Trailing year distribution rate, price change, and approximate total return
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Return of Capital in ETF Distributions.
| ticker | distribution_rate_pct | price_change_pct | approx_total_return_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| QYLD | 12.5 | 7.6 | 20.1 |
| RYLD | 12.5 | 10.1 | 22.5 |
| JEPQ | 11.8 | 7.9 | 19.7 |
| XYLD | 11.1 | 6.2 | 17.3 |
| JEPI | 8.2 | 3.2 | 11.4 |
| SCHD | 3.9 | 30.6 | 34.5 |
| SPY | 1.2 | 20.5 | 21.7 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 7 distinct values (JEPI, JEPQ, QYLD…) | |
distribution_rate_pct |
number | 1.2 to 12.5 | percent |
price_change_pct |
number | 3.2 to 30.6 | percent |
approx_total_return_pct |
number | 11.4 to 34.5 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH divs AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
sum(cash_amount) AS paid_12m
FROM
(
SELECT
ticker,
ex_dividend_date,
toFloat64(max(cash_amount)) AS cash_amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('JEPI', 'JEPQ', 'QYLD', 'XYLD', 'RYLD', 'SCHD', 'SPY')
AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 373
AND ex_dividend_date < today() - 5
GROUP BY ticker, ex_dividend_date
)
GROUP BY ticker
),
px AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
toFloat64(argMin(close, window_start)) AS price_then,
toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)) AS price_now
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('JEPI', 'JEPQ', 'QYLD', 'XYLD', 'RYLD', 'SCHD', 'SPY')
AND (
(window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 375 DAY AND window_start < now() - INTERVAL 368 DAY)
OR (window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 9 DAY AND window_start < now() - INTERVAL 2 DAY)
)
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
px.ticker AS ticker,
round(100 * divs.paid_12m / px.price_then, 1) AS distribution_rate_pct,
round(100 * (px.price_now / px.price_then - 1), 1) AS price_change_pct,
round(100 * ((px.price_now + divs.paid_12m) / px.price_then - 1), 1) AS approx_total_return_pct
FROM px
INNER JOIN divs ON divs.ticker = px.ticker
ORDER BY distribution_rate_pct DESC
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