Data as of .
ACKY vs FEPI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against ACKY’s 13.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ACKY and FEPI hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ACKY | FEPI |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc | 9.95% | 5.21% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 10.23% | 5.14% |
| Netflix Inc | 4.01% | 5.16% |
| Only in ACKY | Only in FEPI |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 11.56% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% |
| Brookfield Corp 11.16% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% |
| Uber Technologies Inc 10.74% | ALPHABET INC. 8.83% |
| Pershing Square USA Ltd 10.50% | BROADCOM INC. 8.05% |
| Howard Hughes Holdings Inc 8.86% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76% |
| Restaurant Brands International Inc 8.22% | TESLA, INC. 7.47% |
| Visa Inc 5.35% | INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% |
| Mastercard Inc 5.11% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.19% |
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 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACKY | FEPI | ACKY | FEPI | ACKY | FEPI | |
| 3 months | +0.8% | +2.9% | 3.7% | 6.0% | −1.5 pts | +5.4 pts |
| 6 months | +5.8% | +17.2% | 7.7% | 12.8% | −12.2 pts | −7.1 pts |
| 1 year | −1.3% | +15.7% | 13.9% | 23.4% | −17.9 pts | −6.1 pts |
| Since launch | −0.4% | +69.0% | 14.0% | 66.8% | −19.1 pts | −28.5 pts |
| ACKY VistaShares Target 15 ACKtivist Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | REX |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 15.7% | 24.9% |
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 13.9% | 23.4% |
| Price change, 1 year | −15.1% | −10.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −1.3% | +15.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +21.8% |
| Ahead or behind | −17.9 pts | −6.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 374 days | 1073 days |
| Net assets | $45m | $713m |
ACKY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly.
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, ACKY or FEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ACKY paid 13.9% of its starting price in cash and FEPI paid 23.4%, so FEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, ACKY or FEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, ACKY returned −1.3% and FEPI returned +15.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, ACKY or FEPI?
- ACKY charges 0.95% a year and FEPI charges 0.65%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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