Calamos Nasdaq Equity & Income ETF
$29.80−0.36 (−1.19%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.74%
- Fund size
- $21M
- 1Y return
- +4.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.55%
- Holdings
- 30
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $30.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net CANQ Grade
Score 41 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 48Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 50Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 56Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 7Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 30Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 39Category rank
Our read on CANQ
CMost Nasdaq-100 income ETFs sell calls on stocks they already own. CANQ flips the build: FLEX options carry the index exposure, and an actively managed bond sleeve is there for ballast and monthly income.
Seeks Nasdaq-100 upside through FLEX options while using an actively managed fixed-income portfolio to mitigate downside risk and provide monthly income.
Why people hold it
- FLEX options carry the Nasdaq-100 exposure while an actively managed bond portfolio aims to mitigate downside and fund the payout. Not the usual covered-call recipe.calamos.com
- Pays monthly, and the fund's 19a notices spell out when a distribution includes return of capital, so the source of the check is visible.calamos.com
- A compact book of roughly 30 positions, so the moving parts (bonds plus index options) are easy to inspect line by line.
Worth knowing
- The 0.74% fee sits above the largest Nasdaq-100 income peers such as JEPQ, GPIQ and QQA. You're paying for active bond management on top of the options work.
- Small and thinly traded compared with the category giants. Spreads deserve a look, and limit orders do real work here.
- Launched in 2024, so the history is short, and the options-plus-bonds mix can behave unlike both the Nasdaq-100 and a plain covered-call fund.
CANQ Holdings
- Other
- 30
- 93%
- MTBA
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
CANQ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | CANQ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +4.3% |
| 1 month | +0.5% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +4.1% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | CANQ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +4.3% | |
| 2025 | +11.7% | |
| 2024 | +19.5% |
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CANQ Dividends
- 4.55%
- $1.37
- $0.11 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 8, 2026 | $0.12 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 7, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | $0.11 |
CANQ Risk
- 11.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.79
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −12.8%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.82
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CANQ Cost
- The middle half of Nasdaq-100 Option Income funds
- Median 0.74%
15 of the 31 Nasdaq-100 Option Income funds charge less.