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NIHI vs OVF: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVF paid 12.9% of its price in cash against NIHI’s 10.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $215m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS MSCI EAFE High Income ETF, and $61m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF.

At a glance
10.8%
NIHI cash paid, 1 year
12.9%
OVF cash paid, 1 year
+14.7%
NIHI total return, 1 year
+18.2%
OVF total return, 1 year
NIHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.3 pts behind IEFA
NIHI
+14.7%
IEFA
+17.0%

2.3 pts behind IEFA

NIHI over 1 year: paid 10.8%, price +3.4%, total +14.7%, IEFA +17.0%, −2.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IEFA

+17.0%

NIHI

+14.7%

10.8% of it arrived as cash

2.3 pts behind IEFA

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.3 pts behind IEFA

NIHI over 1 year: paid 10.8%, price +3.4%, total +14.7%, IEFA +17.0%, −2.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IEFA

+17.0%

NIHI

+14.7%

10.8% cash

2.3 pts behind IEFA

10.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. NIHI over 1 year: paid 10.8%, price +3.4%, total +14.7%, IEFA +17.0%, −2.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
OVF · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.3 pts ahead of ACWX
OVF
+18.2%
ACWX
+16.9%

1.3 pts ahead of ACWX

OVF over 1 year: paid 12.9%, price +4.6%, total +18.2%, ACWX +16.9%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ACWX

+16.9%

OVF

+18.2%

12.9% of it arrived as cash

1.3 pts ahead of ACWX

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.3 pts ahead of ACWX

OVF over 1 year: paid 12.9%, price +4.6%, total +18.2%, ACWX +16.9%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ACWX

+16.9%

OVF

+18.2%

12.9% as cash

1.3 pts ahead of ACWX

12.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.2%. OVF over 1 year: paid 12.9%, price +4.6%, total +18.2%, ACWX +16.9%, +1.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +18.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

NIHI costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

NIHI vs OVF: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNIHIOVF
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.7%+18.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 3.4%rose 4.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF, measured through IEFAiShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, measured through ACWX
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.68%0.83%
Net assets, NIHI as of Oct 28, 2026 and OVF as of Aug 31, 2026$215m$61m
Holdings
Holdings in common75%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVF scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score73.4NIHI76.3OVF

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Sep 26, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 57 weekly returns
NIHI OVF
Return
Total return edge OVF +14.0% +17.0%
Annualized edge OVF +12.7% +15.4%
Price return edge OVF +1.9% +3.1%
Risk
Volatility edge NIHI 13.1% 16.3%
Max drawdown edge NIHI (slight) −10.7% −11.2%
Downside capture 86.8% 94.4%
Beta 0.83 0.90
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge OVF (slight) 0.69 0.73
Sortino edge OVF (slight) 0.94 1.03
Treynor 0.109 0.072
Calmar edge OVF 1.19 1.37
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.6% a year −0.7% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.10 −0.36
Information ratio −0.18 −0.27
Tracking error 6.2% 5.5%

Each against its own benchmark: NIHI against IEFA, Sep 26, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026; OVF against ACWX, Oct 11, 2019 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2025 to Oct 2026, OVF returned more: +17.0% to +14.0%. NIHI swung less: 13.1% to 16.3%. NIHI fell slightly less at its worst: −10.7% to −11.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: NIHI vs OVF: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNIHIOVFEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+14.0%+17.0%OVFPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.7%+15.4%OVFTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+1.9%+3.1%OVFPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.1%16.3%NIHISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation9.6%11.5%NIHILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.7%−11.2%NIHI (slight)Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture78.4%86.0%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture86.8%94.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.830.90Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.810.91Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.690.73OVF (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.941.03OVF (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1090.072Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.191.37OVFAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkIEFAACWXThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.6% a year−0.7% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.10−0.36Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−10.6% to +11.8%−4.5% to +3.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.18−0.27Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error6.2%5.5%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 57 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

75%

By the books each fund has filed, NIHI and OVF hold 75% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

75% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NIHI OVF
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 100.00% 74.92%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in NIHI
MXEA US 12/18/26 C3190 -0.30%
MXEA US 12/18/26 C3140 -0.50%
Only in OVF
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar 25.12%
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Side by side

NIHI NEOS MSCI EAFE High Income ETF · Option income on IEFA, paying monthly OVF Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay on ACWX, paying monthly
Strategy option income put-selling overlay
Benchmark iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.1% 10.4%
Expense ratio 0.68% 0.83%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.8% 12.9%
Price change, 1 year +3.4% +4.6%
Total return, 1 year +14.7% +18.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +17.0% +16.9%
Ahead or behind −2.3 pts +1.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 1.1 years 7.1 years
Net assets, NIHI as of Oct 28, 2026 and OVF as of Aug 31, 2026 $215m $61m

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: NIHI vs OVF: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowNIHIOVFNIHIOVFNIHIOVF
3 months−0.6%−3.1%2.4%2.5%+1.0 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+4.0%−1.0%4.9%5.1%+1.8 pts−0.3 pts
1 year+14.7%+18.2%10.8%12.9%−2.2 pts+1.2 pts
3 years–+76.6%–29.1%–+6.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: NIHI Sep 2025 · OVF Oct 2019+15.7%+80.6%12.3%41.9%−1.5 pts−17.2 pts

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About each fund
NIHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, NIHI paid 10.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) returned +17.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

OVF

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVF paid 12.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.2%. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) returned +16.9% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.4%, paid monthly. Overlay Shares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, NIHI or OVF?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, NIHI paid 10.8% of its starting price in cash and OVF paid 12.9%, so OVF paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, NIHI or OVF?
With every distribution reinvested, NIHI returned +14.7% and OVF +18.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, NIHI or OVF?
NIHI charges 0.68% a year and OVF charges 0.83%, so NIHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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