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USOY vs XLEI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year USOY paid 47.6% of its price in cash against XLEI’s 20.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF and State Street(R) Energy Select Sector SPDR(R) Premium Income ETF.

47.6%USOY cash paid, 1 year
20.7%XLEI cash paid, 1 year
+59.4%USOY total return, 1 year
+37.8%XLEI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: USOY scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

USOY 69.9XLEI 61.33.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

USOY11.6 pts ahead of XLE · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
XLE+47.8%USOY+59.4%47.6% of it arrived as cash11.6 pts ahead of XLETotal return, distributions reinvestedXLE+47.8%USOY+59.4%47.6% as cash11.6 pts ahead of XLE
XLEI10 pts behind XLE · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
XLE+47.8%XLEI+37.8%20.7% of it arrived as cash10 pts behind XLETotal return, distributions reinvestedXLE+47.8%XLEI+37.8%10 pts behind XLE

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in USOYOnly in XLEI
TREASURY BILL 41.16%STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC 100.58%
TREASURY BILL 25.51%SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS 0.51%
TREASURY BILL 23.15%US DOLLAR 0.02%
TREASURY BILL 8.37%STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC OCT26 69 CALL -0.03%
TREASURY BILL 1.80%STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC OCT26 68 CALL -0.12%
STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC OCT26 67 CALL -0.95%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

USOY and XLEI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
USOYXLEIUSOYXLEIUSOYXLEI
3 months+22.6%+17.4%11.6%5.2%+2.1 pts−3.0 pts
6 months+10.5%+12.6%21.4%9.4%+0.6 pts+2.7 pts
1 year+59.4%+37.8%47.6%20.7%+11.6 pts−10.0 pts
Since launch+67.0%+41.2%81.9%23.1%+19.9 pts−10.0 pts
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USOY and XLEI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
USOY
Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF
Option income on XLE, paying weekly
XLEI
State Street(R) Energy Select Sector SPDR(R) Premium Income ETF
Covered call on XLE, paying monthly
IssuerDefianceState Street
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkEnergy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxyEnergy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized46.8%15.8%
Expense ratio1.12%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year47.6%20.7%
Price change, 1 year−4.8%+12.8%
Total return, 1 year+59.4%+37.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+47.8%+47.8%
Ahead or behind+11.6 pts−10.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate95%not published
Age861 days415 days
Net assets$75m$119m

USOY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, USOY paid 47.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +59.4%. Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy returned +47.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 11.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 46.8%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Sep 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XLEI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XLEI paid 20.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +37.8%. Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy returned +47.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, USOY or XLEI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, USOY paid 47.6% of its starting price in cash and XLEI paid 20.7%, so USOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, USOY or XLEI?
With every distribution reinvested, USOY returned +59.4% and XLEI returned +37.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so USOY returned more.
Which is cheaper, USOY or XLEI?
USOY charges 1.12% a year and XLEI charges 0.35%, so XLEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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USOY against XLEI, 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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