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QYLD vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its price in cash against QYLD’s 12.3%, though QYLD 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 $15m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.

QYLD on its own →YQQQ on its own →
At a glance
12.3%
QYLD cash paid, 1 year
26.8%
YQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+16.5%
QYLD total return, 1 year
+6.6%
YQQQ total return, 1 year
QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ
4.2 pts ahead of QQQQYLD 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 cash4.2 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvested4.2 pts ahead of QQQQYLD 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

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.
YQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 21.1 pts ahead of short QQQ
21.1 pts ahead of short QQQYQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.short QQQ−14.5%YQQQ+6.6%26.8% as cash21.1 pts ahead of short QQQTotal return, distributions reinvested21.1 pts ahead of short QQQYQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.short QQQ−14.5%YQQQ+6.6%21.1 pts ahead of short QQQ

YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points; QYLD is far larger, $8.5bn against $25m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLD vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQYLDYQQQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.5%+6.6%
Price change, 1 yearrose 3.3%fell 21.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.60%1.11%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$8.5bn$25m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score72.8QYLD24.3YQQQ

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, QYLD and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLD YQQQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20%
APPLE INC. 7.65%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%
ALPHABET INC. 3.50%
ALPHABET INC. 3.28%
Only in YQQQ
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 16.15%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 12.48%
QQQ 12/18/2026 750.02 P 8.12%
QQQ US 11/06/26 P685 0.09%
QQQ US 11/06/26 P665 0.03%
QQQ US 12/18/26 C915 0.01%
QQQ US 11/06/26 P682 -0.23%
QQQ US 11/06/26 P704 -0.41%
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Side by side

QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly YQQQ YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF · Short option income on short QQQ, paying weekly
Issuer Global X YieldMax
Strategy covered call short option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 22.7%
Expense ratio 0.60% 1.11%
Cash paid, 1 year 12.3% 26.8%
Price change, 1 year +3.3% −21.3%
Total return, 1 year +16.5% +6.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% −14.5%
Ahead or behind +4.2 pts +21.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 99% not published
Age 12.9 years 2.2 years
Net assets, QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and YQQQ as of Nov 3, 2026 $8.5bn $15m

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 YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQYLDYQQQQYLDYQQQQYLDYQQQ
3 months+2.4%+10.7%3.0%10.6%+5.9 pts+8.0 pts
6 months+5.4%+9.0%6.0%15.9%+5.8 pts+11.1 pts
1 year+16.5%+6.6%12.3%26.8%+4.2 pts+21.1 pts
3 years+52.7%–37.9%–−38.6 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: QYLD Dec 2013 · YQQQ Aug 2024+194.8%−10.1%117.5%40.8%−610.5 pts+28.7 pts

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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.

YQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QYLD or YQQQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash and YQQQ paid 26.8%, so YQQQ 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 YQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +16.5% and YQQQ +6.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QYLD or YQQQ?
QYLD charges 0.60% a year and YQQQ charges 1.11%, 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 ↗
YQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
YQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
YQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for YQQQ ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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