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EIPI vs XLBI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its price in cash against EIPI’s 7.7%, though EIPI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $1.1bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF, and $9.4m on Nov 2, 2026 for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
7.7%
EIPI cash paid, 1 year
15.9%
XLBI cash paid, 1 year
+21.8%
EIPI total return, 1 year
+18.5%
XLBI total return, 1 year
EIPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.8 pts behind its own holdings
EIPI
+21.8%
Own
+25.6%

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

EIPI over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +13.7%, total +21.8%, its own holdings +25.6%, −3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+25.6%

EIPI

+21.8%

7.7% as cash

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

EIPI over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +13.7%, total +21.8%, its own holdings +25.6%, −3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+25.6%

EIPI

+21.8%

3.8 pts behind its own holdings

7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. EIPI over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +13.7%, total +21.8%, its own holdings +25.6%, −3.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XLBI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 11 pts behind XLB
XLBI
+18.5%
XLB
+29.5%

11 pts behind XLB

XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLB

+29.5%

XLBI

+18.5%

15.9% of it arrived as cash

11 pts behind XLB

Total return, distributions reinvested

11 pts behind XLB

XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLB

+29.5%

XLBI

+18.5%

15.9% cash

11 pts behind XLB

15.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +29.5%. XLBI over 1 year: paid 15.9%, price +1.6%, total +18.5%, XLB +29.5%, −11.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +29.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLBI costs 0.76 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.3 points; EIPI is far larger, $1.1bn against $9.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EIPI vs XLBI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEIPIXLBI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+21.8%+18.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 13.7%rose 1.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own holdingsMaterials, measured through XLB
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 3.8 ptsbehind by 11.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.11%0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$1.1bn$9.8m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · EIPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score95.5EIPI69.2XLBI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 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

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Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, EIPI and XLBI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EIPI XLBI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in EIPI
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 8.56%
Energy Transfer LP 6.48%
MPLX LP 4.47%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.97%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 3.53%
ONEOK, Inc. 3.03%
Shell plc (ADR) 2.79%
Duke Energy Corporation 2.58%
Only in XLBI
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT 103.82%
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 55 CALL -0.03%
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 53 CALL -0.19%
STATE STREET MATERIALS SELECT NOV26 51 CALL -3.71%
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Side by side

EIPI FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own holdings, paying monthly XLBI State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLB, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark EIPI's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) Materials (XLB)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 17.2%
Expense ratio 1.11% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 15.9%
Price change, 1 year +13.7% +1.6%
Total return, 1 year +21.8% +18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +25.6% +29.5%
Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −11.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%
Age 2.5 years 1.3 years
Net assets, EIPI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XLBI as of Nov 2, 2026 $1.1bn $9.4m

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: EIPI vs XLBI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowEIPIXLBIEIPIXLBIEIPIXLBI
3 months+2.2%+0.8%1.7%3.6%+0.3 pts−2.0 pts
6 months+2.5%+3.4%3.4%6.7%+1.1 pts−0.3 pts
1 year+21.8%+18.5%7.7%15.9%−3.7 pts−11.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EIPI May 2024 · XLBI Jul 2025+49.6%+16.4%24.0%18.9%not measured−7.7 pts

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About each fund
EIPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.8%. EIPI's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XLBI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLBI paid 15.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. Materials (XLB) returned +29.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.2%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EIPI or XLBI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and XLBI paid 15.9%, so XLBI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EIPI or XLBI?
With every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.8% and XLBI +18.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EIPI or XLBI?
EIPI charges 1.11% a year and XLBI charges 0.35%, so XLBI 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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