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GRNI vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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GRNI and RECI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF, beside Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
9.5%
GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
1.5%
RECI cash paid, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
+9.0%
GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
+3.7%
RECI total return, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
GRNI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
GRNI
+9.0%
none

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% as cash

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RECI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
RECI
+3.7%
none

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

1.5% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RECI costs 0.69 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GRNI vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGRNIRECI
Paid and earned
Price changefell 6.4% (6 months)rose 2.1% (since Jul 14, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate78% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksnot published
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 0.8 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%0.30%
Net assets$55mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Risk and return

Jul 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 14 weekly returns
GRNI RECI
Return
Total return edge RECI −1.1% +2.5%
Price return edge RECI −4.4% +1.7%
Risk
Max drawdown edge RECI −6.0% −0.7%
Reading

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, RECI returned more: +2.5% to −1.1%. RECI fell less at its worst: −0.7% to −6.0%.

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3 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GRNI vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGRNIRECIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return−1.1%+2.5%RECIPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return−4.4%+1.7%RECIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown−6.0%−0.7%RECIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 14 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, paying monthly RECI Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) none
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 8.0%
Expense ratio 0.99% 0.30%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 1.5% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +2.1% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +3.7% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 78%
Age 351 days 113 days
Net assets $55m not read by ETFIQ

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: GRNI vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGRNIRECIGRNIRECIGRNIRECI
3 months−3.9%+3.5%2.5%1.5%−0.6 ptsnot measured
6 months−1.6%–5.0%–−0.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · RECI Jul 2026+9.0%+3.7%9.5%1.5%not measurednot measured

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for GRNI or RECI and no net assets for RECI.

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About each fund
GRNI

GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

RECI

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, RECI paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. Columbia estimates that 78% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GRNI or RECI?
GRNI charges 0.99% a year and RECI charges 0.30%, so RECI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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