How much has QQQY paid over the last year?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY paid 29.5% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 15.1%.

Is QQQY ahead of QQQ?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +17.5% against +15.2% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was ahead of it by 2.3 points.

How often does QQQY pay, and how much?

QQQY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 30.0% at its price on Oct 28, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.

Is the QQQY distribution return of capital?

Defiance estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.

When does QQQY next pay a distribution?

QQQY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 22, 2026 at $0.1243 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Oct 29, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.

The prospectus expense ratio is 1.01% a year.

How much of QQQY’s distribution is return of capital?

Defiance’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 7, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026, the estimate is 85.3%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Aug 31, 2025 puts it at 83.4% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.

QQQY Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY paid 29.5% in cash and returned 17.5% in total, against 15.2% for QQQ.

Why did QQQY return +58.0% against QQQ’s +100.1%?Is QQQY’s payout of 30.0% a year sustainable?What do QQQY’s net flows of +$363m over the since Sep 2023 mean?

Option income on QQQ, paying weeklyDefiance ↗Expense ratio 1.01%Fund assets $187m on Oct 27, 2026First traded Sep 14, 2023Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)Fund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every Defiance fund ETFIQ covers Dividend history

Promise check: PartlyOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY paid 29.5% in cash and returned 17.5% in total, covering 59.3% of its payout.

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QQQY risk and return scorecard

vs QQQ · Sep 2023 to Oct 2026 · 161 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

3.1 years

QQQY +58.0%, QQQ +100.1%, Sep 2023 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.

Return

MeasureQQQYQQQEdge

Total return+58.0%+100.1%QQQ

Annualized+15.9%+25.1%QQQ

Price return−64.0%+96.8%QQQ

Risk

MeasureQQQYQQQEdge

Volatility14.8%19.5%QQQY

Max drawdown−18.3%−21.3%QQQY

Upside capture61.4%100.0%QQQ

Downside capture85.1%100.0%QQQY

Risk-adjusted

MeasureQQQYQQQEdge

Sharpe ratio0.771.02QQQ

Sortino ratio1.091.59QQQ

Alpha vs QQQ

MeasureQQQYQQQEdge

Alpha, a year−2.8%Not significant

Alpha t-stat−0.92

Beta to QQQ0.711.00Lower beta

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · May 31, 2026

12 months to May 31, 2026

+$45.1m

Since Sep 2023

+$363m

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What you earned

QQQY −2.1%, QQQ −1.5%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

−2.1%

QQQ

−1.5%

Paid 2.3% in cash. Price −4.4%.

QQQY +9.2%, QQQ +9.8%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

+9.2%

QQQ

+9.8%

Paid 7.9% in cash. Price +1.3%.

QQQY +10.0%, QQQ +9.9%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

+10.0%

QQQ

+9.9%

Paid 16.0% in cash. Price −6.2%.

QQQY +17.9%, QQQ +18.5%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

+17.9%

QQQ

+18.5%

Paid 24.4% in cash. Price −8.4%.

QQQY +17.5%, QQQ +15.2%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

+17.5%

QQQ

+15.2%

Paid 29.5% in cash. Price −15.1%.

QQQY +64.4%, QQQ +113.7%: total return over three years to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

+64.4%

QQQ

+113.7%

Paid 91.5% in cash. Price −60.4%.

QQQY +56.8%, QQQ +95.9%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQY

+56.8%

QQQ

+95.9%

Paid 87.9% in cash. Price −64.3%.

askIQ: why did QQQY return +17.5% against QQQ’s +15.2%? ↗

What it paid

13 distributions · latest Oct 22, 2026

29.5%

Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price

to Oct 28, 2026

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+17.5%

Total return, 1 year

to Oct 28, 2026

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+2.3 pts

Against QQQ

to Oct 28, 2026

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100.0%

Return of capital, latest payout (Defiance estimate)

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$0.1243

Last payment (paid weekly), ex-date Oct 22, 2026

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Pays weekly.

