Which paid more, QRMI or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so QRMI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, QRMI or SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, QRMI returned +3.7% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QRMI or SIXH?

QRMI charges 0.60% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QRMI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $15m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

11.6%

QRMI cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+3.7%

QRMI total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

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% 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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.

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

QRMI costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QRMI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QRMI	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	QRMI	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+3.7%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 8.1%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QRMI	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QRMI	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.69%
Net assets, QRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$15m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	QRMI	SIXH
Holdings in common	24%

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

IQ Income Score27.2QRMI98.5SIXH

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

QRMI 27.2

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

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, QRMI and SIXH hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

24% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QRMI SIXH

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 2.85%

WALMART INC. 2.51% 2.31%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.96% 2.42%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.70% 2.52%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.14% 1.34%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1.31% 1.85%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.77% 1.26%

APPLE INC. 7.60% 1.25%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.60% 1.21%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.90% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC. 3.48% 1.16%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.12% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QRMI

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%

ALPHABET INC. 3.26%

BROADCOM INC. 3.10%

TESLA, INC. 2.60%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.10%

NETFLIX, INC. 1.40%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.25%

KLA CORPORATION 1.11%

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%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.69%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54%

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Side by side

QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Global X 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 monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.6% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year −8.1% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +3.7% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −8.6 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 5.2 years 6.5 years

Net assets, QRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $15m $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: QRMI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QRMI	SIXH	QRMI	SIXH	QRMI	SIXH
3 months	−0.1%	+6.0%	3.0%	0.5%	+3.4 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+1.0%	+10.3%	5.9%	1.0%	+1.3 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+3.7%	+23.5%	11.6%	2.1%	−8.6 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+25.7%	+47.6%	35.0%	6.8%	−65.7 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QRMI Aug 2021 · SIXH May 2020	+8.5%	+104.1%	42.0%	16.7%	−83.2 pts	not measured

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About each fund

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). 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, QRMI or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so QRMI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QRMI or SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, QRMI returned +3.7% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QRMI or SIXH?: QRMI charges 0.60% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QRMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QRMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QRMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QRMI ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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