Which paid more, AIPI or GOOY?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and GOOY paid 39.5%, so GOOY 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 GOOY?

With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +15.5% and GOOY +18.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper, AIPI or GOOY?

AIPI charges 0.65% a year and GOOY charges 1.14%, so AIPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AIPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its price in cash against AIPI’s 30.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $490m for REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF and $217m for YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

30.4%

AIPI cash paid, 1 year

39.5%

GOOY cash paid, 1 year

+15.5%

AIPI total return, 1 year

+18.0%

GOOY total return, 1 year

AIPI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.9 pts ahead of SPY

AIPI

+15.5%

SPY

+13.6%

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

AIPI over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −19.4%, total +15.5%, SPY +13.6%, +1.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

AIPI

+15.5%

30.4% of it arrived as cash

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

AIPI over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −19.4%, total +15.5%, SPY +13.6%, +1.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

AIPI

+15.5%

30.4% as cash

1.9 pts ahead of SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AIPI over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −19.4%, total +15.5%, SPY +13.6%, +1.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY

+18.0%

GOOGL

+21.8%

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% of it arrived as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

39.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIPI costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; AIPI is 2.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	AIPI	GOOY
Paid and earned
Measure	AIPI	GOOY
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+18.0%
Price change, 1 year	fell 19.4%	fell 20.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIPI	GOOY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	Alphabet (GOOGL)
Cost and size
Measure	AIPI	GOOY
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.14%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$490m	$217m
Holdings
Measure	AIPI	GOOY
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GOOY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

AIPI among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

IQ Income Score36.3AIPI81.8GOOY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

AIPI 36.3

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

GOOY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

GOOY 81.8

0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. GOOY is a percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jun 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 123 weekly returns

AIPI GOOY

Return

Total return edge GOOY +44.7% +59.2%

Annualized edge GOOY +16.9% +21.7%

Price return edge AIPI (slight) −34.5% −37.8%

Risk

Volatility edge AIPI 21.3% 25.7%

Max drawdown edge GOOY (slight) −24.9% −23.6%

Downside capture 116.5% 91.0%

Beta 1.22 0.77

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge GOOY 0.64 0.73

Sortino edge GOOY 0.92 1.11

Treynor 0.112 0.212

Calmar edge GOOY 0.68 0.92

Against the benchmark

Alpha −1.4% a year −5.9% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.19 −1.78

Information ratio 0.12 −1.36

Tracking error 11.7% 9.2%

Each against its own benchmark: AIPI against SPY, Jun 14, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026; GOOY against GOOGL, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GOOY returned more: +59.2% to +44.7%. AIPI swung less: 21.3% to 25.7%. GOOY fell slightly less at its worst: −23.6% to −24.9%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AIPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	AIPI	GOOY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+44.7%	+59.2%	GOOY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.9%	+21.7%	GOOY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−34.5%	−37.8%	AIPI (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.3%	25.7%	AIPI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.0%	16.9%	AIPI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.9%	−23.6%	GOOY (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	130.1%	57.4%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	116.5%	91.0%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.22	0.77	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.72	0.94	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.64	0.73	GOOY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.92	1.11	GOOY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.112	0.212		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.68	0.92	GOOY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	SPY	GOOGL		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−1.4% a year	−5.9% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.19	−1.78	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−16.0% to +13.2%	−12.5% to +0.6%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.12	−1.36		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	11.7%	9.2%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 123 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AIPI and GOOY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIPI GOOY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIPI

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC. 12.93%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9.11%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.92%

Astera Labs, Inc 7.80%

DATADOG, INC. 7.21%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.50%

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 4.28%

IONQ Inc 3.92%

Only in GOOY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.18%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 9.66%

GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 C 3.95%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C335 1.38%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C337.5 0.50%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C327.5 -1.24%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C325 -1.50%

GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 P -5.02%

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Side by side

AIPI REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying weekly GOOY YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying weekly

Issuer REX YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Alphabet (GOOGL)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 34.3% 26.4%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.14%

Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 39.5%

Price change, 1 year −19.4% −20.9%

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +18.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +21.8%

Ahead or behind +1.9 pts −3.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 2.4 years 3.3 years

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $490m $217m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: AIPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	AIPI	GOOY	AIPI	GOOY	AIPI	GOOY
3 months	+19.0%	−1.2%	9.7%	7.2%	+12.9 pts	+2.3 pts
6 months	+18.5%	−6.2%	15.9%	18.0%	+9.4 pts	+0.8 pts
1 year	+15.5%	+18.0%	30.4%	39.5%	+1.9 pts	−3.8 pts
3 years	–	+88.3%	–	89.5%	–	−80.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: AIPI Jun 2024 · GOOY Jul 2023	+58.9%	+75.1%	67.1%	83.8%	+8.5 pts	−72.3 pts

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 150 days apart.

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About each fund

AIPI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.3%, paid weekly. REX estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

GOOY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, AIPI or GOOY?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and GOOY paid 39.5%, so GOOY 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 GOOY?: With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +15.5% and GOOY +18.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AIPI or GOOY?: AIPI charges 0.65% a year and GOOY charges 1.14%, so AIPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AIPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

AIPI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

REX page for AIPI ↗

GOOY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GOOY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

GOOY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for GOOY ↗

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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