Data as of .
FEPI vs YLDE: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against YLDE’s 7.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YLDE 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 YLDE hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FEPI | YLDE |
|---|---|---|
| ALPHABET INC. | 8.83% | 3.60% |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 7.76% | 3.03% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 5.19% | 2.67% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 8.05% | 2.25% |
| APPLE INC. | 5.14% | 1.91% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | 5.14% | 1.63% |
| Only in FEPI | Only in YLDE |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% | WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 4.05% |
| TESLA, INC. 7.47% | NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94% |
| INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% | AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.21% | APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78% |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5.17% | UNILEVER PLC 2.64% |
| APPLOVIN CORPORATION 5.16% | PUBLIC STORAGE 2.59% |
| NETFLIX, INC. 5.16% | MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC 2.52% |
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 Jun 30, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEPI | YLDE | FEPI | YLDE | FEPI | YLDE | |
| 3 months | +2.9% | +2.5% | 6.0% | 2.3% | +5.4 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +17.2% | +8.4% | 12.8% | 4.1% | −7.1 pts | −9.6 pts |
| 1 year | +15.7% | +10.5% | 23.4% | 7.6% | −6.1 pts | −6.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +51.1% | not published | 16.8% | not published | −27.3 pts |
| Since launch | +69.0% | +181.4% | 66.8% | 42.1% | −28.5 pts | −86.6 pts |
| FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | YLDE Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | REX | Franklin |
| Strategy | covered call | 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% | 7.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.48% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 23.4% | 7.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | −10.0% | +2.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.7% | +10.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.1 pts | −6.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1073 days | 3405 days |
| Net assets | $713m | $170m |
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.
YLDE in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FEPI or YLDE?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, 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 YLDE?
- With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +15.7% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FEPI or YLDE?
- FEPI charges 0.65% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so YLDE 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 YLDE, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fepi-vs-ylde Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.