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QBY · GraniteShares YieldBOOST QBTS ETF
GraniteShares · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the period since launch on Nov 25, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, QBY paid 44.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 76.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −43.6%. (QBTS) returned −26.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.0 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 74.7%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | (QBTS) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 74.7% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.07% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 186.1% |
| Launched | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / QBTS / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 19.1% / −32.1% / −14.9% / −30.5% / +15.6 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / QBTS / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 35.8% / −48.4% / −17.1% / −10.8% / −6.2 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / QBTS / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 44.1% / −76.3% / −43.6% / −26.6% / −17.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (GraniteShares 19a-1 estimate) | 97.2% |
Questions people ask
- How much has QBY paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Nov 25, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, QBY paid 44.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 76.3%.
- Is QBY ahead of QBTS?
- Over the period from its launch on Nov 25, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QBY returned −43.6% against −26.6% for (QBTS), so a holder was behind it by 17.0 points.
- How often does QBY pay, and how much?
- QBY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 74.7% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the QBY distribution return of capital?
- GraniteShares estimates 97% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does QBY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% a year.
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