Data as of .
EGGY vs XQQI: which paid, and which earned it?
EGGY and XQQI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and XQQI hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | EGGY | XQQI |
|---|---|---|
| Micron Technology Inc | 7.95% | 5.12% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 4.86% | 4.08% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.68% | 3.28% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings PL | 12.31% | 0.90% |
| Western Digital Corp | 4.26% | 0.69% |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc | 6.86% | 0.29% |
| Teradyne Inc | 3.92% | 0.26% |
| Astera Labs Inc | 6.85% | 0.22% |
| CoreWeave Inc | 2.58% | 0.17% |
| Only in EGGY | Only in XQQI |
|---|---|
| Bloom Energy Corp 10.77% | NVIDIA Corp 8.70% |
| Coherent Corp 5.81% | Apple Inc 7.91% |
| Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60% | Microsoft Corp 5.94% |
| Credo Technology Group Holding 4.79% | Amazon.com Inc 4.39% |
| Vistra Corp 4.17% | Meta Platforms Inc 3.27% |
| Eli Lilly & Co 4.01% | Alphabet Inc 3.02% |
| Ciena Corp 3.75% | Tesla Inc 3.01% |
| TSMC 3.65% | Broadcom Inc 2.75% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGGY | XQQI | EGGY | XQQI | EGGY | XQQI | |
| 3 months | −15.1% | −2.7% | 7.1% | 4.8% | −17.3 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +27.6% | +21.8% | 19.4% | 11.4% | +9.6 pts | −2.4 pts |
| 1 year | +15.3% | not published | 28.1% | not published | −1.2 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +42.3% | +14.3% | 45.5% | 13.7% | +11.8 pts | −2.9 pts |
| EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Nest Egg | NEOS |
| Strategy | option income | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 34.8% | 20.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.92% | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 28.1% | 13.7% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −16.2% | −0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.3% | +14.3% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +17.3% |
| Ahead or behind | −1.2 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 630 days | 227 days |
| Net assets | $126m | $351m |
EGGY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy 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 34.8%, paid monthly.
XQQI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, EGGY or XQQI?
- EGGY charges 0.92% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so EGGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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