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HYBL vs TLTI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year HYBL paid 6.8% of its price in cash against TLTI’s 6.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

State Street(R) Blackstone High Income ETF and NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

6.8%HYBL cash paid, 1 year
6.4%TLTI cash paid, 1 year
+4.2%HYBL total return, 1 year
−2.9%TLTI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: HYBL scores higher

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

HYBL 62.4TLTI 54.93.8, 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

HYBL1.6 pts ahead of HYG · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
HYG+2.6%HYBL+4.2%6.8% of it arrived as cash1.6 pts ahead of HYGTotal return, distributions reinvestedHYG+2.6%HYBL+4.2%1.6 pts ahead of HYG
TLTI1.9 pts ahead of TLT · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
TLT−4.7%TLTI−2.9%1.9 pts ahead of TLTTotal return, distributions reinvestedTLT−4.7%TLTI−2.9%1.9 pts ahead of TLT

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in HYBLOnly in TLTI
Discovery Global Holdings Inc aka Warner 1.30%United States Treasury Note/Bond 100.00%
Hopper Merger Sub Inc aka Hologic 04/07/ 0.98%
McAfee Corp 03/01/2029 0.96%
Rocket Software, Inc. 11/28/2028 0.96%
State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 0.95%
Finastra USA Inc aka Misys/Almonde Inc. 0.94%
UKG Inc aka Ultimate Kronos/UKG 02/10/20 0.92%
athenahealth Group Inc. aka Minerva Merg 0.91%

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 17, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HYBL and TLTI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HYBLTLTIHYBLTLTIHYBLTLTI
3 months+1.1%−4.7%1.7%1.5%+1.5 pts+0.5 pts
6 months+4.3%−2.0%3.5%3.0%+1.7 pts+1.1 pts
1 year+4.2%−2.9%6.8%6.4%+1.6 pts+1.9 pts
3 years+25.9%not published23.1%not published−0.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.4%−2.9%30.6%10.6%+4.8 pts+1.8 pts
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HYBL and TLTI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HYBL
State Street(R) Blackstone High Income ETF
Option income on HYG, paying monthly
TLTI
NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Covered call on TLT, paying monthly
IssuerState StreetNEOS
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkUS high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxy20+ Year Treasury (TLT)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.2%6.3%
Expense ratio0.70%not published
Cash paid, 1 year6.8%6.4%
Price change, 1 year−2.8%−9.1%
Total return, 1 year+4.2%−2.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+2.6%−4.7%
Ahead or behind+1.6 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published35%
Age1674 days646 days
Net assets$579m$17m

HYBL in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HYBL paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.2%. US high yield bonds (HYG), used as the proxy returned +2.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

TLTI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TLTI paid 6.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%. 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) returned −4.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 35% 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).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, HYBL or TLTI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, HYBL paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash and TLTI paid 6.4%, so HYBL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, HYBL or TLTI?
With every distribution reinvested, HYBL returned +4.2% and TLTI returned −2.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so HYBL returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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HYBL against TLTI, 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.

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