Which is cheaper, HAKY or XLEI?

HAKY charges 0.65% a year and XLEI charges 0.35%, so XLEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

HAKY vs XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

HAKY and XLEI both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $14m for Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF and $209m for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

14.2%

HAKY cash paid, since launch, Jan 21, 2026

22.3%

XLEI cash paid, 1 year

+38.1%

HAKY total return, since launch, Jan 21, 2026

+39.2%

XLEI total return, 1 year

HAKY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 16.2 pts behind HACK

HAKY

+38.1%

HACK

+54.3%

16.2 pts behind HACK

HAKY since launch: paid 14.2%, price +21.4%, total +38.1%, HACK +54.3%, −16.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HACK

+54.3%

HAKY

+38.1%

14.2% as cash

16.2 pts behind HACK

Total return, distributions reinvested

16.2 pts behind HACK

HAKY since launch: paid 14.2%, price +21.4%, total +38.1%, HACK +54.3%, −16.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HACK

+54.3%

HAKY

+38.1%

16.2 pts behind HACK

14.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. HAKY since launch: paid 14.2%, price +21.4%, total +38.1%, HACK +54.3%, −16.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLEI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 10.6 pts behind XLE

XLEI

+39.2%

XLE

+49.8%

10.6 pts behind XLE

XLEI over 1 year: paid 22.3%, price +13.8%, total +39.2%, XLE +49.8%, −10.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLE

+49.8%

XLEI

+39.2%

22.3% of it arrived as cash

10.6 pts behind XLE

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.6 pts behind XLE

XLEI over 1 year: paid 22.3%, price +13.8%, total +39.2%, XLE +49.8%, −10.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XLE

+49.8%

XLEI

+39.2%

10.6 pts behind XLE

22.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +54.3%. XLEI over 1 year: paid 22.3%, price +13.8%, total +39.2%, XLE +49.8%, −10.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +54.3%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XLEI costs 0.30 points a year less; XLEI is 14.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HAKY vs XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	HAKY	XLEI
Paid and earned
Measure	HAKY	XLEI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+39.2%
Price change	rose 21.4% (since Jan 21, 2026)	rose 13.8% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	HAKY	XLEI
Benchmark	Cybersecurity, measured through HACK	Energy sector, measured through XLE
Cost and size
Measure	HAKY	XLEI
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$14m	$209m
Holdings
Measure	HAKY	XLEI
Holdings in common	0%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HAKY and XLEI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HAKY XLEI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HAKY

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 9.18%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 8.09%

Okta Inc 6.90%

Rubrik Inc 5.97%

Tenable Holdings Inc 5.66%

Qualys Inc 5.48%

Cisco Systems Inc 4.99%

Fortinet Inc 4.92%

Only in XLEI

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC 100.78%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 70.5 CALL -0.02%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 72.5 CALL -0.02%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 69 CALL -0.04%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 71 CALL -0.07%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC NOV26 70 CALL -0.76%

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Side by side

HAKY Amplify HACK Cybersecurity Covered Call ETF · Covered call on HACK, paying monthly XLEI State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF · Covered call on XLE, paying monthly

Issuer Amplify State Street

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Cybersecurity (HACK) Energy sector (XLE)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 16.8% 22.0%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 14.2% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) 22.3%

Price change, 1 year +21.4% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) +13.8%

Total return, 1 year +38.1% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) +39.2%

Benchmark return, 1 year +54.3% (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) +49.8%

Ahead or behind −16.2 pts (since launch, Jan 21, 2026) −10.6 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%

Age 287 days 1.3 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $14m $209m

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: HAKY vs XLEI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	HAKY	XLEI	HAKY	XLEI	HAKY	XLEI
3 months	+1.1%	+9.7%	3.9%	5.3%	−3.2 pts	−1.8 pts
6 months	+32.7%	+14.8%	10.0%	10.5%	−11.3 pts	+1.9 pts
1 year	–	+39.2%	–	22.3%	–	−10.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: HAKY Jan 2026 · XLEI Jul 2025	+38.1%	+41.9%	14.2%	27.2%	−16.2 pts	−8.4 pts

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About each fund

HAKY

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 21, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, HAKY paid 14.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +38.1%. Cybersecurity (HACK) returned +54.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 16.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 100% 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.

XLEI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XLEI paid 22.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +39.2%. Energy sector (XLE) returned +49.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.0%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HAKY or XLEI?: HAKY charges 0.65% a year and XLEI charges 0.35%, so XLEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Cybersecurity (HACK) →Energy sector (XLE) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →HAKY on its own →XLEI on its own →HAKY dividend history →HAKY holdings →XLEI dividend history →XLEI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HAKY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HAKY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

HAKY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for HAKY ↗

XLEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XLEI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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