Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
FEPI vs VTI
REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and VTI hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FEPI | VTI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 7.76% | 6.37% |
| APPLE INC. | 5.14% | 5.88% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.19% | 3.84% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. | 5.21% | 3.19% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 8.83% | 2.90% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 8.05% | 2.48% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 8.91% | 1.80% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | 5.14% | 1.71% |
| TESLA, INC. | 7.47% | 1.64% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 9.98% | 1.31% |
| INTEL CORPORATION | 5.24% | 0.78% |
| NETFLIX, INC. | 5.16% | 0.42% |
| Only in FEPI | Only in VTI |
|---|---|
| United States of America 2.42% | Alphabet Inc 2.29% |
| Eli Lilly & Co 1.41% | |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.25% | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.12% | |
| Johnson & Johnson 0.85% | |
| Applied Materials Inc 0.80% | |
| Exxon Mobil Corp 0.79% | |
| Visa Inc 0.77% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
| FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF | VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | REX | Vanguard |
| What it is | covered call, vs QQQ | US total market |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.8% | +20.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +25.6% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −7.8 pts | +0.0 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 23.2% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.03% |
| Holdings | n/a | 3531 |
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.1%, paid weekly.
VTI in plain words
VTI is a index equity fund tracking US total market. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, FEPI or VTI?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEPI returned +17.8% and VTI returned +20.0%, so VTI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, FEPI or VTI?
- FEPI charges 0.65% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- Are FEPI and VTI the same kind of fund?
- No. FEPI is an option-income ETF and VTI is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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