Which paid more, FEPI or GOOY?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting price in cash and GOOY paid 39.5%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FEPI or GOOY?

With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and GOOY +18.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FEPI or GOOY?

FEPI charges 0.65% a year and GOOY charges 1.14%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FEPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its price in cash against FEPI’s 22.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $725m for REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and $217m for YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

22.9%

FEPI cash paid, 1 year

39.5%

GOOY cash paid, 1 year

+8.5%

FEPI total return, 1 year

+18.0%

GOOY total return, 1 year

FEPI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 Not measured

FEPI

+8.5%

none

Not measured

FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.9%, price −16.3%, total +8.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

FEPI

+8.5%

22.9% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.9%, price −16.3%, total +8.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

FEPI

+8.5%

22.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.9%, price −16.3%, total +8.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY

+18.0%

GOOGL

+21.8%

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% of it arrived as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

39.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FEPI costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.5 points; FEPI is 3.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FEPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FEPI	GOOY
Paid and earned
Measure	FEPI	GOOY
Total return, 1 year	+8.5%	+18.0%
Price change, 1 year	fell 16.3%	fell 20.9%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FEPI	GOOY
Benchmark	not published	Alphabet (GOOGL)
Cost and size
Measure	FEPI	GOOY
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.14%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$725m	$217m
Holdings
Measure	FEPI	GOOY
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 20, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 157 weekly returns

FEPI GOOY

Return

Total return edge Tie +68.3% +69.2%

Annualized edge Tie +18.8% +19.0%

Price return edge FEPI −19.7% −45.2%

Risk

Volatility edge FEPI 19.1% 24.9%

Max drawdown edge FEPI (slight) −22.7% −23.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FEPI 0.77 0.65

Sortino edge FEPI 1.09 0.95

Calmar edge FEPI (slight) 0.83 0.81

Reading

FEPI and GOOY returned about the same: +68.3% and +69.2%. FEPI swung less: 19.1% to 24.9%. FEPI fell slightly less at its worst: −22.7% to −23.6%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FEPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FEPI	GOOY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+68.3%	+69.2%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.8%	+19.0%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−19.7%	−45.2%	FEPI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.1%	24.9%	FEPI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.4%	16.9%	FEPI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.7%	−23.6%	FEPI (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.77	0.65	FEPI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.09	0.95	FEPI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.83	0.81	FEPI (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 157 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and GOOY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FEPI GOOY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FEPI

ALPHABET INC. 7.00%

BROADCOM INC. 6.95%

APPLE INC. 6.90%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.68%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6.04%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.88%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 4.25%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.23%

Only in GOOY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.18%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 9.66%

GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 C 3.95%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C335 1.38%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C337.5 0.50%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C327.5 -1.24%

GOOGL US 10/30/26 C325 -1.50%

GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 P -5.02%

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Side by side

FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying weekly GOOY YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, paying weekly

Issuer REX YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark none Alphabet (GOOGL)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 24.6% 26.4%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.14%

Cash paid, 1 year 22.9% 39.5%

Price change, 1 year −16.3% −20.9%

Total return, 1 year +8.5% +18.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +21.8%

Ahead or behind not available −3.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 3.0 years 3.3 years

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $725m $217m

As of Oct 28, 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: FEPI vs GOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FEPI	GOOY	FEPI	GOOY	FEPI	GOOY
3 months	+16.3%	−1.2%	7.0%	7.2%	not measured	+2.3 pts
6 months	+8.1%	−6.2%	11.0%	18.0%	not measured	+0.8 pts
1 year	+8.5%	+18.0%	22.9%	39.5%	not measured	−3.8 pts
3 years	+78.0%	+88.3%	72.9%	89.5%	not measured	−80.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FEPI Oct 2023 · GOOY Jul 2023	+69.0%	+75.1%	69.2%	83.8%	not measured	−72.3 pts

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FEPI and GOOY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Income paid. FEPI paid 22.9% and GOOY 39.5% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 16.6 points.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FEPI returned +8.5% and GOOY +18.0% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FEPI

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.5%. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.6%, paid weekly.

GOOY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FEPI or GOOY?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting price in cash and GOOY paid 39.5%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FEPI or GOOY?: With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and GOOY +18.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or GOOY?: FEPI charges 0.65% a year and GOOY charges 1.14%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FEPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FEPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

REX page for FEPI ↗

GOOY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GOOY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

GOOY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for GOOY ↗

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How this is computed

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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