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JOYT vs NLSI: which paid, and which earned it?

JOYT and NLSI both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
4.0%NLSI cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+19.3%NLSI total return, 1 year
JOYT0.7 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPY
NLSI7.3 pts ahead of SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+12.0%NLSI+19.3%4.0% as cash7.3 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+12.0%NLSI+19.3%7.3 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and NLSI hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JOYT and NLSI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJOYTNLSI
NVIDIA Corp.8.64%3.17%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.78%14.23%
Mastercard, Inc.1.59%2.86%
NXP Semiconductors NV0.74%3.02%
Progressive Corp. (The)0.67%3.80%
CME Group, Inc.0.63%2.28%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.0.55%2.98%
Intuit, Inc.0.42%2.85%
ServiceNow, Inc.0.28%1.99%
Autodesk, Inc.0.17%2.40%
Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in NLSI
Apple, Inc. 6.51%F5 Inc 3.90%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%Adobe Inc 3.37%
Microsoft Corp. 5.68%Jack Henry & Associates Inc 3.32%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%Universal Health Services Inc 3.23%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.98%Insulet Corp 3.19%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73%Veeva Systems Inc 3.19%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%PTC Inc 3.18%
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.91%Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.13%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JOYT and NLSI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTNLSIJOYTNLSIJOYTNLSI
3 months+3.8%+15.6%0.2%1.4%+1.5 pts+13.3 pts
6 months+11.9%+24.6%0.4%2.8%−6.1 pts+6.6 pts
1 year+15.9%not published0.7%not published−0.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+19.6%+19.3%0.7%4.0%−1.1 pts+7.3 pts
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JOYT and NLSI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JOYT
JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
NLSI
NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganNEOS
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%5.1%
Expense ratio0.35%2.89%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%4.0% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+14.6%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+19.3% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+12.0%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts+7.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age395 days282 days
Net assets$108m$5m

JOYT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

NLSI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 10, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, NLSI paid 4.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Jul 31, 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, JOYT or NLSI?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and NLSI charges 2.89%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JOYT against NLSI, 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, JOYT against NLSI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/joyt-vs-nlsi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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