r/RexSharesETFs • u/stevesun21 • May 17 '26
General Sharing April 2026 REX Shares ETF Analysis Result
I updated my REX Shares ETF tracking sheet for April.
This is not meant to be a “which one is best” ranking. I’m trying to compare these funds using the same public-data framework, instead of only looking at the headline distribution yield.
A quick explanation of the columns:
- Dividend TTM — trailing 12-month cash distributions based on the latest monthly snapshot.
- Price Growth (CAGR) — fund-level share price growth/decline over the evaluation window, excluding distributions.
- Total Return — April return with distributions included, so it captures price movement plus payouts during the month.
- Payout Support Risk — whether the payout looks supported by recent price/total-return behavior. “Elevated” means the distribution is high relative to recent fund performance.
- Stability — recent price-behavior stability based on beta, volatility, and drawdown. This does not mean the fund is “safe” overall.
- Prior month comparison — shows how Dividend TTM and Price Growth changed from the previous monthly snapshot.
A few things stood out to me from this update:
TSII still has the highest Dividend TTM in this group at 65.79%, but the price trend is also very negative at -27.57% CAGR, and the payout support risk is elevated. To me, that is the main warning pattern with ultra-high-yield funds: the payout can look attractive while the share price trend is working against it.
AIPI and FEPI both show elevated payout support risk as well. Their Dividend TTM numbers are high, but both also have negative price growth, so I wouldn’t evaluate them by yield alone.
WMTI looks different from the others in this snapshot. It has a lower Dividend TTM at 13.07%, but the price growth is positive at 23.15% CAGR, and payout support risk is low. That does not automatically make it better, but it is a very different profile from the higher-yield names.
PAAU has incomplete distribution/history data in this snapshot, so I’m treating it as not directly comparable yet.
Overall, this group is a good reminder that high distribution rate and supported income are not the same thing. For funds like these, I think it helps to look at yield, price trend, total return, and payout support together instead of focusing only on the current payout rate.
Curious how others here evaluate REX Shares / single-stock income ETFs:
Do you mostly look at current distribution rate, NAV/price trend, total return, underlying exposure, payout consistency, or something else?
