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

NLSI and OEI both write options for income.

NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF and Optimized Equity Income ETF.

4.0%NLSI cash paid, 1 year
8.6%OEI cash paid, 1 year
+19.3%NLSI total return, 1 year
+14.4%OEI total return, 1 year
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
OEI0.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%8.6% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NLSI and OEI hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions NLSI and OEI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingNLSIOEI
NVIDIA Corp3.17%8.32%
Micron Technology Inc14.23%2.57%
Mastercard Inc2.86%1.57%
Progressive Corp/The3.80%0.50%
Adobe Inc3.37%0.39%
Intuit Inc2.85%0.25%
ServiceNow Inc1.99%0.22%
Only in each
Only in NLSIOnly in OEI
F5 Inc 3.90%Microsoft Corp 5.99%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc 3.32%Amazon.com Inc 4.56%
Universal Health Services Inc 3.23%Apple Inc 4.28%
Insulet Corp 3.19%Alphabet Inc 3.48%
Veeva Systems Inc 3.19%Broadcom Inc 3.04%
PTC Inc 3.18%Alphabet Inc 2.79%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.13%Meta Platforms Inc 2.18%
Valero Energy Corp 3.04%Johnson & Johnson 2.10%

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 Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

NLSI and OEI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
NLSIOEINLSIOEINLSIOEI
3 months+15.6%+4.8%1.4%2.3%+13.3 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+24.6%+12.5%2.8%4.9%+6.6 pts−5.6 pts
Since launch+19.3%+14.4%4.0%8.6%+7.3 pts−0.9 pts
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NLSI and OEI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NLSI
NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
OEI
Optimized Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerNEOSCore Alternative
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.1%9.2%
Expense ratio2.89%1.02%
Cash paid, 1 year4.0% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+14.6%+5.2%
Total return, 1 year+19.3% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)+14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+12.0%+15.3%
Ahead or behind+7.3 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age282 days331 days
Net assets$5m$46m

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).

OEI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, NLSI or OEI?
NLSI charges 2.89% a year and OEI charges 1.02%, so OEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources