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Income ETFs

NLSI vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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NLSI and YSPC both write options for income.

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Net assets: $5.3m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF, and $42m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
5.0%
NLSI cash paid, since launch, Dec 10, 2025
16.7%
YSPC cash paid, since launch, Jul 15, 2026
+17.7%
NLSI total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025
−2.1%
YSPC total return, since launch, Jul 15, 2026
NLSI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5 pts ahead of SPY
NLSI
+17.7%
SPY
+12.7%

5 pts ahead of SPY

NLSI since launch: paid 5.0%, price +12.0%, total +17.7%, SPY +12.7%, +5.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.7%

NLSI

+17.7%

5.0% as cash

5 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5 pts ahead of SPY

NLSI since launch: paid 5.0%, price +12.0%, total +17.7%, SPY +12.7%, +5.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.7%

NLSI

+17.7%

5 pts ahead of SPY

5.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. NLSI since launch: paid 5.0%, price +12.0%, total +17.7%, SPY +12.7%, +5.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YSPC · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 2.6 pts behind SPCX
YSPC
−2.1%
SPCX
+0.5%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind SPCX

YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPCX

+0.5%

YSPC

−2.1%

2.6 pts behind SPCX

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YSPC since launch: paid 16.7%, price −18.2%, total −2.1%, SPCX +0.5%, −2.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

YSPC costs 1.88 points a year less; YSPC is 7.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

NLSI vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNLSIYSPC
Paid and earned
Price changerose 12.0% (since Dec 10, 2025)fell 18.2% (since Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYSpace Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 5.0 ptsbehind by 2.6 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio2.89%1.01%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$5.3m$42m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, NLSI and YSPC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NLSI YSPC
Only in one fund ↓
Only in NLSI
Micron Technology Inc 12.00%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 5.94%
Valero Energy Corp 5.14%
Chevron Corp 4.51%
Intuit Inc 4.45%
Walt Disney Co 4.42%
Phillips 66 4.39%
Comfort Systems USA Inc 4.30%
Only in YSPC
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.45%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.87%
SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 C 0.32%
SPCX US 11/06/26 C145 0.13%
SPCX US 11/06/26 C146 0.11%
SPCX US 11/06/26 C141 -0.11%
SPCX US 11/06/26 C140 -0.72%
SPCX 11/20/2026 165.01 P -21.73%
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Side by side

NLSI NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly YSPC YieldMax SPCX Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPCX, paying weekly
Issuer NEOS YieldMax
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 5.6% 60.1%
Expense ratio 2.89% 1.01%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) 16.7% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +12.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) −18.2% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +17.7% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) −2.1% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.7% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +0.5% (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Ahead or behind +5.0 pts (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) −2.6 pts (since launch, Jul 15, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published
Age 329 days 112 days
Net assets, NLSI as of Oct 28, 2026 and YSPC as of Nov 3, 2026 $5.3m $42m

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: NLSI vs YSPC: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowNLSIYSPCNLSIYSPCNLSIYSPC
3 months+6.7%+11.7%1.4%18.2%+6.9 pts−13.8 pts
6 months+21.4%–3.0%–+16.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: NLSI Dec 2025 · YSPC Jul 2026+17.7%−2.1%5.0%16.7%+4.9 pts−2.5 pts

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About each fund
NLSI

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 10, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, NLSI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.6%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YSPC

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 15, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, YSPC paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, NLSI or YSPC?
NLSI charges 2.89% a year and YSPC charges 1.01%, so YSPC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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