Which paid more, QXQ or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, QXQ paid 15.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so QXQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

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

With every distribution reinvested, QXQ returned +12.1% and SIXH +20.5% over the year to Nov 12, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QXQ or SIXH?

QXQ charges 0.98% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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QXQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+8.4 pts

1 year to Nov 12, 2026: SIXH ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.29 pts

A year: QXQ 0.98%, SIXH 0.69%, per filings dated Jan 5, 2026 and Mar 27, 2026

Overlap

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Net flow

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Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.4 points; SIXH is 7.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QXQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QXQ	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	QXQ	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+12.1%	+20.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 4.7%	rose 18.3%
Against its benchmark
Measure	QXQ	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QXQ	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.98%	0.69%
Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026	$82m	$603m
Holdings
Measure	QXQ	SIXH
Holdings in common	not published

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

IQ Income Score52QXQ98.5SIXH

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 171 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

QXQ 52

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

Key numbers

15.1%

QXQ cash paid, 1 year

2.0%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+12.1%

QXQ total return, 1 year

+20.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

QXQ · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ

+12.1%

QQQ

+11.3%

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

QXQ

+12.1%

15.1% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

QXQ

+12.1%

15.1% cash

0.8 pts ahead of QQQ

15.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QXQ over 1 year: paid 15.1%, price −4.7%, total +12.1%, QQQ +11.3%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 6.3 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+20.5%

Own

+14.2%

6.3 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.0%, price +18.3%, total +20.5%, its own holdings +14.2%, +6.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

its own holdings

+14.2%

SIXH

+20.5%

6.3 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.3 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.0%, price +18.3%, total +20.5%, its own holdings +14.2%, +6.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

its own holdings

+14.2%

SIXH

+20.5%

2.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.0%, price +18.3%, total +20.5%, its own holdings +14.2%, +6.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

QXQ SGI Enhanced Nasdaq-100 ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying quarterly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer SGI Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy covered call 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 quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 1.0% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.98% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 15.1% 2.0%

Price change, 1 year −4.7% +18.3%

Total return, 1 year +12.1% +20.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +11.3% +14.2%

Ahead or behind +0.8 pts +6.3 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 2.4 years 6.5 years

Net assets, as of Aug 31, 2026 $82m $603m

As of Nov 12, 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: QXQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QXQ	SIXH	QXQ	SIXH	QXQ	SIXH
3 months	−5.4%	+4.3%	0.2%	0.5%	+0.5 pts	+3.0 pts
6 months	−3.8%	+10.8%	0.5%	1.0%	+0.4 pts	+5.1 pts
1 year	+12.1%	+20.5%	15.1%	2.0%	+0.8 pts	+6.4 pts
3 years	–	+47.5%	–	6.7%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QXQ Jun 2024 · SIXH May 2020	+47.7%	+104.1%	22.8%	16.7%	+2.2 pts	not measured

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About each fund

QXQ

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, QXQ paid 15.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 1.0%, paid quarterly.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 18.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +14.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 6.3 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QXQ or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, QXQ paid 15.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so QXQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QXQ or SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, QXQ returned +12.1% and SIXH +20.5% over the year to Nov 12, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QXQ or SIXH?: QXQ charges 0.98% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QXQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QXQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SGI website ↗

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.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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Net assets on Aug 31, 2026: $82m for SGI Enhanced Nasdaq-100 ETF and $603m for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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Growth of 100

QXQ and SIXH

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 year.

QXQ +12.1%SIXH +20.5%

Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 2026

QXQ +12.1%, SIXH +20.5%: SIXH +8.4 pts ahead, 1 year, Nov 12, 2025 to Nov 12, 2026.