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ISPY vs QQQI
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and QQQI hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ISPY | QQQI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 7.07% | 7.66% |
| Apple, Inc. | 6.31% | 6.63% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 4.60% | 4.38% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.64% | 4.05% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.05% | 3.32% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.92% | 2.82% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.42% | 3.07% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.91% | 2.65% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 1.69% | 3.35% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.50% | 5.61% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 1.16% | 4.12% |
| Intel Corp. | 0.74% | 2.99% |
| Only in ISPY | Only in QQQI |
|---|---|
| ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56% | Marvell Technology Inc 1.14% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. 1.21% | Linde PLC 1.05% |
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.20% | Seagate Technology Holdings PL 0.92% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.11% | ASML Holding NV 0.76% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.84% | Shopify Inc 0.61% |
| Visa, Inc. 0.76% | MercadoLibre Inc 0.37% |
| Johnson & Johnson 0.75% | Astera Labs Inc 0.35% |
| Caterpillar, Inc. 0.56% | NXP Semiconductors NV 0.32% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISPY | QQQI | ISPY | QQQI | ISPY | QQQI | |
| 3 months | +3.6% | +2.9% | 1.5% | 3.5% | −1.1 pts | +0.8 pts |
| 6 months | +11.8% | +13.4% | 3.5% | 7.4% | −3.3 pts | −6.8 pts |
| 1 year | +16.9% | +18.7% | 5.7% | 14.4% | −3.1 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Since launch | +54.6% | +58.8% | 25.8% | 38.6% | −14.8 pts | −12.6 pts |
| ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | NEOS |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 5.8% | 14.3% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.68% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.7% | 14.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | +10.8% | +3.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.9% | +18.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.1 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 98% |
| Age | 989 days | 948 days |
ISPY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.
QQQI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QQQI paid 14.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 14.3%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, ISPY or QQQI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 14.4%, so QQQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, ISPY or QQQI?
- With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +16.9% and QQQI returned +18.7% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so QQQI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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