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QQQY vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

QQQY and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 19, 2026: $187m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF and $67m for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.

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VAIE costs 0.27 points a year less; QQQY is 2.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
QQQYVAIE
Expense ratio1.01%0.74%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$187m$67m
Total return, 1 year+18.4%not published
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQnot published
Holdings in commonnot published
Price changefell 14.6% (1 year)fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 16, 2026 payment
29.9%
QQQY cash paid, 1 year
6.8%
VAIE cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026
+18.4%
QQQY total return, 1 year
+3.3%
VAIE total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

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QQQY · 1 year to Oct 20, 2026About even with QQQ
QQQY
+18.4%
QQQ
+17.9%

About even with QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −14.6%, total +18.4%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.5 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

QQQ

+17.9%

QQQY

+18.4%

29.9% of it arrived as cash

about even with QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with QQQ

QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −14.6%, total +18.4%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.5 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

QQQ

+17.9%

QQQY

+18.4%

29.9% as cash

about even with QQQ

29.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.9%, price −14.6%, total +18.4%, QQQ +17.9%, +0.5 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured
VAIE
+3.3%
none

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: QQQY vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQQQYVAIEQQQYVAIEQQQYVAIE
3 months+2.0%+2.5%7.4%4.1%+0.6 ptsnot measured
6 months+12.4%–16.4%–+0.8 pts–
1 year+18.4%–29.9%–+0.5 pts–
3 years+61.0%–90.0%–−44.8 pts–
Since launch
Not the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · VAIE May 2026
+55.8%+3.3%87.7%6.8%−37.9 ptsnot measured

Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

QQQY
Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly
VAIE
VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly
Issuer Defiance VegaShares
Strategy option income autocallable
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) none
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 31.1% 16.8%
Expense ratio 1.01% 0.74%
Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 6.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −14.6% −3.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +18.4% +3.3% (since launch, May 12, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +17.9% not published
Ahead or behind +0.5 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 3.1 years 161 days
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 $187m $67m

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

About QQQY

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 14.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.1%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

About VAIE

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QQQY or VAIE?
QQQY charges 1.01% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
QQQY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QQQY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗QQQY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗Defiance page for QQQY ↗VAIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VAIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VegaShares page for VAIE ↗

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How this is computed

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