Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QQQI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and 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 $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High 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% as 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.Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QQQI costs 2.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.0 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.5bn against $671m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QQQI | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +8.9% | +1.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 5.4% | fell 10.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | 18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 3.23% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $15.5bn | $671m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 142 weekly returnsFrom Feb 2024 to Oct 2026, QQQI returned more: +50.0% to +22.4%. YYY swung less: 10.2% to 16.0%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −18.4%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | QQQI | YYY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +50.0% | +22.4% | QQQI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +16.0% | +7.7% | QQQI | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +1.4% | −12.9% | QQQI | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 16.0% | 10.2% | YYY | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 10.8% | 7.6% | YYY | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −18.4% | −10.4% | YYY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.74 | 0.35 | QQQI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.09 | 0.47 | QQQI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.87 | 0.74 | QQQI | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 142 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QQQI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and 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 | QQQI | YYY | QQQI | YYY | QQQI | YYY |
| 3 months | −2.2% | −4.9% | 3.5% | 3.2% | +1.3 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | −0.2% | −4.1% | 6.9% | 6.2% | +0.1 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +8.9% | +1.9% | 13.9% | 12.4% | −3.4 pts | not measured |
| 3 years | – | +35.2% | – | 38.6% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: QQQI Jan 2024 · YYY Jun 2012 | +53.8% | +114.4% | 41.2% | 113.6% | −11.2 pts | not measured |
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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.
No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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