Which is cheaper, JOYT or XQQI?

JOYT charges 0.35% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JOYT and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $117m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 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

JOYT costs 0.63 points a year less; XQQI is 3.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	not published
Price change	rose 13.7% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	XQQI
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$116m	$408m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	XQQI
Holdings in common	47%

Method

What they share

47%

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and XQQI hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

47% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT XQQI

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18% 8.71%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29% 8.50%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57% 6.78%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 4.74%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 2.90%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53% 3.22%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17% 2.78%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10% 4.63%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39% 3.64%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.33% 3.78%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 0.89% 1.39%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 0.82% 0.66%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JOYT

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.87%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.63%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.33%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.08%

RTX CORP 1.08%

Only in XQQI

Alphabet Inc 2.70%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.99%

Applied Materials Inc 1.46%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.38%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.38%

Amgen Inc 1.20%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.03%

Gilead Sciences Inc 1.00%

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan NEOS

Strategy option income option income

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

Pays quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +13.7% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

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

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 1.2 years 274 days

Net assets, JOYT as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $117m $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: JOYT vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	XQQI	JOYT	XQQI	JOYT	XQQI
3 months	+2.0%	−4.1%	0.2%	5.0%	+2.2 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+7.8%	−3.0%	0.4%	10.0%	+2.8 pts	−2.6 pts
1 year	+14.6%	–	0.9%	–	−0.1 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · XQQI Feb 2026	+21.6%	+7.7%	0.9%	17.0%	+0.1 pts	−4.9 pts

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About each fund

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JOYT or XQQI?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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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