r/RoundhillETFs

XDTE - 0.142985

QDTE - 0.172256

RDTE- 0.161080

The best I can say is that they’re consistent for the time being.

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I updated my Roundhill ETF tracking sheet for April.

This is not meant to be a “which one is best” ranking. I’m trying to compare these funds using the same public-data framework, instead of only looking at headline distribution yield.

For Roundhill ETFs, the comparison is very different from broad-market dividend ETFs. The yields are much higher, but the bigger question is whether the payout is being supported by total return — or whether the fund is mostly converting NAV / price decline into monthly income.

A quick explanation of the columns:

• Dividend TTM — trailing 12-month cash distributions based on the latest monthly snapshot.
• Price CAGR — fund-level share price growth/decline over the evaluation window, excluding distributions.
• Total Return — cumulative return with distributions included.
• Payout Support Risk — whether the payout looks supported by recent price/total-return behavior. “Elevated” means the distribution is high relative to recent fund performance.
• Stability — recent price-behavior stability based on beta, volatility, and drawdown. This does not mean the fund is “safe.”
• Prior month comparison — shows how Dividend TTM and Price Growth changed from the previous monthly snapshot.

A few things stood out to me from this update:

PLTW has the highest Dividend TTM in this group at about 125%, but the price CAGR is around -43%. That’s the clearest example in this sheet where the yield number alone does not tell the full story.

YBTC also shows a very high Dividend TTM, around 80%, but with price growth around -30%. The total return is still positive in this snapshot, but the payout support risk is still elevated because the distribution is very large compared with the fund’s recent return profile.

QDTE / RDTE / XDTE are interesting because they all show very high income, but also double-digit negative price growth. For someone using these as monthly income tools, I think the key question is not just “how much did it pay,” but “how much price decay came with that payout?”

GOOW looks different from most of the group. The Dividend TTM is still high at about 27%, but price growth is strongly positive in this snapshot. That does not automatically make it better, but it does make it worth separating from the funds where most of the income appears to come with heavier price decline.

WEEK is also different. It has a much lower Dividend TTM, around 3.8%, and shows high stability in this framework. I wouldn’t compare it directly against the ultra-high-yield names because it seems to be playing a different role.

Overall, Roundhill funds are a good reminder that high monthly payout is only one part of the picture. For these products, I think the more useful question is whether the fund is producing income with acceptable total return and price behavior, or whether the yield is mainly coming with capital erosion.

Curious how others here evaluate Roundhill / weekly-income ETFs:

Do you mostly compare distribution yield, total return, NAV / price trend, strategy, or whether the fund fits a specific income role in the portfolio?

XDTE - 0.161338

QDTE - 0.210416

RDTE - 0.194448

Getting better…

TDAQ versus QDTE…hypothetically speaking, were they to have the same total returns, which one would I have to pay less taxes on? I ASSUME it would be TDAQ granted the lower distribution, simple math, but I feel like theres ROC variables I dont know about concerning these two. I thought I found somewhere that QDTE’s taxable return in 2025 was about 63%. Anyway, holding both and assuming same total returns( just one is more in the form of distributions rather than growth) would it be QDTE that would net less total return due to the sheer amount of distros taxed versus TDAQ’s 17.5%?