QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQI paid 13.7% in cash and returned 11.9% in total, against 15.2% for QQQ.
Promise check: PartlyOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQI paid 13.7% in cash and returned 11.9% in total, covering 86.9% of its payout. Since launch it covered 147.3%.
QQQI risk and return scorecard
vs QQQ · Feb 2024 to Oct 2026 · 141 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Oct 27, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 21, 2026More on QQQI
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$54.12+0.6%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | QQQ | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | −1.1% | 1.1% | −2.3% | −1.5% | +0.4 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +9.9% | 3.8% | +6.1% | +9.8% | +0.1 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +7.8% | 7.2% | +0.5% | +9.9% | −2.1 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +13.0% | 11.8% | +0.5% | +18.5% | −5.5 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +11.9% | 13.7% | −2.8% | +15.2% | −3.3 pts |
| Since launch Jan 30, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +60.7% | 41.2% | +8.6% | +73.1% | −12.4 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Jan 30, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026 | +18.9% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Jan 2024: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
QQQI paid 13.7% in cash over the year and returned 11.9% in total, less than it paid out.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026QQQI: in the 17 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, net $939m came in.
Oct 27, 2026
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
QQQI, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 11 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 49 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 11 days, out on 0. 49 days missing.
QQQI, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 11 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 235 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 11 days, out on 0. 235 days missing.
QQQI, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 11 days and went out on 0 days, of the 16 days with daily data; the other 384 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 11 days, out on 0. 384 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from NEOS’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for QQQI, back to Jan 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare QQQI with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months16 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year4 weeks
Net flow into QQQI each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outJan 2024 to Oct 2026
QQQI, money in and money out each month from Jan 2024 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from QQQI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Oct 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 31 months listed, money came in on net in 31 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from QQQI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 31 months listed, money came in on net in 31 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 27, 2026. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.
QQQI key stats
QQQI return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
13 distributions for QQQI, $0.6089 to $0.6589 a share and $0.6346 in the middle, Oct 22, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
QQQI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.6343 a share, which went ex on Oct 21, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Nov 18, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for QQQI. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for QQQI. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below QQQI.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: 86.9% · 49th pct, −271.3% to 2,166.7% across 164.
QQQI top ten by weight, 46.6% of the fund, of its 103 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: NEOS’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Oct 28, 2026.
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About QQQI
How we measure
12 seats on QQQI, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Mixed, 8 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about QQQI
- How much has QQQI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQI paid 13.7% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 2.8%.
- Is QQQI ahead of QQQ?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, QQQI returned +11.9% against +15.2% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 3.3 points.
- How often does QQQI pay, and how much?
- QQQI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 14.1% at its price on Oct 28, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the QQQI distribution return of capital?
- NEOS estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does QQQI next pay a distribution?
- QQQI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 21, 2026 at $0.6343 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Nov 18, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does QQQI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year.
- What dividend does QQQI pay?
- QQQI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.6343 a share, which went ex on Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the dividend yield of QQQI?
- Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, QQQI paid cash distributions equal to 13.7% of its price at the start of the period, $7.6309 a share. Its latest payout annualizes to 14.1% at its price on Oct 28, 2026. Its latest payment was $0.6343 a share, ex-date Oct 21, 2026.
- How much of QQQI’s distribution is return of capital?
- NEOS’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026, the estimate is 99.1%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025 puts it at 99.6% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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