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Price and total return, 1 year

$21.58+0.3%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

−20%−10%0%10%20%Total return +17.5%Price −15.1%

Oct 28, 2025Oct 28, 2026

Price −15.1%Total return +17.5%

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

QQQY returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
Window	Total return	Cash paid	Price	QQQ	Ahead or behind
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026	−2.1%	2.3%	−4.4%	−1.5%	−0.6 pts
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026	+9.2%	7.9%	+1.3%	+9.8%	−0.6 pts
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026	+10.0%	16.0%	−6.2%	+9.9%	+0.1 pts
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026	+17.9%	24.4%	−8.4%	+18.5%	−0.6 pts
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026	+17.5%	29.5%	−15.1%	+15.2%	+2.3 pts
3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026	+64.4%	91.5%	−60.4%	+113.7%	−49.3 pts
Since launch Sep 14, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026	+56.8%	87.9%	−64.3%	+95.9%	−39.1 pts
Since launch, annualised Sep 14, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026	+15.5%	–	–	–	–

Total returns, distributions reinvested.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Where the return came from

QQQY

−2.1%

QQQ

−1.5%

0.6 pts behind QQQ QQQY over 1 month: paid 2.3%, price −4.4%, total −2.1%, QQQ −1.5%, −0.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ −1.5% QQQY −2.1% 0.6 pts behind QQQ Total return, distributions reinvested 0.6 pts behind QQQ QQQY over 1 month: paid 2.3%, price −4.4%, total −2.1%, QQQ −1.5%, −0.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ −1.5% QQQY −2.1% 0.6 pts behind QQQ Over the 1 month to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY returned −2.1% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned −1.5%, so a holder came out behind it by 0.6 points. The lighter segment is the 2.3% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Price change −4.4%Cash paid +2.3%, reinvested−0.6 pts vs QQQ

0.0%

QQQY

+9.2%

QQQ

+9.8%

0.6 pts behind QQQ QQQY over 3 months: paid 7.9%, price +1.3%, total +9.2%, QQQ +9.8%, −0.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +9.8% QQQY +9.2% 7.9% of it arrived as cash 0.6 pts behind QQQ Total return, distributions reinvested 0.6 pts behind QQQ QQQY over 3 months: paid 7.9%, price +1.3%, total +9.2%, QQQ +9.8%, −0.6 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +9.8% QQQY +9.2% 7.9% as cash 0.6 pts behind QQQ Over the 3 months to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY returned +9.2% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +9.8%, so a holder came out behind it by 0.6 points. The lighter segment is the 7.9% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Price change +1.3%Cash paid +7.9%, reinvested−0.6 pts vs QQQ

QQQY

+10.0%

QQQ

+9.9%

About even with QQQ QQQY over 6 months: paid 16.0%, price −6.2%, total +10.0%, QQQ +9.9%, +0.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +9.9% QQQY +10.0% 16.0% of it arrived as cash about even with QQQ Total return, distributions reinvested About even with QQQ QQQY over 6 months: paid 16.0%, price −6.2%, total +10.0%, QQQ +9.9%, +0.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +9.9% QQQY +10.0% 16.0% as cash about even with QQQ Over the 6 months to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY returned +10.0% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +9.9%, so a holder came out ahead of it by 0.1 points. The lighter segment is the 16.0% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Price change −6.2%Cash paid +16.0%, reinvested+0.1 pts vs QQQ

0.0%

QQQY

+17.5%

QQQ

+15.2%

2.3 pts ahead of QQQ QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.5%, price −15.1%, total +17.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +2.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +15.2% QQQY +17.5% 29.5% of it arrived as cash 2.3 pts ahead of QQQ Total return, distributions reinvested 2.3 pts ahead of QQQ QQQY over 1 year: paid 29.5%, price −15.1%, total +17.5%, QQQ +15.2%, +2.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +15.2% QQQY +17.5% 29.5% as cash 2.3 pts ahead of QQQ Over the 1 year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2%, so a holder came out ahead of it by 2.3 points. The lighter segment is the 29.5% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Price change −15.1%Cash paid +29.5%, reinvested+2.3 pts vs QQQ

0.0%

QQQY

+64.4%

QQQ

+113.7%

49.3 pts behind QQQ QQQY over 3 years: paid 91.5%, price −60.4%, total +64.4%, QQQ +113.7%, −49.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +113.7% QQQY +64.4% 91.5% of it arrived as cash 49.3 pts behind QQQ Total return, distributions reinvested 49.3 pts behind QQQ QQQY over 3 years: paid 91.5%, price −60.4%, total +64.4%, QQQ +113.7%, −49.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +113.7% QQQY +64.4% 91.5% cash 49.3 pts behind QQQ Over the 3 years to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY returned +64.4% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +113.7%, so a holder came out behind it by 49.3 points. The lighter segment is the 91.5% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Price change −60.4%Cash paid +91.5%, reinvested−49.3 pts vs QQQ

