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BTCI · NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF
NEOS · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, BTCI paid 18.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 43.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −26.3%. Bitcoin (IBIT) returned −27.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 22.9%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (IBIT) (proxy) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 22.9% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.99% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 32.7% |
| Launched | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / IBIT / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 6.9% / +17.0% / +24.8% / +32.5% / −7.7 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / IBIT / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 13.0% / −0.9% / +13.0% / +17.2% / −4.2 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / IBIT / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 18.4% / −43.6% / −26.3% / −27.5% / +1.2 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / IBIT / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 52.9% / −33.5% / +13.1% / +18.9% / −5.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (NEOS 19a-1 estimate) | 94.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has BTCI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BTCI paid 18.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 43.6%.
- Is BTCI ahead of IBIT?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, BTCI returned −26.3% against −27.5% for Bitcoin (IBIT), so a holder was ahead of it by 1.2 points.
- How often does BTCI pay, and how much?
- BTCI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 22.9% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the BTCI distribution return of capital?
- NEOS estimates 94% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does BTCI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.99% a year.
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