XQQI NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Since its launch on Feb 3, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% in cash and still finished 3.1 points behind QQQ.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XQQI returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested and Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +16.2%, so a holder came out behind it by 3.1 points. The lighter segment is the 13.7% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Its ten largest equity positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | NVDA | 8.26% | |
| Apple Inc | AAPL | 7.25% | |
| Micron Technology Inc | MU | 5.94% | |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 4.72% | |
| Amazon.com Inc | AMZN | 4.37% | |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | AMD | 4.36% | |
| Tesla Inc | TSLA | 3.55% | |
| Alphabet Inc | GOOGL | 3.50% | |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 3.27% | |
| Alphabet Inc | GOOG | 3.24% |
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | QQQ | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 4.9% | −5.7% | −0.7% | −0.8% | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | 11.1% | +6.2% | +17.6% | +20.7% | −3.1 pts |
| Since launch | 13.7% | −1.4% | +13.1% | +16.2% | −3.1 pts |
When XQQI pays
XQQI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.8403 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 | $0.8403 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | $0.8403 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for XQQI (8, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.8403 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.8236 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | $0.8772 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $0.9216 |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.856 |
| Apr 8, 2026 | $0.7672 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.8139 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $0.85 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Feb 3, 2026, XQQI has returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +16.2% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), and has paid out 13.7% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 20.8%. NEOS estimates that 100% 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 | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026) | $332m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 20.8% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026) | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 13.9% |
| Launched | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (NEOS 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
| Pays | monthly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 28 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.8403 ex Sep 2, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 8 distributions | $6.7498 |
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 XQQI paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, XQQI paid 13.7% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 1.4%.
- Is XQQI ahead of QQQ?
- Over the period from its launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, XQQI returned +13.1% against +16.2% for Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), so a holder was behind it by 3.1 points.
- How often does XQQI pay, and how much?
- XQQI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 20.8% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the XQQI distribution return of capital?
- NEOS estimates 100% 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 XQQI next pay a distribution?
- XQQI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 2, 2026 at $0.8403 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 XQQI 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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