Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
FEPI vs VYM: how they differ
Over the year FEPI and VYM finished level, +17.1% against +17.6%, and VYM charges 0.04% against 0.65%.
REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and VYM hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FEPI | VYM |
|---|---|---|
| BROADCOM INC. | 8.05% | 8.07% |
| ORACLE CORPORATION | 5.16% | 1.14% |
| Only in FEPI | Only in VYM |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% | Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73% |
| ALPHABET INC. 8.83% | Johnson & Johnson 2.31% |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76% | Caterpillar Inc 1.73% |
| TESLA, INC. 7.47% | AbbVie Inc 1.57% |
| INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% | Cisco Systems Inc 1.52% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.21% | Chevron Corp 1.51% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.19% | Bank of America Corp 1.45% |
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 dated Apr 30, 2026.
| FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF | VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income ETF | Core index fund |
| Issuer | REX | Vanguard |
| What it is | covered call, vs QQQ | US high dividend |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.1% | +17.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +23.0% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −5.8 pts | +0.1 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 23.4% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.04% |
| Holdings | not filed | 608 |
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +23.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.8 pts. At its price on Sep 11, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.
VYM in plain words
VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, FEPI or VYM?
- In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FEPI returned +17.1% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, FEPI or VYM?
- FEPI charges 0.65% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- Are FEPI and VYM the same kind of fund?
- No. FEPI is an option-income ETF and VYM 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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