Which paid more, FEPI or SDTY?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.6%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?

With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and SDTY +13.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FEPI or SDTY?

FEPI charges 0.65% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FEPI vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% 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 $41m for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

22.9%

FEPI cash paid, 1 year

24.6%

SDTY cash paid, 1 year

+8.5%

FEPI total return, 1 year

+13.4%

SDTY 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% 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.

SDTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with VOO

SDTY

+13.4%

VOO

+13.7%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% as cash

about even with VOO

24.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FEPI costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; FEPI is 17.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FEPI vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FEPI	SDTY
Paid and earned
Measure	FEPI	SDTY
Total return, 1 year	+8.5%	+13.4%
Price change, 1 year	fell 16.3%	fell 13.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		58% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FEPI	SDTY
Benchmark	not published	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Measure	FEPI	SDTY
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$725m	$41m
Holdings
Measure	FEPI	SDTY
Holdings in common	0%

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

Risk and return

Feb 14, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 · 88 weekly returns

FEPI SDTY

Return

Total return edge FEPI (slight) +22.4% +21.6%

Annualized edge FEPI (slight) +12.7% +12.2%

Price return edge FEPI (slight) −19.9% −21.0%

Risk

Volatility edge SDTY 20.8% 13.9%

Max drawdown edge SDTY −22.2% −17.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SDTY 0.49 0.62

Sortino edge SDTY 0.68 0.82

Calmar edge SDTY 0.57 0.71

Reading

FEPI returned slightly more: +22.4% to +21.6%. SDTY swung less: 13.9% to 20.8%. SDTY fell less at its worst: −17.2% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FEPI vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FEPI	SDTY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+22.4%	+21.6%	FEPI (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+12.7%	+12.2%	FEPI (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−19.9%	−21.0%	FEPI (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	20.8%	13.9%	SDTY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.8%	10.4%	SDTY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.2%	−17.2%	SDTY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.49	0.62	SDTY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.68	0.82	SDTY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.57	0.71	SDTY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 88 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FEPI SDTY

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 SDTY

SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.46%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 1.61%

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Side by side

FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying weekly SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly

Issuer REX YieldMax

Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call

Benchmark none Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)

Pays weekly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 24.6% 23.3%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.08%

Cash paid, 1 year 22.9% 24.6%

Price change, 1 year −16.3% −13.3%

Total return, 1 year +8.5% +13.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +13.7%

Ahead or behind not available −0.3 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%

Age 3.0 years 1.7 years

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $725m $41m

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 SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FEPI	SDTY	FEPI	SDTY	FEPI	SDTY
3 months	+16.3%	+5.8%	7.0%	5.7%	not measured	−0.3 pts
6 months	+8.1%	+9.7%	11.0%	12.1%	not measured	+0.6 pts
1 year	+8.5%	+13.4%	22.9%	24.6%	not measured	−0.3 pts
3 years	+78.0%	–	72.9%	–	not measured	–
Since launchNot the same days: FEPI Oct 2023 · SDTY Feb 2025	+69.0%	+23.9%	69.2%	37.5%	not measured	−6.1 pts

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

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 SDTY +13.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.9 points.
Cost. FEPI charges 0.65% of assets a year and SDTY 1.08%, a gap of 0.43 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.

SDTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.4%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +13.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FEPI or SDTY?: Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FEPI paid 22.9% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.6%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?: With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +8.5% and SDTY +13.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or SDTY?: FEPI charges 0.65% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FEPI on its own →SDTY on its own →FEPI dividend history →FEPI holdings →SDTY dividend history →SDTY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FEPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FEPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

REX page for FEPI ↗

SDTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SDTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for SDTY ↗

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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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