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FINY vs WEEI: which paid, and which earned it?

FINY and WEEI both write options for income.

GraniteShares YieldBOOST Financials ETF and Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF.

7.7%FINY cash paid, 1 year
12.6%WEEI cash paid, 1 year
+9.2%FINY total return, 1 year
+32.0%WEEI total return, 1 year
FINY0.6 pts ahead of XLF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
XLF+8.7%FINY+9.2%7.7% as cash0.6 pts ahead of XLFTotal return, distributions reinvestedXLF+8.7%FINY+9.2%0.6 pts ahead of XLF
WEEI15.8 pts behind XLE · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
XLE+47.8%WEEI+32.0%12.6% as cash15.8 pts behind XLETotal return, distributions reinvestedXLE+47.8%WEEI+32.0%15.8 pts behind XLE

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FINY and WEEI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in FINYOnly in WEEI
Treasury Bill 100.00%EXXON MOBIL CORP 23.33%
CHEVRON CORP 13.58%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.23%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 5.30%
SLB LTD 5.12%
WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 5.00%
BAKER HUGHES COMPANY 4.18%
PHILLIPS 66 3.99%

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

FINY and WEEI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FINYWEEIFINYWEEIFINYWEEI
3 months+5.0%+15.2%4.2%3.0%+0.4 pts−5.3 pts
6 monthsnot published+9.0%not published5.5%not published−0.9 pts
1 yearnot published+32.0%not published12.6%not published−15.8 pts
Since launch+9.2%+37.3%7.7%26.1%+0.6 pts−12.7 pts
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FINY and WEEI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FINY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Financials ETF
Synthetic covered call on XLF, paying weekly
WEEI
Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF
Option income on XLE, paying monthly
IssuerGraniteSharesWestwood
Strategysynthetic covered calloption income
BenchmarkFinancials sector (XLF)Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.2%10.8%
Expense ratio1.07%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year7.7% (since launch on May 5, 2026)12.6%
Price change, 1 year+1.2%+17.3%
Total return, 1 year+9.2% (since launch on May 5, 2026)+32.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+8.7%+47.8%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts−15.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%not published
Age136 days870 days
Net assets$761,337$73m

FINY in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 5, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, FINY paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.2%. Financials sector (XLF) returned +8.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.2%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Jul 7, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

WEEI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, WEEI paid 12.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 17.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +32.0%. Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy returned +47.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FINY or WEEI?
FINY charges 1.07% a year and WEEI charges 0.85%, so WEEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FINY against WEEI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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