Which is cheaper, SPIN or XQQI?

SPIN charges 0.25% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SPIN vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

SPIN and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $45m on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+9.3%

SPIN total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN

+9.3%

SPY

+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XQQI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI

+7.7%

QQQ

+12.6%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

17.0% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.6%

XQQI

+7.7%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

17.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XQQI since launch: paid 17.0%, price −9.2%, total +7.7%, QQQ +12.6%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.73 points a year less; XQQI is 8.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SPIN vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SPIN	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	SPIN	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	+9.3%	not published
Price change	rose 3.9% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SPIN	XQQI
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	SPIN	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$46m	$408m
Holdings
Measure	SPIN	XQQI
Holdings in common	51%

Method

What they share

51%

By the books each fund has filed, SPIN and XQQI hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

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51% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SPIN XQQI

NVIDIA CORP 9.22% 8.71%

MICROSOFT CORP 7.47% 6.78%

APPLE INC 6.03% 8.50%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.87% 4.74%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.93% 3.22%

ALPHABET INC CL A 4.59% 2.90%

BROADCOM INC 3.37% 2.78%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.50% 4.63%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.94% 3.78%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.41% 1.46%

LINDE PLC 1.06% 1.18%

NETFLIX INC 0.91% 1.28%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SPIN

ELI LILLY + CO 2.50%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.28%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO 2.13%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1.87%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.73%

AMPHENOL CORP CL A 1.41%

HOME DEPOT INC 1.39%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.30%

Only in XQQI

Cisco Systems Inc 1.99%

Intel Corp 1.50%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.38%

Amgen Inc 1.20%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.03%

Gilead Sciences Inc 1.00%

Analog Devices Inc 0.99%

KLA CORP 0.99%

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Side by side

SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer State Street NEOS

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 5.5% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 5.1% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +3.9% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.3% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.6% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Ahead or behind −5.5 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 97% 100%

Age 2.2 years 274 days

Net assets, SPIN as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $45m $408m

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: SPIN vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SPIN	XQQI	SPIN	XQQI	SPIN	XQQI
3 months	+0.8%	−4.1%	0.9%	5.0%	+0.9 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+6.0%	−3.0%	1.9%	10.0%	+1.0 pts	−2.6 pts
1 year	+9.3%	–	5.1%	–	−5.5 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: SPIN Sep 2024 · XQQI Feb 2026	+30.3%	+7.7%	16.0%	17.0%	−12.9 pts	−4.9 pts

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About each fund

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XQQI

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 3, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XQQI paid 17.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.2%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, SPIN or XQQI?: SPIN charges 0.25% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

XQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XQQI ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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