QVOL vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the window both share VAIE paid 6.8% of its price in cash against QVOL’s 5.3%, and returned more with it reinvested. Net assets: $8m on May 31, 2026 for Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.08 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| QVOL | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.82% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, QVOL as of May 31, 2026 and VAIE as of Oct 19, 2026 | $8m | $67m |
| Benchmark | Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 0.9 pts | |
| Price change, since May 12, 2026 | fell 4.2% | fell 3.6% |
0.8 pts behind ONEQ
QVOL since launch: paid 5.3%, price −4.2%, total +0.9%, ONEQ +1.7%, −0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
ONEQ
+1.7%
QVOL
+0.9%
5.3% as cash
0.8 pts behind ONEQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.8 pts behind ONEQ
QVOL since launch: paid 5.3%, price −4.2%, total +0.9%, ONEQ +1.7%, −0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
ONEQ
+1.7%
QVOL
+0.9%
0.8 pts behind ONEQ
5.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QVOL since launch: paid 5.3%, price −4.2%, total +0.9%, ONEQ +1.7%, −0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
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
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% as cash
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QVOL | VAIE | QVOL | VAIE | QVOL | VAIE |
| 3 months | −1.4% | +2.5% | 3.2% | 4.1% | −3.8 pts | not measured |
| Since launch QVOL May 2026 · VAIE May 2026 | +0.9% | +3.3% | 5.3% | 6.8% | −0.9 pts | not measured |
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On the same fields
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 QVOL
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, QVOL paid 5.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) returned +1.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly.
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.
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