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Income ETFs

BPI vs XEY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $2.9m on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, and $531,656 on Nov 3, 2026 for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Ether ETF.

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Pair scorecard

BPI costs 0.53 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BPI vs XEY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBPIXEY
Paid and earned
Price change, since Apr 28, 2026fell 28.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate94% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkBitcoin (BTC-USD)Ether (ETH-USD)
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 14.9 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%1.18%
Net assets, BPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and XEY as of Nov 3, 2026$2.9m$531,656
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, BPI and XEY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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Side by side

BPI Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF · Covered call on Bitcoin, paying monthly XEY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Ether ETF · Synthetic covered call on Ether, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark Bitcoin (BTC-USD) Ether (ETH-USD)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 8.8% 35.6%
Expense ratio 0.65% 1.18%
Cash paid, 1 year not available 20.0% (since launch, Apr 28, 2026)
Price change, 1 year not available −28.8% (since launch, Apr 28, 2026)
Total return, 1 year not available −9.8% (since launch, Apr 28, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not available +5.1% (since launch, Apr 28, 2026)
Ahead or behind not available −14.9 pts (since launch, Apr 28, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 94%
Age not stated 190 days
Net assets, BPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and XEY as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.9m $531,656

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

Window by window: BPI vs XEY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBPIXEYBPIXEYBPIXEY
3 months+22.4%−1.1%5.1%9.0%−1.1 pts−27.3 pts
6 months−0.5%−11.8%7.5%18.4%+1.2 pts−14.8 pts
Since launch–−9.8%–20.0%–−14.9 pts

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About each fund
BPI

At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.

XEY

Over the period from its first trade on Apr 28, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, XEY paid 20.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 28.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −9.8%. Ether (ETH-USD) returned +5.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 35.6%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, BPI or XEY?
BPI charges 0.65% a year and XEY charges 1.18%, so BPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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