Which paid more, QQQY or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QQQY or YYY?

QQQY charges 1.01% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QQQY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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QQQY vs YYY: 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 YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $178m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

29.9%

QQQY cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+13.6%

QQQY total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

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

QQQY costs 2.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points; YYY is 3.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	QQQY	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+13.6%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 17.8%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	81% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QQQY	YYY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QQQY	YYY
Expense ratio	1.01%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$178m	$674m
Holdings
Measure	QQQY	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

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

QQQY YYY

Return

Total return edge QQQY +54.5% +33.7%

Annualized edge QQQY +15.0% +9.8%

Price return edge YYY −65.0% −9.8%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 14.9% 10.9%

Max drawdown edge YYY −18.3% −10.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QQQY 0.71 0.50

Sortino edge QQQY 1.01 0.72

Calmar edge YYY 0.82 0.94

Reading

From Sep 2023 to Oct 2026, QQQY returned more: +54.5% to +33.7%. YYY swung less: 10.9% to 14.9%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −18.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: QQQY vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QQQY	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+54.5%	+33.7%	QQQY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.0%	+9.8%	QQQY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−65.0%	−9.8%	YYY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	14.9%	10.9%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.5%	7.6%	YYY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.3%	−10.4%	YYY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.50	QQQY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.01	0.72	QQQY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.82	0.94	YYY	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 YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQY YYY

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 YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying weekly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Defiance Amplify

Strategy option income income from closed-end funds

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays weekly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 31.5% 13.8%

Expense ratio 1.01% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 29.9% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −17.8% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +13.6% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +1.3 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 81% 18%

Age 3.1 years 14.4 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $178m $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QQQY	YYY	QQQY	YYY	QQQY	YYY
3 months	−3.5%	−4.9%	7.3%	3.2%	−0.1 pts	not measured
6 months	+0.4%	−4.1%	15.4%	6.2%	+0.7 pts	not measured
1 year	+13.6%	+1.9%	29.9%	12.4%	+1.3 pts	not measured
3 years	+51.9%	+35.2%	88.2%	38.6%	−39.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QQQY Sep 2023 · YYY Jun 2012	+49.8%	+114.4%	88.1%	113.6%	−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.

YYY

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).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQY or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQY paid 29.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +13.6% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QQQY or YYY?: QQQY charges 1.01% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QQQY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QQQY on its own →YYY on its own →QQQY dividend history →QQQY holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY 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 ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

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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