Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BPI vs DFII: Dividend Yield & Total Return
BPI and DFII both write options for income.
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Net assets: $2.9m on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, and $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy & Target Income ETF.
Pair scorecard
BPI costs 0.20 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BPI | DFII |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | −21.5% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 34.5% | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.85% |
| Net assets, BPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFII as of Nov 3, 2026 | $2.9m | $20m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BPI and DFII hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
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0% in common
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Side by side
As of Nov 4, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BPI | DFII | BPI | DFII | BPI | DFII |
| 3 months | +22.4% | +18.5% | 5.1% | 5.3% | −1.1 pts | −5.1 pts |
| 6 months | −0.5% | −3.9% | 7.5% | 7.7% | +1.2 pts | −2.2 pts |
| 1 year | – | −21.5% | – | 12.6% | – | −0.9 pts |
| Since launch | – | −6.4% | – | 26.5% | – | −4.1 pts |
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BPI
At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
DFII
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DFII paid 12.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 34.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −21.5%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.5%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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How this is computed
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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