WEEI Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WEEI paid 13.0% in cash and returned 33.7% in total, against 49.8% for XLE.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, WEEI paid 13.0% in cash and returned 33.7% in total, covering 259.2% of its payout.
WEEI risk and return scorecard
vs XLE · May 2024 to Oct 2026 · 129 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Jul 31, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 29, 2026More on WEEI
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$24.70−3.9%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | XLE | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +0.4% | 0.9% | −0.5% | +0.1% | +0.3 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +8.0% | 2.9% | +5.1% | +11.5% | −3.5 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +11.4% | 5.8% | +5.4% | +12.9% | −1.5 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +27.7% | 11.5% | +15.1% | +44.9% | −17.2 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +33.7% | 13.0% | +19.3% | +49.8% | −16.1 pts |
| Since launch May 1, 2024 – Nov 4, 2026 | +37.7% | 28.0% | +2.3% | +49.1% | −11.4 pts |
| Since launch, annualised May 1, 2024 – Nov 4, 2026 | +13.6% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed May 2024: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
WEEI paid 13.0% in cash over the year and returned 33.7% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026WEEI: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $8.7m came in, by its SEC filing.
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions WEEI files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jul 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for WEEI, back to May 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare WEEI with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outMay 2024 to Jul 2026
WEEI, money in and money out each month from May 2024 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from WEEI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 27 months listed, money came in on net in 20 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from WEEI’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 27 months listed, money came in on net in 20 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jul 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
WEEI key stats
WEEI return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
WEEI for holders outside the US
13 distributions for WEEI, $0.225 to $0.225 a share and $0.225 in the middle, Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
WEEI pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.225 a share, which went ex on Oct 29, 2026, with payment about 5 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 30, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for WEEI. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for WEEI. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below WEEI.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: 259.2% · 94th pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
WEEI top ten by weight, 78.6% of the fund, of its 21 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: The fund’s SEC filing.
About WEEI
How we measure
12 seats on WEEI, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 7 Challenges, 3 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about WEEI
- How much has WEEI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WEEI paid 13.0% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 19.3%.
- Is WEEI ahead of XLE?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, WEEI returned +33.7% against +49.8% for Energy sector (XLE), so a holder was behind it by 16.1 points.
- How often does WEEI pay, and how much?
- WEEI pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 10.9% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the WEEI distribution return of capital?
- Westwood estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does WEEI next pay a distribution?
- WEEI pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 29, 2026 at $0.225 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 30, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 5 days.
- What does WEEI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year.
- How much of WEEI’s distribution is return of capital?
- Westwood’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Dec 1, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026, the estimate is 100.0%. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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