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EIPI vs XLKI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLKI paid 18.8% of its price in cash against EIPI’s 7.7%, though EIPI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $1.1bn for FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF and $35m for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
7.7%
EIPI cash paid, 1 year
18.8%
XLKI cash paid, 1 year
+21.8%
EIPI total return, 1 year
+11.2%
XLKI 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% of it arrived 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%

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.
XLKI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.5 pts behind XLK
XLKI
+11.2%
XLK
+20.7%

9.5 pts behind XLK

XLKI over 1 year: paid 18.8%, price −8.1%, total +11.2%, XLK +20.7%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLK

+20.7%

XLKI

+11.2%

18.8% of it arrived as cash

9.5 pts behind XLK

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.5 pts behind XLK

XLKI over 1 year: paid 18.8%, price −8.1%, total +11.2%, XLK +20.7%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLK

+20.7%

XLKI

+11.2%

9.5 pts behind XLK

18.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XLKI over 1 year: paid 18.8%, price −8.1%, total +11.2%, XLK +20.7%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLKI costs 0.76 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.6 points; EIPI is far larger, $1.1bn against $35m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EIPI vs XLKI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureEIPIXLKI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+21.8%+11.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 13.7%fell 8.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own holdingsTechnology sector, measured through XLK
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.11%0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$1.1bn$35m
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 Score95.5EIPI41.3XLKI

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 XLKI 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 XLKI
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 XLKI
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT 99.72%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 205 CALL -0.00%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 194 CALL -0.01%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 197 CALL -0.01%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 196 CALL -0.01%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 210 CALL -0.01%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 198 CALL -0.03%
STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT NOV26 190 CALL -0.03%
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Side by side

EIPI FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own holdings, paying monthly XLKI State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLK, 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) Technology sector (XLK)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 24.9%
Expense ratio 1.11% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 18.8%
Price change, 1 year +13.7% −8.1%
Total return, 1 year +21.8% +11.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +25.6% +20.7%
Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −9.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%
Age 2.5 years 1.3 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.1bn $35m

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 XLKI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowEIPIXLKIEIPIXLKIEIPIXLKI
3 months+2.2%−4.8%1.7%4.4%+0.3 pts+0.2 pts
6 months+2.5%−0.6%3.4%9.9%+1.1 pts−4.6 pts
1 year+21.8%+11.2%7.7%18.8%−3.7 pts−9.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EIPI May 2024 · XLKI Jul 2025+49.6%+22.1%24.0%24.6%not measured−12.1 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.

XLKI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLKI paid 18.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. Technology sector (XLK) returned +20.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, 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 XLKI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and XLKI paid 18.8%, so XLKI 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 XLKI?
With every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.8% and XLKI +11.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EIPI or XLKI?
EIPI charges 1.11% a year and XLKI charges 0.35%, so XLKI 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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