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AIPI vs SDTY: 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 SDTY’s 24.6%, 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 $41m for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
30.4%
AIPI cash paid, 1 year
24.6%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
+15.5%
AIPI total return, 1 year
+13.4%
SDTY 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.
SDTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+13.4%
VOO
+13.7%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% as cash

about even with VOO

24.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIPI costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; AIPI is 12.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIPI vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAIPISDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.5%+13.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 19.4%fell 13.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment58% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%1.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$490m$41m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SDTY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score36.3AIPI39.9SDTY

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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 SDTY 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 SDTY
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 SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.46%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 1.61%
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Side by side

AIPI REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying weekly SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly
Issuer REX YieldMax
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays weekly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 34.3% 23.3%
Expense ratio 0.65% 1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 24.6%
Price change, 1 year −19.4% −13.3%
Total return, 1 year +15.5% +13.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +13.7%
Ahead or behind +1.9 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 58%
Age 2.4 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $490m $41m

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 SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAIPISDTYAIPISDTYAIPISDTY
3 months+19.0%+5.8%9.7%5.7%+12.9 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+18.5%+9.7%15.9%12.1%+9.4 pts+0.6 pts
1 year+15.5%+13.4%30.4%24.6%+1.9 pts−0.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: AIPI Jun 2024 · SDTY Feb 2025+58.9%+23.9%67.1%37.5%+8.5 pts−6.1 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.

SDTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.4%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +13.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, AIPI or SDTY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIPI paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.6%, 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 SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +15.5% and SDTY +13.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AIPI or SDTY?
AIPI charges 0.65% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, 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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