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QQQI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its price in cash against XRMI’s 11.9% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets: $15.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF, and $62m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF.

At a glance
13.9%
QQQI cash paid, 1 year
11.9%
XRMI cash paid, 1 year
+8.9%
QQQI total return, 1 year
+8.7%
XRMI total return, 1 year
QQQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.4 pts behind QQQ
QQQI
+8.9%
QQQ
+12.3%

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% of it arrived as cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.4 pts behind QQQ

QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QQQI

+8.9%

13.9% cash

3.4 pts behind QQQ

13.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QQQI over 1 year: paid 13.9%, price −5.4%, total +8.9%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.1 pts behind SPY
XRMI
+8.7%
SPY
+14.8%

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XRMI costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; QQQI is far larger, $15.3bn against $62m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQQQIXRMI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+8.9%+8.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 5.4%fell 3.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment95% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.68%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$15.3bn$62m
Holdings
Holdings in common53%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XRMI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score42.2QQQI45.2XRMI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

53%

By the books each fund has filed, QQQI and XRMI hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

53% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QQQI XRMI
NVIDIA Corp 8.08% 7.63%
Apple Inc 7.88% 7.12%
Microsoft Corp 6.31% 5.42%
Amazon.com Inc 4.40% 4.17%
Alphabet Inc 2.66% 3.28%
Broadcom Inc 2.57% 2.89%
Alphabet Inc 2.48% 2.64%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.00% 1.92%
Micron Technology Inc 4.34% 1.46%
Tesla Inc 3.42% 1.37%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.56% 1.22%
Walmart Inc 2.74% 0.76%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QQQI
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.26%
Shopify Inc 0.79%
ASML Holding NV 0.64%
ARM Holdings PLC 0.39%
MercadoLibre Inc 0.38%
PDD Holdings Inc 0.24%
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC 0.22%
Strategy Inc 0.21%
Only in XRMI
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.01%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.97%
VISA INC. 0.95%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.72%
ABBVIE INC. 0.70%
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Side by side

QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer NEOS Global X
Strategy option income option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 14.7% 10.6%
Expense ratio 0.68% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.9% 11.9%
Price change, 1 year −5.4% −3.8%
Total return, 1 year +8.9% +8.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −3.4 pts −6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 95%
Age 2.8 years 5.2 years
Net assets, QQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 and XRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 $15.5bn $62m

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: QQQI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQQQIXRMIQQQIXRMIQQQIXRMI
3 months−2.2%+1.6%3.5%2.9%+1.3 pts+1.8 pts
6 months−0.2%+5.4%6.9%6.0%+0.1 pts+0.4 pts
1 year+8.9%+8.7%13.9%11.9%−3.4 pts−6.1 pts
3 years–+30.8%–35.1%–−52.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QQQI Jan 2024 · XRMI Aug 2021+53.8%+17.6%41.2%45.0%−11.2 pts−66.7 pts

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About each fund
QQQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QQQI or XRMI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QQQI paid 13.9% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, 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 XRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, QQQI returned +8.9% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QQQI or XRMI?
QQQI charges 0.68% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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