Which paid more, QYLD or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so QYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

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

With every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +16.5% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QYLD or SIXH?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

QYLD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 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, 0 to +23.5%. 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.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLD	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLD	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 3.3%	rose 21.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLD	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QYLD	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.69%
Net assets, QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$8.5bn	$603m
Holdings
Measure	QYLD	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 Score72.8QYLD98.5SIXH

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

QYLD 72.8

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

Risk and return

May 22, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026 · 336 weekly returns

QYLD SIXH

Return

Total return edge SIXH +90.4% +106.0%

Annualized edge SIXH +10.5% +11.8%

Price return edge SIXH −12.9% +81.7%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 12.6% 9.5%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −24.5% −10.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.61 0.90

Sortino edge SIXH 0.87 1.37

Calmar edge SIXH 0.43 1.09

Reading

From May 2020 to Oct 2026, SIXH returned more: +106.0% to +90.4%. SIXH swung less: 9.5% to 12.6%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −10.8% to −24.5%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: QYLD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLD	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+90.4%	+106.0%	SIXH	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.5%	+11.8%	SIXH	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−12.9%	+81.7%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	12.6%	9.5%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	8.8%	6.3%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.5%	−10.8%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.61	0.90	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	1.37	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.43	1.09	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 336 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLD 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 QYLD SIXH

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32% 2.85%

WALMART INC. 2.53% 2.31%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.97% 2.42%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.71% 2.52%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20% 1.34%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1.32% 1.85%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.78% 1.26%

APPLE INC. 7.65% 1.25%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62% 1.21%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC. 3.50% 1.16%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.13% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLD

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

BROADCOM INC. 3.11%

TESLA, INC. 2.62%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.11%

NETFLIX, INC. 1.41%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.26%

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

QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call 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 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 monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.3% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +3.3% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +18.0%

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% not published

Age 12.9 years 6.5 years

Net assets, QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $8.5bn $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: QYLD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLD	SIXH	QYLD	SIXH	QYLD	SIXH
3 months	+2.4%	+6.0%	3.0%	0.5%	+5.9 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+5.4%	+10.3%	6.0%	1.0%	+5.8 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+16.5%	+23.5%	12.3%	2.1%	+4.2 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+52.7%	+47.6%	37.9%	6.8%	−38.6 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QYLD Dec 2013 · SIXH May 2020	+194.8%	+104.1%	117.5%	16.7%	−610.5 pts	not measured

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About each fund

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% 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, QYLD or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so QYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QYLD or SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +16.5% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QYLD or SIXH?: QYLD charges 0.60% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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