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NIHI vs OVF: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year OVF paid 11.5% of its price in cash against NIHI’s 11.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

NEOS MSCI EAFE High Income ETF and Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF.

11.4%NIHI cash paid, 1 year
11.5%OVF cash paid, 1 year
+14.9%NIHI total return, 1 year
+20.8%OVF total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVF scores higher

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

NIHI 64.6OVF 89.33.8, 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

NIHI1.4 pts behind EFA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
EFA+16.3%NIHI+14.9%11.4% of it arrived as cash1.4 pts behind EFATotal return, distributions reinvestedEFA+16.3%NIHI+14.9%11.4% cash1.4 pts behind EFA
OVF4.5 pts ahead of EFA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
EFA+16.3%OVF+20.8%11.5% of it arrived as cash4.5 pts ahead of EFATotal return, distributions reinvestedEFA+16.3%OVF+20.8%11.5% cash4.5 pts ahead of EFA

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NIHI and OVF hold 75% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions NIHI and OVF both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingNIHIOVF
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF100.13%74.87%
Only in each
Only in NIHIOnly in OVF
MXEA US 10/16/26 C3300 -0.03%iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar 25.13%
MXEA US 10/16/26 C3270 -0.10%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

NIHI and OVF over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
NIHIOVFNIHIOVFNIHIOVF
3 months+1.9%−0.6%2.5%2.5%+1.4 pts−1.1 pts
6 months+14.7%+16.0%5.4%5.7%+0.8 pts+2.1 pts
1 year+14.9%+20.8%11.4%11.5%−1.4 pts+4.5 pts
3 yearsnot published+74.3%not published26.1%not published+12.3 pts
Since launch+15.3%+84.2%11.4%39.8%−1.4 pts−15.8 pts
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NIHI and OVF on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NIHI
NEOS MSCI EAFE High Income ETF
Option income on EFA, paying monthly
OVF
Overlay Shares Foreign Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay on EFA, paying monthly
IssuerNEOSOverlay Shares
Strategyoption incomeput-selling overlay
BenchmarkDeveloped Markets ex US (EFA)developed markets outside the US (EFA)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.7%10.4%
Expense ratio0.68%not published
Cash paid, 1 year11.4%11.5%
Price change, 1 year+2.8%+8.3%
Total return, 1 year+14.9%+20.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.3%+16.3%
Ahead or behind−1.4 pts+4.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate0%not published
Age366 days2544 days
Net assets$204m$41m

NIHI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, NIHI paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.9%. Developed Markets ex US (EFA) returned +16.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

OVF in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVF paid 11.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.8%. developed markets outside the US (EFA) returned +16.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, NIHI or OVF?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, NIHI paid 11.4% of its starting price in cash and OVF paid 11.5%, 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 +14.9% and OVF returned +20.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVF returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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NIHI against OVF, 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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