Which paid more, QYLD or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +16.5% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QYLD or YYY?

QYLD charges 0.60% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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QYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% 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 $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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%

12.3% as cash

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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 2.63 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.6 points; QYLD is 12.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLD	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLD	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 3.3%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLD	YYY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QYLD	YYY
Expense ratio	0.60%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$8.5bn	$657m
Holdings
Measure	QYLD	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Dec 20, 2013 to Oct 30, 2026 · 671 weekly returns

QYLD YYY

Return

Total return edge QYLD +189.6% +69.7%

Annualized edge QYLD +8.6% +4.2%

Price return edge QYLD −29.5% −55.4%

Risk

Volatility edge QYLD 12.3% 14.6%

Max drawdown edge QYLD −24.5% −38.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QYLD 0.57 0.22

Sortino edge QYLD 0.76 0.29

Calmar edge QYLD 0.35 0.11

Reading

From Dec 2013 to Oct 2026, QYLD returned more: +189.6% to +69.7%. QYLD swung less: 12.3% to 14.6%. QYLD fell less at its worst: −24.5% to −38.9%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: QYLD vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLD	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+189.6%	+69.7%	QYLD	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.6%	+4.2%	QYLD	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−29.5%	−55.4%	QYLD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	12.3%	14.6%	QYLD	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.2%	11.1%	QYLD	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.5%	−38.9%	QYLD	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.57	0.22	QYLD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.76	0.29	QYLD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.11	QYLD	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 671 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

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0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLD YYY

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 YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer Global X Amplify

Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.2% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.60% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.3% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year +3.3% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 18%

Age 12.9 years 14.4 years

Net assets, QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $8.5bn $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLD	YYY	QYLD	YYY	QYLD	YYY
3 months	+2.4%	−4.9%	3.0%	3.2%	+5.9 pts	not measured
6 months	+5.4%	−4.1%	6.0%	6.2%	+5.8 pts	not measured
1 year	+16.5%	+1.9%	12.3%	12.4%	+4.2 pts	not measured
3 years	+52.7%	+35.2%	37.9%	38.6%	−38.6 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QYLD Dec 2013 · YYY Jun 2012	+194.8%	+114.4%	117.5%	113.6%	−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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QYLD or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +16.5% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QYLD or YYY?: QYLD charges 0.60% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →QYLD on its own →YYY on its own →QYLD dividend history →QYLD holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

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 ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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How this is computed

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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