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ACKY vs SPYI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year ACKY paid 13.9% of its price in cash against SPYI’s 13.1%, though SPYI returned more with it reinvested.

VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF and NEOS S&P 500(R) High Income ETF.

13.9%ACKY cash paid, 1 year
13.1%SPYI cash paid, 1 year
−1.3%ACKY total return, 1 year
+15.3%SPYI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPYI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

ACKY 12.7SPYI 62.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

ACKY17.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ACKY−1.3%17.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ACKY−1.3%17.9 pts behind SPY
SPYI1.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPYI+15.3%13.1% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPYI+15.3%13.1% as cash1.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and SPYI hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ACKY and SPYI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingACKYSPYI
Microsoft Corp11.56%5.62%
Amazon.com Inc9.95%3.82%
Meta Platforms Inc10.23%2.22%
Visa Inc5.35%0.93%
Mastercard Inc5.11%0.70%
Netflix Inc4.01%0.47%
Uber Technologies Inc10.74%0.22%
S&P Global Inc4.73%0.18%
Only in each
Only in ACKYOnly in SPYI
Brookfield Corp 11.16%NVIDIA Corp 8.28%
Pershing Square USA Ltd 10.50%Apple Inc 7.52%
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 8.86%Alphabet Inc 3.12%
Restaurant Brands International Inc 8.22%Broadcom Inc 2.59%
Seaport Entertainment Group Inc 0.58%Alphabet Inc 2.50%
AMZN US 10/16/26 C265 0.16%Micron Technology Inc 1.74%
UBER TEC CLL OPT 10/26 75 0.15%Tesla Inc 1.58%
Hertz Global Holdings Inc 0.14%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.43%

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 dated Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ACKY and SPYI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ACKYSPYIACKYSPYIACKYSPYI
3 months+0.8%+3.1%3.7%3.0%−1.5 pts+0.9 pts
6 months+5.8%+14.4%7.7%6.5%−12.2 pts−3.6 pts
1 year−1.3%+15.3%13.9%13.1%−17.9 pts−1.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+57.2%not published38.6%not published−21.2 pts
Since launch−0.4%+77.1%14.0%50.3%−19.1 pts−25.3 pts
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ACKY and SPYI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACKY
VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SPYI
NEOS S&P 500(R) High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesNEOS
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.7%12.1%
Expense ratio0.95%0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year13.9%13.1%
Price change, 1 year−15.1%+1.2%
Total return, 1 year−1.3%+15.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−17.9 pts−1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published93%
Age374 days1480 days
Net assets$45m$12.2bn

ACKY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly.

SPYI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPYI paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ACKY or SPYI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting price in cash and SPYI paid 13.1%, so ACKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ACKY or SPYI?
With every distribution reinvested, ACKY returned −1.3% and SPYI returned +15.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SPYI returned more.
Which is cheaper, ACKY or SPYI?
ACKY charges 0.95% a year and SPYI charges 0.68%, so SPYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ACKY against SPYI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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