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TLTI vs TLTW: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TLTW paid 9.7% of its price in cash against TLTI’s 5.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $21m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, and $1.6bn on Nov 3, 2026 for iShares TLT Premium Income+ ETF.

At a glance
5.8%
TLTI cash paid, 1 year
9.7%
TLTW cash paid, 1 year
−3.1%
TLTI total return, 1 year
−0.8%
TLTW total return, 1 year
TLTI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.7 pts ahead of TLT
TLTI
−3.1%
TLT
−4.8%

1.7 pts ahead of TLT

TLTI over 1 year: paid 5.8%, price −8.8%, total −3.1%, TLT −4.8%, +1.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TLT

−4.8%

TLTI

−3.1%

1.7 pts ahead of TLT

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.7 pts ahead of TLT

TLTI over 1 year: paid 5.8%, price −8.8%, total −3.1%, TLT −4.8%, +1.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TLT

−4.8%

TLTI

−3.1%

1.7 pts ahead of TLT

5.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. TLTI over 1 year: paid 5.8%, price −8.8%, total −3.1%, TLT −4.8%, +1.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
TLTW · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4 pts ahead of TLT
TLTW
−0.8%
TLT
−4.8%

4 pts ahead of TLT

TLTW over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price −10.6%, total −0.8%, TLT −4.8%, +4.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TLT

−4.8%

TLTW

−0.8%

4 pts ahead of TLT

Total return, distributions reinvested

4 pts ahead of TLT

TLTW over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price −10.6%, total −0.8%, TLT −4.8%, +4.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TLT

−4.8%

TLTW

−0.8%

4 pts ahead of TLT

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TLTW over 1 year: paid 9.7%, price −10.6%, total −0.8%, TLT −4.8%, +4.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TLTW costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; TLTW is far larger, $1.6bn against $21m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

TLTI vs TLTW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTLTITLTW
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−3.1%−0.8%
Price change, 1 yearfell 8.8%fell 10.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate19% of the Oct 16, 2026 payment73% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmark20+ Year Treasury, measured through TLT20+ Year Treasury, measured through TLT
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 1.7 ptsahead by 4.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.58%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$21m$1.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · TLTW scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score11.1TLTI14.7TLTW

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

Dec 20, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 97 weekly returns · each against TLT
TLTI TLTW
Return
Total return edge TLTW +2.0% +10.8%
Annualized edge TLTW +1.1% +5.6%
Price return edge TLTI −9.4% −11.0%
Risk
Volatility edge TLTW 10.2% 8.5%
Max drawdown edge TLTW −10.7% −9.2%
Downside capture 94.6% 75.5%
Beta 0.96 0.77
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge TLTW −0.24 0.22
Sortino edge TLTW −0.31 0.29
Treynor −0.025 0.024
Calmar edge TLTW 0.10 0.61
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year +4.4% a year
Alpha t-stat 1.06 2.61
Information ratio 0.84 1.55
Tracking error 1.1% 3.4%
Reading

From Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, TLTW returned more: +10.8% to +2.0%. TLTW swung less: 8.5% to 10.2%. TLTW fell less at its worst: −9.2% to −10.7%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: TLTI vs TLTW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureTLTITLTWTLTEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+2.0%+10.8%TLTWPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+1.1%+5.6%TLTWTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−9.4%−11.0%TLTIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility10.2%8.5%TLTWSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.8%6.4%TLTWLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.7%−9.2%TLTWDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture94.8%84.2%100.0%TLTIShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture94.6%75.5%100.0%TLTWShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.960.771.00TLTW lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.990.931.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe−0.240.22TLTWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino−0.310.29TLTWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor−0.0250.024−0.033TLTWReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.100.61TLTWAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkTLTTLTTLTThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year+4.4% a year0.0%TLTW significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat1.062.61Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−0.7% to +2.2%+1.1% to +7.8%TLTI's includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio0.841.55TLTWReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error1.1%3.4%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 97 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, TLTI and TLTW hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first TLTI TLTW
Only in one fund ↓
Only in TLTI
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125% 08/15/2053 97.49%
SPXW US 11/12/26 P7000 0.03%
SPXW US 11/12/26 P6850 0.02%
SPXW US 11/12/26 P6950 0.02%
SPXW US 11/12/26 P7175 -0.05%
SPXW US 11/12/26 P7250 -0.07%
SPXW US 11/12/26 P7310 -0.10%
Only in TLTW
TREASURY BOND 4.16%
TREASURY BOND 4.11%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 4.10%
TREASURY BOND 4.05%
TREASURY BOND 3.92%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 3.90%
TREASURY BOND 3.87%
TREASURY BOND 3.87%
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Side by side

TLTI NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF · Sells put spreads on the S&P 500, investing in 20+ Year Treasury (TLT), paying monthly TLTW iShares TLT Premium Income+ ETF · Covered call on TLT, paying monthly
Issuer NEOS iShares
Strategy put-selling overlay covered call
Benchmark 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) 20+ Year Treasury (TLT)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.0% 14.6%
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.8% 9.7%
Price change, 1 year −8.8% −10.6%
Total return, 1 year −3.1% −0.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year −4.8% −4.8%
Ahead or behind +1.7 pts +4.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 19% 73%
Age 1.9 years 4.2 years
Net assets, TLTI as of Oct 28, 2026 and TLTW as of Nov 3, 2026 $21m $1.6bn

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: TLTI vs TLTW: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowTLTITLTWTLTITLTWTLTITLTW
3 months−0.1%+1.0%1.5%3.1%+0.2 pts+1.3 pts
6 months−2.2%−0.9%2.9%5.3%+0.5 pts+1.8 pts
1 year−3.1%−0.8%5.8%9.7%+1.7 pts+4.0 pts
3 years–+14.6%–36.2%–+8.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: TLTI Dec 2024 · TLTW Aug 2022−1.5%−1.7%11.0%42.7%+1.9 pts+12.4 pts

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About each fund
TLTI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TLTI paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.1%. 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) returned −4.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 19% of the distribution paid Oct 16, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

TLTW

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TLTW paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.8%. 20+ Year Treasury (TLT) returned −4.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.6%, paid monthly. iShares estimates that 73% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, TLTI or TLTW?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TLTI paid 5.8% of its starting price in cash and TLTW paid 9.7%, so TLTW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, TLTI or TLTW?
With every distribution reinvested, TLTI returned −3.1% and TLTW −0.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, TLTI or TLTW?
TLTI charges 0.58% a year and TLTW charges 0.35%, so TLTW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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