Which paid more, EIPI or XLYI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and XLYI paid 13.4%, so XLYI 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 XLYI?

With every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.8% and XLYI +1.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, EIPI or XLYI?

EIPI charges 1.11% a year and XLYI charges 0.35%, so XLYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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EIPI vs XLYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLYI paid 13.4% 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 $46m for State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.7%

EIPI cash paid, 1 year

13.4%

XLYI cash paid, 1 year

+21.8%

EIPI total return, 1 year

+1.5%

XLYI 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.

XLYI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts behind XLY

XLYI

+1.5%

XLY

+3.6%

2.1 pts behind XLY

XLYI over 1 year: paid 13.4%, price −12.2%, total +1.5%, XLY +3.6%, −2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLY

+3.6%

XLYI

+1.5%

2.1 pts behind XLY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts behind XLY

XLYI over 1 year: paid 13.4%, price −12.2%, total +1.5%, XLY +3.6%, −2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLY

+3.6%

XLYI

+1.5%

2.1 pts behind XLY

13.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XLYI over 1 year: paid 13.4%, price −12.2%, total +1.5%, XLY +3.6%, −2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLYI costs 0.76 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.3 points; EIPI is far larger, $1.1bn against $46m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EIPI vs XLYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	EIPI	XLYI
Paid and earned
Measure	EIPI	XLYI
Total return, 1 year	+21.8%	+1.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	fell 12.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	0% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	EIPI	XLYI
Benchmark	its own holdings	Consumer discretionary, measured through XLY
Cost and size
Measure	EIPI	XLYI
Expense ratio	1.11%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$1.1bn	$46m
Holdings
Measure	EIPI	XLYI
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · EIPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score95.5EIPI21.3XLYI

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

EIPI 95.5

XLYI 21.3

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Aug 8, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 64 weekly returns

EIPI XLYI

Return

Total return edge EIPI +26.9% +5.6%

Annualized edge EIPI +21.4% +4.5%

Price return edge EIPI +16.2% −10.8%

Risk

Volatility edge EIPI 11.5% 14.6%

Max drawdown edge EIPI −4.9% −12.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EIPI 1.41 0.11

Sortino edge EIPI 2.26 0.16

Calmar edge EIPI 4.37 0.37

Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, EIPI returned more: +26.9% to +5.6%. EIPI swung less: 11.5% to 14.6%. EIPI fell less at its worst: −4.9% to −12.3%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: EIPI vs XLYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	EIPI	XLYI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+26.9%	+5.6%	EIPI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+21.4%	+4.5%	EIPI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+16.2%	−10.8%	EIPI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	11.5%	14.6%	EIPI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.2%	10.0%	EIPI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−4.9%	−12.3%	EIPI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.41	0.11	EIPI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	2.26	0.16	EIPI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	4.37	0.37	EIPI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 64 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EIPI XLYI

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 XLYI

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI 103.77%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 121 CALL -0.01%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 118.5 CALL -0.02%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 119.5 CALL -0.02%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 119 CALL -0.02%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 116 CALL -0.04%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 117 CALL -0.06%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI NOV26 114 CALL -3.67%

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Side by side

EIPI FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own holdings, paying monthly XLYI State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust State Street

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) Consumer discretionary (XLY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 17.6%

Expense ratio 1.11% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 13.4%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% −12.2%

Total return, 1 year +21.8% +1.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +25.6% +3.6%

Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −2.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 0% 100%

Age 2.5 years 1.3 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $1.1bn $46m

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 XLYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	EIPI	XLYI	EIPI	XLYI	EIPI	XLYI
3 months	+2.2%	−0.2%	1.7%	3.3%	+0.3 pts	−3.5 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+1.2%	3.4%	6.6%	+1.1 pts	−1.3 pts
1 year	+21.8%	+1.5%	7.7%	13.4%	−3.7 pts	−2.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EIPI May 2024 · XLYI Jul 2025	+49.6%	+7.9%	24.0%	17.7%	not measured	−2.8 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.

XLYI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLYI paid 13.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.5%. Consumer discretionary (XLY) returned +3.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.6%, 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 XLYI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EIPI paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and XLYI paid 13.4%, so XLYI 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 XLYI?: With every distribution reinvested, EIPI returned +21.8% and XLYI +1.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EIPI or XLYI?: EIPI charges 1.11% a year and XLYI charges 0.35%, so XLYI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Consumer discretionary (XLY) →EIPI on its own →XLYI on its own →EIPI dividend history →EIPI holdings →XLYI dividend history →XLYI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EIPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EIPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

EIPI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for EIPI ↗

XLYI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLYI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XLYI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

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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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