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OEI vs PBP: which paid, and which earned it?

OEI and PBP both write options for income.

Optimized Equity Income ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

8.6%OEI cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+14.4%OEI total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
OEI0.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%8.6% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%0.9 pts behind SPY
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, OEI and PBP hold 67% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions OEI and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingOEIPBP
NVIDIA Corp8.32%8.18%
Microsoft Corp5.99%5.57%
Apple Inc4.28%7.50%
Amazon.com Inc4.56%3.77%
Alphabet Inc3.48%3.11%
Broadcom Inc3.04%2.57%
Alphabet Inc2.79%2.47%
Meta Platforms Inc2.18%2.22%
Micron Technology Inc2.57%1.74%
Tesla Inc1.46%1.56%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.65%1.42%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.60%1.42%
Only in each
Only in OEIOnly in PBP
Mobility Global Inc 0.02%Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.45%
Sandisk Corp 0.40%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 0.37%
KLA Corp 0.35%
Marvell Technology Inc 0.33%
Linde PLC 0.32%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.29%
Analog Devices Inc 0.28%

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 Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

OEI and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OEIPBPOEIPBPOEIPBP
3 months+4.8%+5.0%2.3%2.8%+2.5 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+12.5%+13.0%4.9%5.7%−5.6 pts−5.0 pts
1 yearnot published+18.5%not published11.8%not published+1.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 pts
Since launch+14.4%+199.0%8.6%101.2%−0.9 pts−604.5 pts
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OEI and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OEI
Optimized Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerCore AlternativeInvesco
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.2%11.3%
Expense ratio1.02%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)11.8%
Price change, 1 year+5.2%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+15.3%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.9 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age331 days6101 days
Net assets$46m$386m

OEI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, OEI or PBP?
OEI charges 1.02% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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OEI against PBP, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, OEI against PBP, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/oei-vs-pbp Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources