XBCI NEOS Boosted Bitcoin High Income ETF
Option income on IBIT, paying monthly
Since its launch on Feb 3, 2026, XBCI paid 21.3% in cash and still finished 2.5 points behind IBIT.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XBCI returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested and Bitcoin (IBIT) returned +6.3%, so a holder came out behind it by 2.5 points. The lighter segment is the 21.3% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | IBIT | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 10.1% | +19.8% | +32.2% | +29.2% | +3.0 pts |
| 6 months | 18.0% | −6.0% | +14.7% | +15.7% | −1.0 pts |
| Since launch | 21.3% | −20.3% | +3.7% | +6.3% | −2.5 pts |
When XBCI pays
XBCI pays monthly. The last distribution was $1.2488 a share, which went ex on Sep 2, 2026 and was paid on Sep 4, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Sep 30, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | $1.2488 | ETFIQ projection |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | $1.2488 | ETFIQ projection |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for XBCI (8, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $1.2488 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $1.0257 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | $1.0515 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $1.3184 |
| May 6, 2026 | $1.5682 |
| Apr 8, 2026 | $1.3475 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $1.3562 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.6 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Feb 3, 2026, XBCI has returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested, against +6.3% for Bitcoin (IBIT), and has paid out 21.3% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 38.0%. NEOS estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 2026 was a return of capital. That is the issuer’s own Rule 19a-1 estimate and a tax characterization, made before the fund year closes: it says the payment included money the fund gave back rather than earned, not that the fund is eroding.
| Strategy | option income |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (IBIT) (proxy) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026) | $179m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 38.0% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026) | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 26.7% |
| Launched | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (NEOS 19a-1 estimate) | 95.0% |
| Pays | monthly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 28 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $1.2488 ex Sep 2, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 8 distributions | $10.5163 |
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much has XBCI paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XBCI paid 21.3% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 20.3%.
- Is XBCI ahead of IBIT?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, XBCI returned +3.7% against +6.3% for Bitcoin (IBIT), so a holder was behind it by 2.5 points.
- How often does XBCI pay, and how much?
- XBCI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 38.0% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the XBCI distribution return of capital?
- NEOS estimates 95% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 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 XBCI next pay a distribution?
- XBCI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 2, 2026 at $1.2488 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Sep 30, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does XBCI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year.
The words on this page
- Total return
- What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
- Cash paid
- Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
- Ahead or behind
- The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
- Return of capital
- The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
- Covered call
- Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.
Every term used here, defined in full on the income ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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