{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ink-vs-wdte","section":"compare","title":"INK vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return | ETFIQ","description":"INK paid 0.0% in cash each over its own window and WDTE 28.3%. Total return with distributions reinvested was \u22121.2% against +12.3%, to Nov 12, 2026.","as_of":"Nov 12, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which is cheaper, INK or WDTE?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"INK charges 0.35% a year and WDTE charges 1.03%, so INK is cheaper. 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As of Nov 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. INK WDTE \n Expense ratio 0.35% 1.03% \n Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 $5.3m $69m \n Total return, 1 year not published +12.3% \n Benchmark not published S&P 500, measured through SPY \n Holdings in common not published \n \n Net assets on Nov 1","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, INK against WDTE, data as of Nov 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ink-vs-wdte","a":{"ticker":"INK","name":"AB Equity Premium Income ETF","issuer":"AllianceBernstein","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-12","verdict":"Since launch in Nov 2026, INK paid no cash and lost 1.2% in total.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ink","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price","value":"0.0%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, since launch","value":"\u22121.2%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"not set","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$5.3m","as_of":"2026-11-11","source":"issuer page, as of Nov 11, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.35%","as_of":"2026-09-04","source":"497 XBRL, Sep 4, 2026"},{"label":"Strategy","value":"covered call","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":null}]},"b":{"ticker":"WDTE","name":"Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF","issuer":"Defiance","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-12","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, WDTE paid 28.3% in cash and returned 12.3% in total, against 12.0% for SPY.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/wdte","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price","value":"28.3%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+12.3%","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against SPY","value":"+0.3 pts","as_of":"2026-11-12","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, annual report, fiscal year to Aug 31, 2026 (Defiance latest estimate 100.0%, Nov 6, 2026)","value":"44.4%","as_of":"2026-11-06","source":"Defiance latest estimate 100.0%, Nov 6, 2026"},{"label":"Last payment (paid weekly), ex-date Nov 10, 2026","value":"$0.1531","as_of":"2026-11-10","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$69m","as_of":"2026-11-11","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Nov 11, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"1.03%","as_of":"2025-12-17","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Dec 17, 2025"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ink-vs-wdte"}