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

Over the year XPAY paid 19.9% of its price in cash against QQQI’s 15.2%, though QQQI returned more with it reinvested.

NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

15.2%QQQI cash paid, 1 year
19.9%XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+16.4%QQQI total return, 1 year
+15.7%XPAY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: QQQI scores higher

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

QQQI 50.5XPAY 50.33.8, 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

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
XPAY0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XPAY+15.7%19.9% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XPAY+15.7%19.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQI and XPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in QQQIOnly in XPAY
NVIDIA Corp 8.58%SPY 02/12/2027 33.47 C 13.75%
Apple Inc 7.79%SPY 07/16/2027 36.7 C 11.79%
Microsoft Corp 5.84%SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 11.51%
Micron Technology Inc 5.03%SPY 04/16/2027 33.87 C 11.49%
Amazon.com Inc 4.36%SPY 06/11/2027 37.11 C 10.07%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.02%SPY 01/15/2027 33.21 C 6.96%
Alphabet Inc 3.24%SPY 12/11/2026 33.1 C 6.40%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.14%SPY 09/10/2027 37.99 C 5.57%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QQQI and XPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QQQIXPAYQQQIXPAYQQQIXPAY
3 months−0.7%+2.0%3.4%5.0%+1.8 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+16.7%+17.8%7.7%11.1%−7.5 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+16.4%+15.7%15.2%19.9%−5.3 pts−0.9 pts
Since launch+59.6%+34.7%39.9%37.5%−12.3 pts−2.3 pts
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QQQI and XPAY 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
XPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerNEOSRoundhill
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized14.0%20.8%
Expense ratio0.68%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year15.2%19.9%
Price change, 1 year−0.1%−5.8%
Total return, 1 year+16.4%+15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−5.3 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate98%not published
Age962 days687 days
Net assets$14.8bn$179m

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).

XPAY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XPAY paid 19.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% 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 20.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQI or XPAY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and XPAY paid 19.9%, so XPAY 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 XPAY?
With every distribution reinvested, QQQI returned +16.4% and XPAY returned +15.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QQQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, QQQI or XPAY?
QQQI charges 0.68% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so XPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QQQI against XPAY, 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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