Data as of .
SPUT vs XQQI: which paid, and which earned it?
SPUT and XQQI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SPUT and XQQI hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SPUT | XQQI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 3.85% | 8.70% |
| Apple Inc | 3.22% | 7.91% |
| Microsoft Corp | 2.47% | 5.94% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 2.09% | 4.39% |
| Alphabet Inc | 1.84% | 3.28% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.60% | 2.75% |
| Alphabet Inc | 1.59% | 3.02% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 1.10% | 3.27% |
| Tesla Inc | 0.91% | 3.01% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 0.48% | 5.12% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 0.47% | 4.08% |
| Walmart Inc | 0.47% | 2.38% |
| Only in SPUT | Only in XQQI |
|---|---|
| TREASURY BILL 49.24% | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.01% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.70% | ASML Holding NV 0.70% |
| Eli Lilly & Co 0.65% | Shopify Inc 0.69% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp 0.54% | ARM Holdings PLC 0.53% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.54% | NDX US 10/16/26 C30300 0.43% |
| Visa Inc 0.46% | NXP Semiconductors NV 0.25% |
| Johnson & Johnson 0.46% | Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.21% |
| Caterpillar Inc 0.35% | Nebius Group NV 0.21% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPUT | XQQI | SPUT | XQQI | SPUT | XQQI | |
| 3 months | +2.4% | −2.7% | 1.1% | 4.8% | +0.1 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +11.5% | +21.8% | 2.5% | 11.4% | −6.5 pts | −2.4 pts |
| 1 year | +11.5% | not published | 5.2% | not published | −5.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +22.4% | +14.3% | 8.5% | 13.7% | −15.6 pts | −2.9 pts |
| SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Innovator | NEOS |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 4.7% | 20.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.2% | 13.7% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +6.0% | −0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +11.5% | +14.3% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +17.3% |
| Ahead or behind | −5.1 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 100% |
| Age | 553 days | 227 days |
| Net assets | $17m | $351m |
SPUT in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.
XQQI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.3%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% 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, SPUT or XQQI?
- SPUT charges 0.79% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so SPUT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SPUT against XQQI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sput-vs-xqqi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.