Which is cheaper, JUDO or XQQI?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. 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

JUDO costs 0.43 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	XQQI
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	XQQI
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	behind by 4.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.98%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026	$7.0m	$408m
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	XQQI
Holdings in common	40%

Method

What they share

40%

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and XQQI hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

40% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO XQQI

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84% 8.71%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64% 6.78%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17% 4.74%

Apple, Inc. 4.38% 8.50%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79% 2.90%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56% 2.78%

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99% 4.63%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.56% 1.46%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.39% 1.99%

Lam Research Corp. 1.22% 1.39%

Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.85% 1.38%

Meta Platforms, Inc. 0.79% 3.22%

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Only in JUDO

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Mastercard, Inc. 1.72%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Target Corp. 1.51%

American Express Co. 1.49%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.49%

Only in XQQI

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.78%

Tesla Inc 3.64%

Walmart Inc 2.93%

Alphabet Inc 2.70%

Costco Wholesale Corp 2.18%

Palantir Technologies Inc 1.96%

Intel Corp 1.50%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.38%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Janus Henderson NEOS

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.6% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind not available −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 224 days 274 days

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.0m $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: JUDO vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	XQQI	JUDO	XQQI	JUDO	XQQI
3 months	−1.2%	−4.1%	1.6%	5.0%	+0.5 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+5.8%	−3.0%	3.1%	10.0%	+0.6 pts	−2.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · XQQI Feb 2026	+16.1%	+7.7%	3.8%	17.0%	not measured	−4.9 pts

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About each fund

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

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, JUDO or XQQI?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →JUDO on its own →XQQI on its own →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →XQQI dividend history →XQQI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson 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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