Data as of .
FEPI vs RNTY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against RNTY’s 11.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FEPI scores higher
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A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and RNTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in FEPI | Only in RNTY |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% | Prologis Inc 6.72% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% | Welltower Inc 6.63% |
| ALPHABET INC. 8.83% | Vivmark Residential 6.31% |
| BROADCOM INC. 8.05% | Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.99% |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76% | Simon Property Group Inc 5.30% |
| TESLA, INC. 7.47% | Equinix Inc 4.92% |
| INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% | St Joe Co/The 4.41% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.21% | Realty Income Corp 4.36% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEPI | RNTY | FEPI | RNTY | FEPI | RNTY | |
| 3 months | +2.9% | −2.3% | 6.0% | 3.0% | +5.4 pts | −4.5 pts |
| 6 months | +17.2% | +2.5% | 12.8% | 6.2% | −7.1 pts | −15.6 pts |
| 1 year | +15.7% | +4.6% | 23.4% | 11.9% | −6.1 pts | −12.0 pts |
| Since launch | +69.0% | +7.9% | 66.8% | 15.8% | −28.5 pts | −39.2 pts |
| FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | RNTY YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | REX | YieldMax |
| Strategy | covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 24.9% | 12.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.99% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 23.4% | 11.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | −10.0% | −7.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.7% | +4.6% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.1 pts | −12.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | 0% |
| Age | 1073 days | 519 days |
| Net assets | $713m | $6m |
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.
RNTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.5%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FEPI or RNTY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting price in cash and RNTY paid 11.9%, so FEPI 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 RNTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +15.7% and RNTY returned +4.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FEPI or RNTY?
- FEPI charges 0.65% a year and RNTY charges 0.99%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FEPI against RNTY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fepi-vs-rnty Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.