Which paid more, QYLG or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so QYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, QYLG or YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +14.4% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, QYLG or YYY?

QYLG charges 0.35% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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QYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, 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 $674m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

16.7%

QYLG cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+14.4%

QYLG total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY total return, 1 year

QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG

+14.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

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.

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%

12.4% cash

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

QYLG costs 2.88 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.5 points; YYY is 3.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	QYLG	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+14.4%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 3.9%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	QYLG	YYY
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	QYLG	YYY
Expense ratio	0.35%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$183m	$657m
Holdings
Measure	QYLG	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Oct 2, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026 · 317 weekly returns

QYLG YYY

Return

Total return edge QYLG +111.1% +41.2%

Annualized edge QYLG +13.0% +5.8%

Price return edge QYLG +4.8% −29.9%

Risk

Volatility edge YYY 16.4% 11.9%

Max drawdown edge YYY (slight) −29.9% −27.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QYLG 0.63 0.26

Sortino edge QYLG 0.94 0.36

Calmar edge QYLG 0.44 0.21

Reading

From Oct 2020 to Oct 2026, QYLG returned more: +111.1% to +41.2%. YYY swung less: 11.9% to 16.4%. YYY fell slightly less at its worst: −27.8% to −29.9%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: QYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	QYLG	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+111.1%	+41.2%	QYLG	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.0%	+5.8%	QYLG	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+4.8%	−29.9%	QYLG	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.4%	11.9%	YYY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.0%	8.6%	YYY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−29.9%	−27.8%	YYY (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.63	0.26	QYLG	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.94	0.36	QYLG	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.44	0.21	QYLG	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 317 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, QYLG 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%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QYLG YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in QYLG

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13%

APPLE INC. 7.59%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%

ALPHABET INC. 3.47%

ALPHABET INC. 3.25%

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

QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth 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 7.1% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.35% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 16.7% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −3.9% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +14.4% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +2.1 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 93% 18%

Age 6.1 years 14.4 years

Net assets, QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 and YYY as of Nov 3, 2026 $183m $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: QYLG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	QYLG	YYY	QYLG	YYY	QYLG	YYY
3 months	−0.8%	−4.9%	1.6%	3.2%	+2.6 pts	not measured
6 months	+2.5%	−4.1%	4.0%	6.2%	+2.8 pts	not measured
1 year	+14.4%	+1.9%	16.7%	12.4%	+2.1 pts	not measured
3 years	+72.0%	+35.2%	52.1%	38.6%	−19.4 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: QYLG Sep 2020 · YYY Jun 2012	+116.2%	+114.4%	76.4%	113.6%	−46.8 pts	not measured

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About each fund

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.

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, QYLG or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so QYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QYLG or YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, QYLG returned +14.4% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QYLG or YYY?: QYLG charges 0.35% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so QYLG 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 →QYLG on its own →YYY on its own →QYLG dividend history →QYLG holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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