Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SPYI vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its price in cash against SPYI’s 12.1%, though SPYI returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF, and $15m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SPYI costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; SPYI is far larger, $12.7bn against $15m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SPYI | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +14.0% | +6.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 1.1% | fell 21.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $12.7bn | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
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
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →
Risk and return
Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 114 weekly returnsFrom Aug 2024 to Oct 2026, SPYI returned more: +34.3% to −9.2%. SPYI swung less: 12.3% to 15.5%. SPYI fell less at its worst: −14.8% to −27.1%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | SPYI | YQQQ | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +34.3% | −9.2% | SPYI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +14.4% | −4.3% | SPYI | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +3.5% | −49.8% | SPYI | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 12.3% | 15.5% | SPYI | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 8.4% | 12.2% | SPYI | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −14.8% | −27.1% | SPYI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.83 | −0.47 | SPYI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.21 | −0.60 | SPYI | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.97 | −0.16 | SPYI | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 114 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, SPYI and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% 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 | SPYI | YQQQ | SPYI | YQQQ | SPYI | YQQQ |
| 3 months | +1.1% | +10.7% | 2.9% | 10.6% | +1.3 pts | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | +5.8% | +9.0% | 6.0% | 15.9% | +0.7 pts | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | +14.0% | +6.6% | 12.1% | 26.8% | −0.8 pts | +21.1 pts |
| 3 years | +62.0% | – | 39.3% | – | −20.9 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: SPYI Aug 2022 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +78.5% | −10.1% | 51.3% | 40.8% | −25.2 pts | +28.7 pts |
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SPYI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% 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.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.
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