Which paid more, QQQY or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QQQY or SIXH?

QQQY charges 1.01% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QQQY vs SIXH: 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 SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $178m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

QQQY on its own →SIXH on its own →

At a glance

29.9%

QQQY cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+13.6%

QQQY total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH 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% 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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	QQQY	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+13.6%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 17.8%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQQY	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QQQY	SIXH
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.69%
Net assets, QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$178m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	QQQY	SIXH
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score33.8QQQY98.5SIXH

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

QQQY 33.8

SIXH 98.5

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

Risk and return

Sep 22, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 162 weekly returns

QQQY SIXH

Return

Total return edge QQQY (slight) +54.5% +50.7%

Annualized edge QQQY (slight) +15.0% +14.1%

Price return edge SIXH −65.0% +41.7%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 14.9% 8.2%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −18.3% −7.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.71 1.10

Sortino edge SIXH 1.01 1.66

Calmar edge SIXH 0.82 1.92

Reading

From Sep 2023 to Oct 2026, QQQY returned slightly more: +54.5% to +50.7%. SIXH swung less: 8.2% to 14.9%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −7.3% to −18.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: QQQY vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+54.5%	+50.7%	QQQY (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.0%	+14.1%	QQQY (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−65.0%	+41.7%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	14.9%	8.2%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.5%	5.4%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.3%	−7.3%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	1.10	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.01	1.66	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.82	1.92	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 162 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, QQQY and SIXH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQY SIXH

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 SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

PEPSICO, INC. 3.69%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

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Side by side

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Defiance Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy option income option income

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 3.2%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year −17.8% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +13.6% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +18.0%

Ahead or behind +1.3 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 81% not published

Age 3.1 years 6.5 years

Net assets, QQQY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $178m $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQQY	SIXH	QQQY	SIXH	QQQY	SIXH
3 months	−3.5%	+6.0%	7.3%	0.5%	−0.1 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+0.4%	+10.3%	15.4%	1.0%	+0.7 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+13.6%	+23.5%	29.9%	2.1%	+1.3 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+51.9%	+47.6%	88.2%	6.8%	−39.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · SIXH May 2020	+49.8%	+104.1%	88.1%	16.7%	−37.0 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQY or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QQQY or SIXH?: QQQY charges 1.01% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Defiance page for QQQY ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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