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FEPI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FEPI paid 22.1% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $679m for REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

At a glance
22.1%
FEPI cash paid, 1 year
12.4%
YYY cash paid, 1 year
+2.9%
FEPI total return, 1 year
+1.9%
YYY total return, 1 year
FEPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
FEPI
+2.9%
none

Not measured

FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.1%, price −19.3%, total +2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FEPI

+2.9%

22.1% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.1%, price −19.3%, total +2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FEPI

+2.9%

22.1% as cash

22.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FEPI over 1 year: paid 22.1%, price −19.3%, total +2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
YYY
+1.9%
none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% cash

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FEPI costs 2.58 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point.

FEPI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFEPIYYY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+2.9%+1.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 19.3%fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$679m$674m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

Risk and return

Oct 20, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 158 weekly returns
FEPI YYY
Return
Total return edge FEPI +62.5% +42.3%
Annualized edge FEPI +17.3% +12.3%
Price return edge YYY −22.9% −3.0%
Risk
Volatility edge YYY 19.1% 10.8%
Max drawdown edge YYY −22.7% −10.4%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge YYY (slight) 0.70 0.72
Sortino edge YYY (slight) 0.99 1.05
Calmar edge YYY 0.76 1.18
Reading

From Oct 2023 to Oct 2026, FEPI returned more: +62.5% to +42.3%. YYY swung less: 10.8% to 19.1%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −22.7%.

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9 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: FEPI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFEPIYYYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+62.5%+42.3%FEPIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+17.3%+12.3%FEPITotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−22.9%−3.0%YYYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility19.1%10.8%YYYSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation13.5%7.3%YYYLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.7%−10.4%YYYDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.700.72YYY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.991.05YYY (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar0.761.18YYYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 158 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FEPI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FEPI YYY
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 YYY
abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%
Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%
Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%
BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%
PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%
abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%
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Side by side

FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying weekly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly
Issuer REX Amplify
Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds
Benchmark none YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 24.9% 13.8%
Expense ratio 0.65% 3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year 22.1% 12.4%
Price change, 1 year −19.3% −10.3%
Total return, 1 year +2.9% +1.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 18%
Age 3.1 years 14.4 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $679m $674m

As of Nov 4, 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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFEPIYYYFEPIYYYFEPIYYY
3 months−1.5%−4.9%6.4%3.2%not measurednot measured
6 months−2.4%−4.1%11.2%6.2%not measurednot measured
1 year+2.9%+1.9%22.1%12.4%not measurednot measured
3 years+55.6%+35.2%69.1%38.6%not measurednot measured
Since launchNot the same days: FEPI Oct 2023 · YYY Jun 2012+56.7%+114.4%69.6%113.6%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
FEPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FEPI paid 22.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 YYY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FEPI paid 22.1% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, 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 YYY?
With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +2.9% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FEPI or YYY?
FEPI charges 0.65% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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