Which is cheaper, FTHI or XQQI?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTHI and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $2.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XQQI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI

+7.7%

QQQ

+12.6%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

17.0% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

17.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 0.23 points a year less; FTHI is 6.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	not published
Price change	fell 1.2% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	XQQI
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$2.6bn	$408m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	XQQI
Holdings in common	41%

Method

What they share

41%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and XQQI hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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41% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI XQQI

Apple Inc. 7.86% 8.50%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 8.71%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 6.78%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 4.74%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04% 2.18%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 2.90%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 2.78%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 2.70%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 3.22%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.22% 1.99%

Amgen Inc. 1.68% 1.20%

Linde Plc 1.27% 1.18%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 1.86%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19%

AbbVie Inc. 1.16%

Johnson & Johnson 1.13%

TransDigm Group Incorporated 1.03%

Only in XQQI

Lam Research Corp 1.39%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.38%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.38%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.03%

Analog Devices Inc 0.99%

PepsiCo Inc 0.91%

QUALCOMM Inc 0.87%

Shopify Inc 0.85%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust NEOS

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −1.2% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.6% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 100%

Age 12.8 years 274 days

Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $2.5bn $408m

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

Window by window: FTHI vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	XQQI	FTHI	XQQI	FTHI	XQQI
3 months	−0.5%	−4.1%	2.2%	5.0%	−0.3 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+2.5%	−3.0%	4.4%	10.0%	−2.5 pts	−2.6 pts
1 year	+8.1%	–	8.9%	–	−6.7 pts	–
3 years	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · XQQI Feb 2026	+155.0%	+7.7%	84.3%	17.0%	−262.6 pts	−4.9 pts

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About each fund

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% 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.

XQQI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XQQI paid 17.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.2%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FTHI or XQQI?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

XQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XQQI ↗

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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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