Which is cheaper, XISE or XQQI?

XISE charges 0.85% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so XISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

XISE vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

XISE and XQQI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $33m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September, and $408m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

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At a glance

6.1%

XISE cash paid, 1 year

17.0%

XQQI cash paid, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

+7.0%

XISE total return, 1 year

+7.7%

XQQI total return, since launch, Feb 3, 2026

XISE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.8 pts behind VOO

XISE

+7.0%

VOO

+14.8%

7.8 pts behind VOO

XISE over 1 year: paid 6.1%, price +0.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XISE

+7.0%

6.1% of it arrived as cash

7.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.8 pts behind VOO

XISE over 1 year: paid 6.1%, price +0.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XISE

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

6.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. XISE over 1 year: paid 6.1%, price +0.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 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

XISE costs 0.13 points a year less; XQQI is 12.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

XISE vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	XISE	XQQI
Paid and earned
Measure	XISE	XQQI
Total return, 1 year	+7.0%	not published
Price change	rose 0.7% (1 year)	fell 9.2% (since Feb 3, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	0% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment	100% of the Oct 9, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	XISE	XQQI
Benchmark	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	XISE	XQQI
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026	$33m	$408m
Holdings
Measure	XISE	XQQI
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first XISE XQQI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in XISE

2027-09-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.08 98.27%

2027-09-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 761.61 5.23%

2027-09-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 685.44 -2.83%

2027-09-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 761.61 -7.76%

Only in XQQI

NVIDIA Corp 8.71%

Apple Inc 8.50%

Microsoft Corp 6.78%

Amazon.com Inc 4.74%

Micron Technology Inc 4.63%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.78%

Tesla Inc 3.64%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.22%

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Side by side

XISE FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - September · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust NEOS

Strategy buffer with income option income

Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 20.2%

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.98%

Cash paid, 1 year 6.1% 17.0% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +0.7% −9.2% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +7.0% +7.7% (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

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

Ahead or behind −7.8 pts −4.9 pts (since launch, Feb 3, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%

Age 3.1 years 274 days

Net assets, XISE as of Nov 3, 2026 and XQQI as of Oct 28, 2026 $33m $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: XISE vs XQQI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	XISE	XQQI	XISE	XQQI	XISE	XQQI
3 months	+1.4%	−4.1%	1.6%	5.0%	+1.6 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+2.9%	−3.0%	3.1%	10.0%	−2.1 pts	−2.6 pts
1 year	+7.0%	–	6.1%	–	−7.8 pts	–
3 years	+21.3%	–	19.1%	–	−62.0 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: XISE Sep 2023 · XQQI Feb 2026	+22.3%	+7.7%	19.7%	17.0%	−57.3 pts	−4.9 pts

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About each fund

XISE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XISE paid 6.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 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, XISE or XQQI?: XISE charges 0.85% a year and XQQI charges 0.98%, so XISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

XISE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XISE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XISE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for XISE ↗

XQQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XQQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XQQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

NEOS page for XQQI ↗

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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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