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AIPI vs MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its price in cash against MSFO’s 26.1%, 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 $100m for YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
30.4%
AIPI cash paid, 1 year
26.1%
MSFO cash paid, 1 year
+15.5%
AIPI total return, 1 year
+0.2%
MSFO 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.
MSFO · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
MSFO
+0.2%
MSFT
−1.2%

1.4 pts ahead of MSFT

MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

MSFT

−1.2%

MSFO

+0.2%

1.4 pts ahead of MSFT

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.4 pts ahead of MSFT

MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

MSFT

−1.2%

MSFO

+0.2%

1.4 pts ahead of MSFT

26.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIPI costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.3 points; AIPI is 4.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIPI vs MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAIPIMSFO
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.5%+0.2%
Price change, 1 yearfell 19.4%fell 30.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment89% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYMicrosoft (MSFT)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%1.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$490m$100m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · MSFO 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 Score36.3AIPI61.5MSFO

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

MSFO among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

MSFO 61.5
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. MSFO 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

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIPI MSFO
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 MSFO
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 25.91%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 13.60%
MSFT 11/20/2026 480.01 C 11.13%
MSFT US 10/30/26 C535 1.14%
MSFT US 10/30/26 C530 0.73%
MSFT US 10/30/26 C532.5 0.70%
MSFT 11/20/2026 480.01 P -0.54%
MSFT US 10/30/26 C522.5 -1.01%
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Side by side

AIPI REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying weekly MSFO YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on MSFT, paying weekly
Issuer REX YieldMax
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Microsoft (MSFT)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 34.3% 34.0%
Expense ratio 0.65% 1.03%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 26.1%
Price change, 1 year −19.4% −30.2%
Total return, 1 year +15.5% +0.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% −1.2%
Ahead or behind +1.9 pts +1.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 89%
Age 2.4 years 3.2 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $490m $100m

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 MSFO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAIPIMSFOAIPIMSFOAIPIMSFO
3 months+19.0%+31.5%9.7%12.5%+12.9 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+18.5%+20.2%15.9%19.5%+9.4 pts−5.4 pts
1 year+15.5%+0.2%30.4%26.1%+1.9 pts+1.5 pts
3 years–+57.1%–79.1%–−7.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: AIPI Jun 2024 · MSFO Aug 2023+58.9%+64.8%67.1%83.2%+8.5 pts−3.4 pts

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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.

MSFO

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MSFO paid 26.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 30.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.2%. Microsoft (MSFT) returned −1.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 89% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, AIPI or MSFO?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and MSFO paid 26.1%, 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 MSFO?
With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +15.5% and MSFO +0.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AIPI or MSFO?
AIPI charges 0.65% a year and MSFO charges 1.03%, so AIPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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