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QQQY vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its price in cash against QRMI’s 11.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $178m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF, and $15m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF.

QQQY on its own →QRMI on its own →
At a glance
29.9%
QQQY cash paid, 1 year
11.6%
QRMI cash paid, 1 year
+13.6%
QQQY total return, 1 year
+3.7%
QRMI total return, 1 year
QQQY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of QQQ
QQQY
+13.6%
QQQ
+12.3%

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQY

+13.6%

29.9% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −17.8%, total +13.6%, QQQ +12.3%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.6 pts behind QQQ
QRMI
+3.7%
QQQ
+12.3%

8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QRMI

+3.7%

11.6% as cash

8.6 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.6 pts behind QQQ

QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QRMI

+3.7%

8.6 pts behind QQQ

11.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QRMI over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price −8.1%, total +3.7%, QQQ +12.3%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QRMI costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points; QQQY is 12.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQQQYQRMI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.6%+3.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 17.8%fell 8.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.01%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$193m$15m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QQQY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score33.8QQQY27.2QRMI

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, QQQY and QRMI 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 QQQY QRMI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QQQY
Ndx 12/18/2026 1000.34 C 98.45%
Ndx 11/05/2026 28516.79 C 0.38%
Ndx 11/05/2026 28437.17 C -0.51%
Only in QRMI
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.14%
APPLE INC. 7.60%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.90%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.60%
ALPHABET INC. 3.48%
ALPHABET INC. 3.26%
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Side by side

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Defiance Global X
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 12.2%
Expense ratio 1.01% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 11.6%
Price change, 1 year −17.8% −8.1%
Total return, 1 year +13.6% +3.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.3%
Ahead or behind +1.3 pts −8.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 81% 100%
Age 3.1 years 5.2 years
Net assets, QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026 and QRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 $178m $15m

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: QQQY vs QRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQQQYQRMIQQQYQRMIQQQYQRMI
3 months−3.5%−0.1%7.3%3.0%−0.1 pts+3.4 pts
6 months+0.4%+1.0%15.4%5.9%+0.7 pts+1.3 pts
1 year+13.6%+3.7%29.9%11.6%+1.3 pts−8.6 pts
3 years+51.9%+25.7%88.2%35.0%−39.4 pts−65.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · QRMI Aug 2021+49.8%+8.5%88.1%42.0%−37.0 pts−83.2 pts

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About each fund
QQQY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 17.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.5%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQY or QRMI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and QRMI paid 11.6%, so QQQY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QQQY or QRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and QRMI +3.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QQQY or QRMI?
QQQY charges 1.01% a year and QRMI charges 0.60%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →QQQY on its own →QRMI on its own →QQQY dividend history →QQQY holdings →QRMI dividend history →QRMI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Defiance page for QQQY ↗
QRMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QRMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QRMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for QRMI ↗

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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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