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QRMI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its price in cash against QRMI’s 11.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 12, 2026: $15m for Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF and $62m for Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF.

At a glance
11.6%
QRMI cash paid, 1 year
11.9%
XRMI cash paid, 1 year
+3.7%
QRMI total return, 1 year
+8.7%
XRMI 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% 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. 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.
XRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.1 pts behind SPY
XRMI
+8.7%
SPY
+14.8%

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.60% a year; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points; XRMI is 4.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QRMI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQRMIXRMI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+3.7%+8.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 8.1%fell 3.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment95% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.60%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$15m$62m
Holdings
Holdings in common54%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XRMI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score27.2QRMI45.2XRMI

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

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Method

Risk and return

Sep 3, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026 · 269 weekly returns
QRMI XRMI
Return
Total return edge XRMI +8.2% +16.0%
Annualized edge XRMI +1.5% +2.9%
Price return edge XRMI (slight) −40.0% −36.8%
Risk
Volatility edge XRMI 7.9% 6.5%
Max drawdown edge XRMI −20.4% −15.1%
Downside capture 47.1% 44.1%
Beta 0.30 0.33
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XRMI −0.25 −0.12
Sortino edge XRMI −0.34 −0.15
Treynor −0.067 −0.023
Calmar edge XRMI 0.07 0.19
Against the benchmark
Alpha −5.1% a year −3.6% a year
Alpha t-stat −2.52 −2.27
Information ratio −0.80 −0.83
Tracking error 15.8% 11.3%

Each against its own benchmark: QRMI against QQQ, Sep 3, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026; XRMI against SPY, Sep 3, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2021 to Oct 2026, XRMI returned more: +16.0% to +8.2%. XRMI swung less: 6.5% to 7.9%. XRMI fell less at its worst: −15.1% to −20.4%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: QRMI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQRMIXRMIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+8.2%+16.0%XRMIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+1.5%+2.9%XRMITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−40.0%−36.8%XRMI (slight)Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility7.9%6.5%XRMISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation5.9%5.0%XRMILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−20.4%−15.1%XRMIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture18.1%22.9%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture47.1%44.1%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.300.33Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.660.68Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe−0.25−0.12XRMIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino−0.34−0.15XRMIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor−0.067−0.023Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.070.19XRMIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−5.1% a year−3.6% a yearYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−2.52−2.27Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−9.1% to −1.1%−6.8% to −0.5%Not an edgeThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.80−0.83Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error15.8%11.3%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 269 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

54%

By the books each fund has filed, QRMI and XRMI hold 54% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

54% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QRMI XRMI
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.14% 7.63%
APPLE INC. 7.60% 7.12%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78% 5.42%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.90% 4.17%
ALPHABET INC. 3.48% 3.28%
BROADCOM INC. 3.10% 2.89%
ALPHABET INC. 3.26% 2.64%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.77% 1.92%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29% 1.46%
TESLA, INC. 2.60% 1.37%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.60% 1.22%
WALMART INC. 2.51% 0.76%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QRMI
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0.97%
ASML Holding N.V. 0.72%
SHOPIFY INC. 0.67%
ARM Holdings PLC 0.49%
MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.46%
PDD Holdings Inc. 0.28%
Astera Labs Inc 0.24%
COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS PLC 0.22%
Only in XRMI
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.01%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.97%
VISA INC. 0.95%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.72%
ABBVIE INC. 0.70%
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Side by side

QRMI Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 10.6%
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.6% 11.9%
Price change, 1 year −8.1% −3.8%
Total return, 1 year +3.7% +8.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −8.6 pts −6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 95%
Age 5.2 years 5.2 years
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $15m $62m

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 XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQRMIXRMIQRMIXRMIQRMIXRMI
3 months−0.1%+1.6%3.0%2.9%+3.4 pts+1.8 pts
6 months+1.0%+5.4%5.9%6.0%+1.3 pts+0.4 pts
1 year+3.7%+8.7%11.6%11.9%−8.6 pts−6.1 pts
3 years+25.7%+30.8%35.0%35.1%−65.7 pts−52.2 pts
Since launchQRMI Aug 2021 · XRMI Aug 2021+8.5%+17.6%42.0%45.0%−83.2 pts−66.7 pts

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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.

XRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QRMI or XRMI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QRMI paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, so XRMI 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 XRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, QRMI returned +3.7% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QRMI or XRMI?
QRMI and XRMI both charge 0.60% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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