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AIPI vs ISPY
REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF and ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| AIPI REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF | ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | REX | ProShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 35.0% | 5.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 31.2% | 5.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | −10.2% | +10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +25.5% | +16.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +42.9% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | −17.3 pts | −3.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 100% | not published |
| Age | 822 days | 989 days |
AIPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, AIPI paid 31.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +25.5%. AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy returned +42.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 35.0%, paid weekly. REX estimates that 100% of the distribution paid was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
ISPY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, AIPI or ISPY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, AIPI paid 31.2% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 5.7%, so AIPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, AIPI or ISPY?
- With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +25.5% and ISPY returned +16.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so AIPI returned more.
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