SPYI NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF
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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYI paid 11.9% in cash and returned 13.6% in total, against 13.6% for SPY.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYI paid 11.9% in cash and returned 13.6% in total, covering 114.3% of its payout.
SPYI risk and return scorecard
vs SPY · Sep 2022 to Oct 2026 · 215 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 SPYI
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$53.39+0.3%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 | SPY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026 | +1.0% | 1.0% | +0.1% | +0.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +6.4% | 3.1% | +3.3% | +6.1% | +0.3 pts |
| 6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026 | +8.7% | 6.1% | +2.4% | +9.1% | −0.4 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +12.3% | 10.0% | +1.6% | +14.1% | −1.8 pts |
| 1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026 | +13.6% | 11.9% | +0.8% | +13.6% | 0.0 pts |
| 3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026 | +70.2% | 41.0% | +18.4% | +95.0% | −24.8 pts |
| Since launch Aug 30, 2022 – Oct 28, 2026 | +79.8% | 51.3% | +8.7% | +105.1% | −25.3 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Aug 30, 2022 – Oct 28, 2026 | +15.1% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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
SPYI paid 11.9% in cash over the year and returned 13.6% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026SPYI: in the 17 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, net $367m came in.
Oct 27, 2026
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
SPYI, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 9 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 9 days, out on 0. 49 days missing.
SPYI, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 9 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 9 days, out on 0. 235 days missing.
SPYI, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 9 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 9 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 SPYI, back to Jun 2022, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare SPYI 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 SPYI 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 outAug 2023 to Oct 2026
SPYI, money in and money out each month from Aug 2023 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from SPYI’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 36 months listed, money came in on net in 36 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from SPYI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 36 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.
SPYI key stats
SPYI return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Oct 27, 2026
13 distributions for SPYI, $0.5087 to $0.5423 a share and $0.53 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.
SPYI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.5087 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 SPYI. 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 SPYI. 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 SPYI.
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: 114.3% · 69th pct, −271.3% to 2,166.7% across 164.
SPYI top ten by weight, 37.9% of the fund, of its 507 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 SPYI
How we measure
12 seats on SPYI, as of Oct 28, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 8 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about SPYI
- How much has SPYI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYI paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 0.8%.
- Is SPYI ahead of SPY?
- Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, SPYI returned +13.6% against +13.6% for S&P 500 (SPY), so a holder was about even with it by 0.0 points.
- How often does SPYI pay, and how much?
- SPYI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 11.4% at its price on Oct 28, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the SPYI distribution return of capital?
- NEOS estimates 99% 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 SPYI next pay a distribution?
- SPYI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 21, 2026 at $0.5087 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 SPYI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year.
- What dividend does SPYI pay?
- SPYI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.5087 a share, which went ex on Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the dividend yield of SPYI?
- Over the 12 months to Oct 28, 2026, SPYI paid cash distributions equal to 11.9% of its price at the start of the period, $6.3222 a share. Its latest payout annualizes to 11.4% at its price on Oct 28, 2026. Its latest payment was $0.5087 a share, ex-date Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the expense ratio of SPYI?
- SPYI's expense ratio is 0.68% a year, read from 485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026.
- How much of SPYI’s distribution is return of capital?
- NEOS’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 99.0% 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 96.3%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025 puts it at 95.3% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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