Which paid more, FEPI or NVDY?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 37.1%, so NVDY 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 NVDY?

With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and NVDY +10.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FEPI or NVDY?

FEPI charges 0.65% a year and NVDY charges 1.09%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FEPI vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% 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 $1.3bn for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

22.9%

FEPI cash paid, 1 year

37.1%

NVDY cash paid, 1 year

+8.5%

FEPI total return, 1 year

+10.5%

NVDY 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% as cash

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.

NVDY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY

+10.5%

NVDA

+7.4%

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% of it arrived as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

37.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FEPI costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; NVDY is 1.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FEPI vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FEPI	NVDY
Paid and earned
Measure	FEPI	NVDY
Total return, 1 year	+8.5%	+10.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 16.3%	fell 29.9%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FEPI	NVDY
Benchmark	not published	NVIDIA (NVDA)
Cost and size
Measure	FEPI	NVDY
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$725m	$1.3bn
Holdings
Measure	FEPI	NVDY
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 NVDY

Return

Total return edge NVDY +68.3% +257.7%

Annualized edge NVDY +18.8% +52.5%

Price return edge FEPI −19.7% −43.7%

Risk

Volatility edge FEPI 19.1% 33.3%

Max drawdown edge FEPI −22.7% −32.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge NVDY 0.77 1.31

Sortino edge NVDY 1.09 2.00

Calmar edge NVDY 0.83 1.62

Reading

NVDY returned more: +257.7% to +68.3%. FEPI swung less: 19.1% to 33.3%. FEPI fell less at its worst: −22.7% to −32.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FEPI vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FEPI	NVDY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+68.3%	+257.7%	NVDY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.8%	+52.5%	NVDY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−19.7%	−43.7%	FEPI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.1%	33.3%	FEPI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.4%	21.8%	FEPI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.7%	−32.3%	FEPI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.77	1.31	NVDY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.09	2.00	NVDY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.83	1.62	NVDY	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 NVDY 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% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FEPI NVDY

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 NVDY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 19.44%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 18.49%

NVDA US 11/20/26 C210 6.10%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C220 0.22%

2NVDA US 11/20/26 C210.01 FLX 0.08%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C225 0.06%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C217.5 -0.48%

NVDA US 10/30/26 C215 -0.67%

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Side by side

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

Issuer REX YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark none NVIDIA (NVDA)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 24.6% 25.2%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.09%

Cash paid, 1 year 22.9% 37.1%

Price change, 1 year −16.3% −29.9%

Total return, 1 year +8.5% +10.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +7.4%

Ahead or behind not available +3.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 3.0 years 3.5 years

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $725m $1.3bn

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 NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FEPI	NVDY	FEPI	NVDY	FEPI	NVDY
3 months	+16.3%	+12.1%	7.0%	10.5%	not measured	−1.4 pts
6 months	+8.1%	+2.9%	11.0%	19.8%	not measured	−0.3 pts
1 year	+8.5%	+10.5%	22.9%	37.1%	not measured	+3.1 pts
3 years	+78.0%	+272.2%	72.9%	185.7%	not measured	−161.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FEPI Oct 2023 · NVDY May 2023	+69.0%	+350.1%	69.2%	208.2%	not measured	−306.0 pts

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

Income paid. FEPI paid 22.9% and NVDY 37.1% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 14.2 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 NVDY +10.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.0 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.

NVDY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FEPI or NVDY?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 37.1%, so NVDY 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 NVDY?: With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and NVDY +10.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or NVDY?: FEPI charges 0.65% a year and NVDY charges 1.09%, 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 ↗

NVDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NVDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

NVDY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for NVDY ↗

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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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