Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
QXQ vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
QXQ costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QXQ | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +12.1% | +5.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 4.7% | fell 22.7% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 93% of the Nov 13, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 0.8 pts | ahead by 20.0 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.98% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, QXQ as of Aug 31, 2026 and YQQQ as of Nov 11, 2026 | $82m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
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
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 →
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.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 27.7%, price −22.7%, total +5.8%, short QQQ −14.2%, +20.0 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QXQ | YQQQ | QXQ | YQQQ | QXQ | YQQQ |
| 3 months | −5.4% | +10.4% | 0.2% | 11.2% | +0.5 pts | +5.6 pts |
| 6 months | −3.8% | +10.7% | 0.5% | 16.9% | +0.4 pts | +9.4 pts |
| 1 year | +12.1% | +5.8% | 15.1% | 27.7% | +0.8 pts | +20.0 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: QXQ Jun 2024 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +47.7% | −11.2% | 22.8% | 41.4% | +2.2 pts | +27.7 pts |
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.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, YQQQ paid 27.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 22.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 20.0 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 39.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 13, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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Net assets: $82m on Aug 31, 2026 for SGI Enhanced Nasdaq-100 ETF, and $15m on Nov 11, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
QXQ and YQQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 year.
QXQ +12.1%, YQQQ +5.8%: QXQ +6.3 pts ahead, 1 year, Nov 12, 2025 to Nov 12, 2026.