL’s 11.4%, though TCAL returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF, and $324m on Nov 3, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.
3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QQQI
+8.9%
13.9% of it arrived as cash
3.4 pts behind QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QQQI
+8.9%
13.9% cash
3.4 pts behind QQQ
13.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.3.4 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+14.6%
TCAL
+11.2%
11.4% of it arrived as cash
3.4 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.4 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+14.6%
TCAL
+11.2%
11.4% as cash
11.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.4%, price −1.2%, total +11.2%, its own stocks +14.6%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
TCAL costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.5bn against $320m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QQQI | TCAL |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +8.9% | +11.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 5.4% | fell 1.2% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 0.34% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $15.5bn | $320m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 18% | |
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, QQQI and TCAL hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
half
18% 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 | QQQI | TCAL | QQQI | TCAL | QQQI | TCAL |
| 3 months | −2.2% | +5.3% | 3.5% | 2.6% | +1.3 pts | −1.8 pts |
| 6 months | −0.2% | +12.3% | 6.9% | 6.3% | +0.1 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 1 year | +8.9% | +11.2% | 13.9% | 11.4% | −3.4 pts | −3.5 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: QQQI Jan 2024 · TCAL Mar 2025 | +53.8% | +12.0% | 41.2% | 16.9% | −11.2 pts | not measured |
QQQI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
TCAL
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +14.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.
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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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