Ranked by total return minus what the thing it writes on returned, in points, one year, as of . Rebuilt every trading night.
Every income ETF that writes on XLE
7 funds write on Energy sector (XLE), used as the energy proxy. Ahead means a holder ended with more than holding XLE would have given them, cash included, over the same days.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Ahead or behind | Total return | XLE returned | Cash paid | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USOY | Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF | +10.5 pts | +61.2% | +50.7% | 48.1% | 1.12% |
| 2 | XLEI | State Street(R) Energy Select Sector SPDR(R) | −11.6 pts | +39.0% | +50.7% | 20.8% | 0.35% |
| 3 | NDIV | Amplify Energy & Natural Resources Covered C | −16.6 pts | +34.1% | +50.7% | 9.8% | not published |
| 4 | WEEI | Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF | −16.9 pts | +33.8% | +50.7% | 12.7% | not published |
| 5 | EIPI | FT Energy Income Partners Enhanced Income ET | −27.8 pts | +22.9% | +50.7% | 7.6% | 1.11% |
| 6 | MDST | Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income E | −30.2 pts | +20.4% | +50.7% | 10.0% | not published |
| 7 | MLPD | Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered | −38.1 pts | +12.6% | +50.7% | 13.3% | not published |
Method
Every fund here sells options on XLE, so they can be compared with each other on the one thing that separates them: what a holder finished with against simply holding XLE. Cash paid is not that. A fund can lead this category on cash and sit at the bottom of this table, which is the whole reason the measure exists. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, Every income ETF that writes on XLE, ranked by total return minus what the thing it writes on returned, in points, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/income-on-xle Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.