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

NLSI and SIOO both write options for income.

NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

4.0%NLSI cash paid, 1 year
11.1%SIOO cash paid, 1 year
+19.3%NLSI total return, 1 year
+10.8%SIOO 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
SIOOAbout even with OEF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
OEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with OEFTotal return, distributions reinvestedOEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% cashabout even with OEF

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NLSI and SIOO hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions NLSI and SIOO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingNLSISIOO
NVIDIA Corp3.17%9.83%
Micron Technology Inc14.23%2.37%
Mastercard Inc2.86%0.97%
ServiceNow Inc1.99%0.31%
Capital One Financial Corp3.03%0.27%
Adobe Inc3.37%0.21%
Intuit Inc2.85%0.19%
Only in each
Only in NLSIOnly in SIOO
F5 Inc 3.90%Apple Inc 9.24%
Progressive Corp/The 3.80%United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 7.85%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc 3.32%Microsoft Corp 5.91%
Universal Health Services Inc 3.23%Amazon.com Inc 4.41%
Insulet Corp 3.19%Alphabet Inc 3.62%
Veeva Systems Inc 3.19%Broadcom Inc 3.57%
PTC Inc 3.18%Meta Platforms Inc 3.12%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.13%Tesla Inc 2.23%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

NLSI and SIOO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
NLSISIOONLSISIOONLSISIOO
3 months+15.6%+4.0%1.4%3.7%+13.3 pts+0.7 pts
6 months+24.6%+14.3%2.8%7.9%+6.6 pts−5.8 pts
Since launch+19.3%+10.8%4.0%11.1%+7.3 pts−0.2 pts
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NLSI and SIOO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NLSI
NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
SIOO
VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF
Covered call on OEF, paying monthly
IssuerNEOSVistaShares
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 100 (OEF)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.1%15.1%
Expense ratio2.89%not published
Cash paid, 1 year4.0% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)11.1% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+14.6%−1.1%
Total return, 1 year+19.3% (since launch on Dec 10, 2025)+10.8% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+12.0%+11.0%
Ahead or behind+7.3 pts−0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age282 days281 days
Net assets$5m$21m

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).

SIOO in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SIOO paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +11.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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NLSI against SIOO, 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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