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SCLZ vs XSPI: which paid, and which earned it?

SCLZ and XSPI both write options for income.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and NEOS Boosted S&P 500(R) High Income ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
11.1%XSPI cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+11.6%XSPI total return, 1 year
SCLZ14 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%8.4% of it arrived as cash14 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%14 pts behind SCHD
XSPIAbout even with SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.3%XSPI+11.6%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.3%XSPI+11.6%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCLZ and XSPI hold 54% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCLZ and XSPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSCLZXSPI
APPLE INC6.15%7.02%
NVIDIA CORP5.99%8.01%
AMAZON.COM INC3.75%3.87%
MICROSOFT CORP3.71%4.59%
ALPHABET INC5.18%3.43%
BROADCOM INC4.71%2.91%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC7.89%2.10%
META PLATFORMS INC3.34%1.84%
TESLA INC1.80%1.94%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY3.86%1.58%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5.14%1.55%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC3.10%1.47%
Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in XSPI
SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS INC 0.04%Alphabet Inc 2.72%
Intel Corp 1.05%
Applied Materials Inc 0.95%
Lam Research Corp 0.88%
KLA Corp 0.66%
Bank of America Corp 0.63%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.58%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.53%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SCLZ and XSPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZXSPISCLZXSPISCLZXSPI
3 months+2.9%+3.7%2.1%4.2%−3.6 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+14.2%+20.0%3.8%9.2%+1.6 pts+1.9 pts
1 year+13.2%not published8.4%not published−14.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+36.5%+11.6%19.6%11.1%−6.3 pts+0.2 pts
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SCLZ and XSPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCLZ
Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
XSPI
NEOS Boosted S&P 500(R) High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerSwanNEOS
Strategydividend stocks with call overlayoption income
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%17.1%
Expense ratio0.79%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%11.1% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+4.1%−0.3%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+11.6% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+11.3%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts+0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published99%
Age934 days227 days
Net assets$20m$113m

SCLZ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

XSPI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XSPI paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SCLZ or XSPI?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and XSPI charges 0.98%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SCLZ against XSPI, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, SCLZ against XSPI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sclz-vs-xspi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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