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FEPI vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI returned +8.5% to VOO's +13.7%, and VOO charges 0.03% to FEPI's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $725m on Oct 27, 2026 for REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

At a glance
+8.5%
FEPI total return, 1 year
+13.7%
VOO total return, 1 year
0.65%
FEPI expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

FEPI vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureFEPIVOO
Return
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+13.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 16.3%rose 12.4%
Latest payout, annualized24.6%
Benchmark
What it tracksnot publishedS&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%0.03%
Net assets, FEPI as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$725m$1.0tn
Holdings
Holdings in common37%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 20, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 157 weekly returns
FEPI VOO
Return
Total return edge VOO +68.3% +87.5%
Annualized edge VOO +18.8% +23.2%
Price return edge VOO −19.7% +80.5%
Risk
Volatility edge VOO 19.1% 14.2%
Max drawdown edge VOO −22.7% −16.7%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge VOO 0.77 1.23
Sortino edge VOO 1.09 1.94
Calmar edge VOO 0.83 1.39
Reading

VOO returned more: +87.5% to +68.3%. VOO swung less: 14.2% to 19.1%. VOO fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −22.7%.

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Risk and return: FEPI vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureFEPIVOOEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+68.3%+87.5%VOOPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+18.8%+23.2%VOOTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−19.7%+80.5%VOOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility19.1%14.2%VOOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation13.4%9.0%VOOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.7%−16.7%VOODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.771.23VOOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.091.94VOOReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar0.831.39VOOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 157 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

37%

By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and VOO hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FEPI VOO
APPLE INC. 6.90% 7.39%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.68% 8.40%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.23% 5.79%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.21% 3.72%
ALPHABET INC. 7.00% 3.07%
BROADCOM INC. 6.95% 2.54%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 4.25% 2.43%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.88% 1.83%
TESLA, INC. 4.22% 1.52%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6.04% 1.52%
INTEL CORPORATION 4.10% 0.91%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4.22% 0.65%
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Only in FEPI
Only in VOO
Alphabet Inc 2.46%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.41%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.41%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.34%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.02%
Johnson & Johnson 0.97%
Visa Inc 0.91%
Walmart Inc 0.70%
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Side by side

FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Income ETF Stock ETF
Issuer REX Vanguard
What it is covered call Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +8.5% +13.7%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV
Cash paid, 1 year 22.9% not an income fund
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.03%
Holdings not read by ETFIQ 507
Net assets, FEPI as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $725m $1.0tn

FEPI and VOO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-8B276661F1

FEPI and VOO do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. Holdings in common. 37% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
  2. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FEPI returned +8.5% and VOO +13.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.2 points.
  3. Cost. FEPI charges 0.65% of assets a year and VOO 0.03%, a gap of 0.62 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
FEPI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.5%. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.6%, paid weekly.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Are FEPI and VOO in the same category?
FEPI is an option-income ETF and VOO is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, FEPI or VOO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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