Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BTCI vs DFII: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCI paid 18.3% of its price in cash against DFII’s 12.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF, and $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Target Income ETF.
About even with Bitcoin
BTCI over 1 year: paid 18.3%, price −39.3%, total −20.8%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
BTCI
−20.8%
about even with Bitcoin
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with Bitcoin
BTCI over 1 year: paid 18.3%, price −39.3%, total −20.8%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
BTCI
−20.8%
about even with Bitcoin
18.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BTCI over 1 year: paid 18.3%, price −39.3%, total −20.8%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.1 pt behind Bitcoin
DFII over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −34.5%, total −21.5%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
DFII
−21.5%
1 pt behind Bitcoin
Total return, distributions reinvested
1 pt behind Bitcoin
DFII over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −34.5%, total −21.5%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Bitcoin
−20.5%
DFII
−21.5%
1 pt behind Bitcoin
12.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. DFII over 1 year: paid 12.6%, price −34.5%, total −21.5%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
DFII costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; BTCI is far larger, $1.4bn against $21m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BTCI | DFII |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −20.8% | −21.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 39.3% | fell 34.5% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 92% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | 100% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.85% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $1.4bn | $21m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BTCI and DFII hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.
half
0% 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 | BTCI | DFII | BTCI | DFII | BTCI | DFII |
| 3 months | +17.5% | +18.5% | 7.1% | 5.3% | −6.0 pts | −5.1 pts |
| 6 months | −4.4% | −3.9% | 11.0% | 7.7% | −2.7 pts | −2.2 pts |
| 1 year | −20.8% | −21.5% | 18.3% | 12.6% | −0.3 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: BTCI Oct 2024 · DFII Apr 2025 | +13.6% | −6.4% | 55.8% | 26.5% | −6.2 pts | −4.1 pts |
BTCI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCI paid 18.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 39.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −20.8%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
DFII
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFII paid 12.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 34.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −21.5%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.5%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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