Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BTCI vs YETH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YETH paid 35.9% of its price in cash against BTCI’s 18.3%, though BTCI returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF, and $57m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill Ether Covered Call Strategy 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, 2026.2.2 pts ahead of Ether
YETH over 1 year: paid 35.9%, price −55.7%, total −22.5%, Ether −24.7%, +2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Ether
−24.7%
YETH
−22.5%
2.2 pts ahead of Ether
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts ahead of Ether
YETH over 1 year: paid 35.9%, price −55.7%, total −22.5%, Ether −24.7%, +2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Ether
−24.7%
YETH
−22.5%
2.2 pts ahead of Ether
35.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YETH over 1 year: paid 35.9%, price −55.7%, total −22.5%, Ether −24.7%, +2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
YETH costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; BTCI is far larger, $1.4bn against $58m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BTCI | YETH |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −20.8% | −22.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 39.3% | fell 55.7% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 92% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | 100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) | Ether (ETH-USD) |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.96% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $1.4bn | $58m |
| 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 YETH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 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 | YETH | BTCI | YETH | BTCI | YETH |
| 3 months | +17.5% | +6.3% | 7.1% | 10.9% | −6.0 pts | −20.0 pts |
| 6 months | −4.4% | −9.5% | 11.0% | 17.3% | −2.7 pts | −12.5 pts |
| 1 year | −20.8% | −22.5% | 18.3% | 35.9% | −0.3 pts | +2.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: BTCI Oct 2024 · YETH Sep 2024 | +13.6% | −34.9% | 55.8% | 69.5% | −6.2 pts | −33.6 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.
YETH
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YETH paid 35.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −22.5%. Ether (ETH-USD) returned −24.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 51.0%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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How this is computed
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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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