Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
QVOL vs XSPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
QVOL and XSPI both write options for income.
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Net assets: $49m on Aug 31, 2026 for Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option Income ETF, and $140m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted S&P 500 High Income ETF.
7 pts behind ONEQ
QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
ONEQ
−0.8%
QVOL
−7.8%
7 pts behind ONEQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
7 pts behind ONEQ
QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
ONEQ
−0.8%
QVOL
−7.8%
7 pts behind ONEQ
6.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.About even with SPY
XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+12.1%
XSPI
+12.4%
13.9% of it arrived as cash
about even with SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SPY
XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+12.1%
XSPI
+12.4%
13.9% cash
about even with SPY
13.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XSPI since launch: paid 13.9%, price −2.3%, total +12.4%, SPY +12.1%, +0.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QVOL costs 0.16 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | QVOL | XSPI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 13.6% (since May 12, 2026) | fell 2.3% (since Feb 3, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 98% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 7.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.82% | 0.98% |
| Net assets, QVOL as of Aug 31, 2026 and XSPI as of Oct 28, 2026 | $49m | $140m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 31% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, QVOL and XSPI hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
half
31% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | QVOL | XSPI | QVOL | XSPI | QVOL | XSPI |
| 3 months | −12.2% | +1.1% | 3.2% | 4.2% | −10.0 pts | +1.2 pts |
| 6 months | – | +7.0% | – | 8.5% | – | +2.0 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: QVOL May 2026 · XSPI Feb 2026 | −7.8% | +12.4% | 6.4% | 13.9% | −7.0 pts | +0.3 pts |
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QVOL
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, QVOL paid 6.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.
XSPI
Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XSPI paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.6%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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