0.0%

QQQY

+56.8%

QQQ

+95.9%

39.1 pts behind QQQ QQQY since launch: paid 87.9%, price −64.3%, total +56.8%, QQQ +95.9%, −39.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +95.9% QQQY +56.8% 87.9% of it arrived as cash 39.1 pts behind QQQ Total return, distributions reinvested 39.1 pts behind QQQ QQQY since launch: paid 87.9%, price −64.3%, total +56.8%, QQQ +95.9%, −39.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026. QQQ +95.9% QQQY +56.8% 87.9% cash 39.1 pts behind QQQ From launch to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY returned +56.8% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +95.9%, so a holder came out behind it by 39.1 points. The lighter segment is the 87.9% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Price change −64.3%Cash paid +87.9%, reinvested−39.1 pts vs QQQ

0.0%

41.2

IQ Income ScoreETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score97th of 164 · Oct 28, 2026

0.3 · lowest of 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company99.7 · highest

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

QQQY paid 29.5% in cash over the year and returned 17.5% in total, less than it paid out.

total return as a share of the cash paid59.3% · 41st pct

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Money in and out

Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026

QQQY: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $4.3m came in, by its SEC filing.

12 months

+$45.1m

29.5% of $153m on May 31, 2025
Jun 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Since Sep 2023

+$363m

Sep 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions QQQY files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for QQQY, back to Sep 2023, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare QQQY with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outSep 2023 to May 2026

in, up to +$140m

out, down to −$35mSep 2023May 2026

QQQY, money in and money out each month from Sep 2023 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from QQQY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 33 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 15.

Every bar is from QQQY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 33 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 15.

MonthInOutNet

May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.3m$0+$4.3m

Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$15.2m−$22.5m−$7.3m

Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.3m−$8.8m−$4.5m

Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.4m−$4.5m−$1.1m

Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$591k−$7.7m−$7.1m

Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$12.0m−$6.6m+$5.4m

Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$601k−$5.4m−$4.8m

Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$13.9m−$1.2m+$12.7m

Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$12.8m$0+$12.8m

Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$16.0m−$1.3m+$14.7m

Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$11.0m$0+$11.0m

Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$11.6m−$2.6m+$9.1m

May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$14.5m−$1.9m+$12.6m

Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$11.5m$0+$11.5m

Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$7.7m−$3.4m+$4.3m

Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$6.0m−$6.0m

Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.4m−$15.3m−$6.9m

Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$5.7m−$5.7m

Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT$0−$10.9m−$10.9m

Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$19.7m−$16.4m+$3.3m

Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$29.5m−$16.1m+$13.4m

Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$15.7m−$34.3m−$18.6m

Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$8.9m−$11.4m−$2.5m

Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$16.0m−$3.0m+$13.1m

May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$3.8m−$8.8m−$5.1m

Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$7.8m−$10.6m−$2.7m

Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$9.5m−$18.9m−$9.3m

Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$46.9m−$3.4m+$43.5m

Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT+$1.8m−$5.8m−$4.0m

Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$65.8m−$6.7m+$59.1m

Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$86.9m−$10.6m+$76.3m

Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$134m$0+$134m

Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT+$18.8m$0+$18.8m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

QQQY key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$25.51 on Oct 29, 2025

52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$19.99 on Mar 30, 2026

Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$21.58, 29% of the way from the low to the high

Beta to its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)0.90, against QQQ

R-squared, the same days (ETFIQ)0.97

Beta and R-squared measured over251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026

Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

QQQY return of capital and tax

Return of capital, latest notice (Defiance estimate, Oct 16, 2026)100.0%

Return of capital, distributions paid Nov 7, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026 (Defiance estimates)85.3%

Notices behind that number45 of 53 distributions

Return of capital, fiscal year to Aug 31, 2025 (annual report, filed Nov 7, 2025)83.4%

Options it writes (holdings as of Aug 31, 2026)Options on the Nasdaq-100 index, which are Section 1256 contracts

Estimates are Defiance’s Rule 19a-1 notices, made before the fund year closes. The fiscal year number is the annual report’s tax character. Not tax advice. What a 19a-1 estimate is · Income ETFs by return of capital

Trading

as of Oct 27, 2026

Trading · QQQYas of Oct 27, 2026

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Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread

Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 27 close+0.14%

−0.3%95% of days within ±0.18% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.3%

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$0.13

$0.12

Distributions per share for QQQY 13 distributions for QQQY, $0.1243 to $0.1329 a share and $0.1292 in the middle, Jul 30, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn. $0.1292 the middle one Jul 30, 2026 Oct 22, 2026 $0.1329 a share at the highest

Jul 2026Weekly, per shareOct 2026

13 distributions for QQQY, $0.1243 to $0.1329 a share and $0.1292 in the middle, Jul 30, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.

Latest

$0.1243

Ex Oct 22, 2026 · paid about 1 day later

Annualized

30.0%

At its price on Oct 28, 2026

Trailing 12 months

34.7%

53 payments, ex Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026: $7.4944

Return of capital

100.0%

Latest payout (Defiance estimate)

Next, projected

QQQY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.1243 a share, which went ex on Oct 22, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Oct 29, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.

