Which is cheaper, CDPI or VAIE?

CDPI charges 0.45% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so CDPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CDPI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

CDPI and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF, beside Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF.

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CDPI costs 0.29 points a year less.

CDPI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	CDPI	VAIE
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.74%
Net assets	not read by ETFIQ	$67m
Holdings in common	not published
Price change	fell 0.3% (since Jul 14, 2026)	fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026)

0.8%

CDPI cash paid, since launch, Jul 14, 2026

6.8%

VAIE cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

+0.6%

CDPI total return, since launch, Jul 14, 2026

+3.3%

VAIE total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

CDPI · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured

CDPI

+0.6%

none

Not measured

CDPI since launch: paid 0.8%, price −0.3%, total +0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

CDPI

+0.6%

0.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

CDPI since launch: paid 0.8%, price −0.3%, total +0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

CDPI

+0.6%

0.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CDPI since launch: paid 0.8%, price −0.3%, total +0.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured

VAIE

+3.3%

none

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% as cash

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: CDPI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	CDPI	VAIE	CDPI	VAIE	CDPI	VAIE
3 months	0.0%	+2.5%	0.8%	4.1%	not measured	not measured
Since launch Not the same days: CDPI Jul 2026 · VAIE May 2026	+0.6%	+3.3%	0.8%	6.8%	not measured	not measured

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On the same fields

CDPI

Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF · Covered call

VAIE

VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly

Issuer Columbia VegaShares

Strategy covered call autocallable

Benchmark none none

Pays not established weekly

Payout rate, annualized 2.0% 16.8%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.8% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) 6.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −0.3% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) −3.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +0.6% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026) +3.3% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published

Ahead or behind not available not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 98 days 161 days

Net assets not read by ETFIQ $67m

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

About CDPI

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, CDPI paid 0.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.6%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.0%, paid periodically.

About VAIE

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, CDPI or VAIE?: CDPI charges 0.45% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so CDPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CDPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CDPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Columbia website ↗VAIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VAIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VegaShares page for VAIE ↗

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How this is computed

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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