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QQQI · NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
NEOS · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, QQQI paid 14.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 14.3%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% 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 | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 14.3% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.68% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 14.0% |
| Launched | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 3.5% / −0.7% / +2.9% / +2.1% / +0.8 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 7.4% / +5.7% / +13.4% / +20.2% / −6.8 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 14.4% / +3.1% / +18.7% / +25.6% / −6.9 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / QQQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 38.6% / +9.9% / +58.8% / +71.3% / −12.6 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (NEOS 19a-1 estimate) | 98.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has QQQI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, QQQI paid 14.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 3.1%.
- Is QQQI ahead of QQQ?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QQQI returned +18.7% against +25.6% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 6.9 points.
- How often does QQQI pay, and how much?
- QQQI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 14.3% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the QQQI distribution return of capital?
- NEOS estimates 98% 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 QQQI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year.
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