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XIMR · FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - March
First Trust · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, XIMR paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.3%, paid monthly.
| Strategy | buffer with income |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 7.3% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.85% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 6.7% |
| Launched | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 1.8% / +0.1% / +1.9% / +4.7% / −2.7 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 3.6% / +1.5% / +5.2% / +15.2% / −10.0 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 6.8% / +0.8% / +7.8% / +20.0% / −12.2 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 16.2% / +1.5% / +19.2% / +53.4% / −34.2 pts |
Questions people ask
- How much has XIMR paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, XIMR paid 6.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 0.8%.
- Is XIMR ahead of SPY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, XIMR returned +7.8% against +20.0% for S&P 500 (SPY), so a holder was behind it by 12.2 points.
- How often does XIMR pay, and how much?
- XIMR pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 7.3% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- What does XIMR cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year.
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