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QQQI vs SIXH: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QQQI paid 15.2% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0% and the two finished level on total return.

NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

15.2%QQQI cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+16.4%QQQI total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

QQQI 50.5SIXH 81.83.8, 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

QQQI5.3 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QQQI+16.4%15.2% of it arrived as cash5.3 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QQQI+16.4%15.2% as cash5.3 pts behind QQQ
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQI and SIXH hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QQQI and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQQQISIXH
Micron Technology Inc5.03%2.37%
Apple Inc7.79%1.45%
Applied Materials Inc1.58%1.44%
Palantir Technologies Inc1.79%1.42%
Broadcom Inc2.70%1.35%
Meta Platforms Inc3.14%1.30%
Amazon.com Inc4.36%1.29%
Walmart Inc2.28%1.11%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.82%1.30%
T-Mobile US Inc0.80%2.42%
PepsiCo Inc0.78%3.44%
Mondelez International Inc0.34%2.51%
Only in each
Only in QQQIOnly in SIXH
NVIDIA Corp 8.58%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
Microsoft Corp 5.84%Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.02%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
Alphabet Inc 3.24%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
Alphabet Inc 2.99%AT&T INC. 3.59%
Tesla Inc 2.91%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Intel Corp 2.44%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.92%NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.67%

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

QQQI and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QQQISIXHQQQISIXHQQQISIXH
3 months−0.7%+4.5%3.4%0.5%+1.8 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+16.7%+7.4%7.7%0.9%−7.5 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+16.4%+16.3%15.2%2.0%−5.3 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 pts
Since launch+59.6%+96.3%39.9%16.0%−12.3 pts−88.5 pts
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QQQI and SIXH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QQQI
NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerNEOSExchange Traded Concepts
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.0%0.4%
Expense ratio0.68%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year15.2%2.0%
Price change, 1 year−0.1%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+16.4%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−5.3 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate98%not published
Age962 days2321 days
Net assets$14.8bn$543m

QQQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% 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).

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQI or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so QQQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QQQI or SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, QQQI returned +16.4% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QQQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, QQQI or SIXH?
QQQI charges 0.68% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QQQI against SIXH, 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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