Oct 29, 2026 · pay Oct 30, 2026$0.1243 ETFIQ projection

Nov 5, 2026 · pay Nov 6, 2026$0.1243 ETFIQ projection

Nov 12, 2026 · pay Nov 13, 2026$0.1243 ETFIQ projection

Nov 19, 2026 · pay Nov 20, 2026$0.1243 ETFIQ projection

Nov 26, 2026 · pay Nov 27, 2026$0.1243 ETFIQ projection

Dec 3, 2026 · pay Dec 4, 2026$0.1243 ETFIQ projection

Expected distributions for QQQY. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.

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Every distribution ETFIQ holds for QQQY (13, most recent first)

Oct 22, 2026$0.1243

Oct 15, 2026$0.1292

Oct 8, 2026$0.1323

Oct 1, 2026$0.1302

Sep 24, 2026$0.1325

Sep 17, 2026$0.1261

Sep 10, 2026$0.1288

Sep 3, 2026$0.1279

Aug 27, 2026$0.129

Aug 20, 2026$0.1309

Aug 13, 2026$0.1317

Aug 6, 2026$0.1329

Jul 30, 2026$0.1253

Cash distributions per share for QQQY. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

Total return as a share of the cash paid

−271.3% to 2,166.7% across 164

That is the share of the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below QQQY.

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.

Total return as a share of the cash paid: 59.3% · 41st pct, −271.3% to 2,166.7% across 164.

Covered the mostOne bar per fund · QQQY in whiteCovered the least

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About QQQY

Strategyoption income

BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)

How the benchmark is set (ETFIQ)Its prospectus says its options are written on the Nasdaq-100 (prospectus, Form 497K, accession 0001999371-25-020512, filed 2025-12-17, principal investment strategies); QQQ tracks that index.

Paysweekly

Net assets (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026)$187mReport

Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ)30.0%

Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 17, 2025)1.01%Report

Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ)34.7%

First tradedSep 14, 2023

Return of capital, latest distribution (Defiance 19a-1 estimate)100.0%

Paysweekly

Typical gap between ex-dates7 days

Typical wait from ex-date to payment1 day

Last paid, per share$0.1243 ex Oct 22, 2026

Cash paid in the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, 53 distributions, ex Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026$7.4944

How we measure

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. Method

IQ Investment Committee on QQQY

12 seats on QQQY, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 4 Challenges, 6 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges

In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyDoes not apply

In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data

In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data

In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data

In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data

In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data

In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges

In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges

In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data

In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingSupports

Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatChallenges

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Questions people ask about QQQY

How much has QQQY paid over the last year?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQY paid 29.5% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 15.1%.
Is QQQY ahead of QQQ?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QQQY returned +17.5% against +15.2% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was ahead of it by 2.3 points.
How often does QQQY pay, and how much?: QQQY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 30.0% at its price on Oct 28, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
Is the QQQY distribution return of capital?: Defiance estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
When does QQQY next pay a distribution?: QQQY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 22, 2026 at $0.1243 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Oct 29, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
What does QQQY cost?: The prospectus expense ratio is 1.01% a year.
How much of QQQY’s distribution is return of capital?: Defiance’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 7, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026, the estimate is 85.3%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Aug 31, 2025 puts it at 83.4% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.

Sources and dates

Prices, QQQY and QQQTiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026

Fee, 1.01%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Net assets, $187mThe issuer’s own daily fund list · Oct 27, 2026

Return of capitalDefiance 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

DistributionsTiingo end-of-day · 13 payments

All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IssuerDefiance page for QQQY ↗

IssuerHoldings, the issuer’s own daily file ↗

Defiance 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

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Total return

Price change plus every distribution reinvested on the day it went ex-dividend. This is what you actually ended up with, and the only fair basis for comparing with an index.

Cash paid

Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.

Ahead or behind

Total return minus benchmark total return, in percentage points. A fund can pay 12% a year and still be behind by 10 points if its price fell while the index rose.

Return of capital

The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.

Covered call

The fund owns the stocks and sells call options on them, collecting premium and giving up gains above the strike. Synthetic covered call funds hold options instead of the stocks. 0DTE funds sell options that expire the same day.

Autocallable

A fund that pays a coupon and can be called away early, on dates set when it launched. If it is called, you get your money back with the coupon and the run ends. If it is not, it runs on to the next date.

Barrier

The level the underlying has to stay above for you to be repaid in full. A barrier is not a buffer. A buffer takes the first slice of a fall for you; a barrier takes none of it once it breaks, so below it you take the whole fall rather than only the part past it.

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