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HYBI vs HYTI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year HYTI paid 9.9% of its price in cash against HYBI’s 8.6% and the two finished level on total return.

NEOS Enhanced Income Credit Select ETF and FT Vest High Yield & Target Income ETF.

8.6%HYBI cash paid, 1 year
9.9%HYTI cash paid, 1 year
+3.2%HYBI total return, 1 year
+3.2%HYTI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: HYBI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

HYBI 56.7HYTI 553.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

HYBI0.6 pts ahead of HYG · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
HYG+2.6%HYBI+3.2%8.6% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of HYGTotal return, distributions reinvestedHYG+2.6%HYBI+3.2%8.6% as cash0.6 pts ahead of HYG
HYTI0.6 pts ahead of HYG · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
HYG+2.6%HYTI+3.2%9.9% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of HYGTotal return, distributions reinvestedHYG+2.6%HYTI+3.2%9.9% as cash0.6 pts ahead of HYG

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYBI and HYTI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in HYBIOnly in HYTI
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corpo 33.77%2026-10-30 iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Co 98.16%
iShares Broad USD High Yield C 33.50%US Dollar 0.73%
State Street SPDR Portfolio Hi 32.73%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.60%
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 09/29/2026 0.59%
2026-09-25 iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Co -0.08%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HYBI and HYTI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HYBIHYTIHYBIHYTIHYBIHYTI
3 months−0.1%−0.2%2.0%2.5%+0.3 pts+0.2 pts
6 months+1.9%+2.6%4.0%5.1%−0.6 pts+0.1 pts
1 year+3.2%+3.2%8.6%9.9%+0.6 pts+0.6 pts
Since launch+8.4%+8.8%16.0%15.4%−1.6 pts+0.7 pts
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HYBI and HYTI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HYBI
NEOS Enhanced Income Credit Select ETF
Covered call on HYG, paying monthly
HYTI
FT Vest High Yield & Target Income ETF
Option income on HYG, paying monthly
IssuerNEOSFirst Trust
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkUS high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxyUS high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.2%10.4%
Expense rationot published0.65%
Cash paid, 1 year8.6%9.9%
Price change, 1 year−5.5%−6.8%
Total return, 1 year+3.2%+3.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+2.6%+2.6%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts+0.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate24%not published
Age718 days582 days
Net assets$222m$94m

HYBI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HYBI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.2%. US high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxy returned +2.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 24% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

HYTI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HYTI paid 9.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.8%. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, HYBI or HYTI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HYBI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and HYTI paid 9.9%, so HYTI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, HYBI or HYTI?
With every distribution reinvested, HYBI returned +3.2% and HYTI returned +3.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so HYTI returned more.

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HYBI against HYTI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, HYBI against HYTI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/hybi-vs-hyti Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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