Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BITY vs XBCI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
BITY and XBCI both write options for income.
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Net assets: $12m on Nov 3, 2026 for Amplify Bitcoin 2% Monthly Option Income ETF, and $238m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Bitcoin High Income ETF.
7.4 pts behind Bitcoin
BITY over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price −43.8%, total −27.9%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
BITY
−27.9%
7.4 pts behind Bitcoin
Total return, distributions reinvested
7.4 pts behind Bitcoin
BITY over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price −43.8%, total −27.9%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
BITY
−27.9%
7.4 pts behind Bitcoin
16.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BITY over 1 year: paid 16.9%, price −43.8%, total −27.9%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.About even with BTCI
XBCI since launch: paid 26.3%, price −27.6%, total +0.5%, BTCI +0.9%, −0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
BTCI
+0.9%
XBCI
+0.5%
about even with BTCI
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with BTCI
XBCI since launch: paid 26.3%, price −27.6%, total +0.5%, BTCI +0.9%, −0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
BTCI
+0.9%
XBCI
+0.5%
about even with BTCI
26.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XBCI since launch: paid 26.3%, price −27.6%, total +0.5%, BTCI +0.9%, −0.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
BITY costs 0.33 points a year less; XBCI is 18.3 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BITY | XBCI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −27.9% | not published |
| Price change | fell 43.8% (1 year) | fell 27.6% (since Feb 3, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 95% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 97% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) | NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF, measured through BTCI |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.98% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $13m | $238m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 20% | |
Risk and return
Feb 13, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 37 weekly returnsFrom Feb 2026 to Oct 2026, XBCI returned more: +6.3% to −3.3%. BITY fell less at its worst: −25.6% to −33.8%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | BITY | XBCI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | −3.3% | +6.3% | XBCI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | −19.8% | −18.3% | XBCI (slight) | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −25.6% | −33.8% | BITY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 37 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BITY and XBCI hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
20% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
Window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BITY | XBCI | BITY | XBCI | BITY | XBCI |
| 3 months | +6.6% | +24.3% | 6.5% | 11.7% | −16.9 pts | +6.8 pts |
| 6 months | −15.5% | −9.9% | 9.6% | 14.6% | −13.8 pts | −5.5 pts |
| 1 year | −27.9% | – | 16.9% | – | −7.4 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: BITY Apr 2025 · XBCI Feb 2026 | −25.2% | +0.5% | 29.0% | 26.3% | −9.1 pts | −0.4 pts |
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No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for XBCI.
BITY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BITY paid 16.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 43.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −27.9%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
XBCI
Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XBCI paid 26.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.5%. NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF (BTCI) returned +0.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 37.4%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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