Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QYLG vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its price in cash against RNTY’s 13.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF, and $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.
2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QYLG
+14.4%
16.7% of it arrived as cash
2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QYLG
+14.4%
16.7% as cash
2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
16.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% of it arrived as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QYLG costs 0.64 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; QYLG is far larger, $183m against $5.8m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QYLG | RNTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.4% | +10.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 3.9% | fell 2.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment | 92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 | $183m | $5.8m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QYLG and RNTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QYLG | RNTY | QYLG | RNTY | QYLG | RNTY |
| 3 months | −0.8% | −0.2% | 1.6% | 2.9% | +2.6 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +2.5% | +1.7% | 4.0% | 5.8% | +2.8 pts | +0.9 pts |
| 1 year | +14.4% | +10.7% | 16.7% | 13.0% | +2.1 pts | −2.2 pts |
| 3 years | +72.0% | – | 52.1% | – | −19.4 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: QYLG Sep 2020 · RNTY Apr 2025 | +116.2% | +13.7% | 76.4% | 17.7% | −46.8 pts | not measured |
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QYLG
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% 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.
RNTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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