WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund
$33.19−0.20 (−0.60%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.44%
- Fund size
- $542M
- 1Y return
- +12.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 12.04%
- Holdings
- 6
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $32.96
- 52W range
The ETF.net WTPI Grade
Score 65 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 70Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 91Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 44Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 45Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 43Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 87Category rank
Our read on WTPI
BMost S&P 500 income ETFs own the stocks and sell calls. WTPI flips the trade: Treasury collateral plus put options written on the index twice a month, each sized to target a 2.5% premium.
The fund seeks capital appreciation and current income through a put-writing strategy tied to U.S. large-cap equity exposure. It is designed to provide enhanced income and potentially lower volatility than traditional equity exposure.
Why people hold it
- The put-writer in a room full of covered-call funds. Income comes from selling S&P 500 puts against Treasury collateral, targeting a 2.5% premium per option, not from dividends.sec.govwisdomtree.com
- Trading since 2016 as the WisdomTree PutWrite Strategy Fund before its 2025 rename, it predates most of the option-income boom and has run through several volatility spikes.nasdaq.com
- 0.44% a year undercuts the typical fund in its S&P 500 options-income group, and distributions land monthly.wisdomtree.com
- It hews closely to its index, and among dozens of S&P 500 option-income funds it sits in the upper half of the pack.
Worth knowing
- The math is asymmetric by design: gains are capped at the premiums collected, while a written put can lose value down toward its strike if the market drops.businesswire.comsec.gov
- No stocks under the hood, so no underlying dividends, and WisdomTree flags that the strategy may distribute more capital gains than a typical ETF.businesswire.comsec.gov
- Cheaper than the peer median, not the cheapest on the shelf: IVVW runs 0.25%, RSPA 0.32%, BALI and GPIX 0.35%.
WTPI Holdings
- Other
- 6
- 102%
- 912797UM7
Sectors
WTPI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | WTPI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.2% |
| 1 month | +1.2% |
| 3 months | +3.7% |
| 1 year | +12.6% |
| 3 years | +14.9% |
| 5 years | +9.6% |
| 10 years | +8.3% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | WTPI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.2% | |
| 2025 | +14.4% | |
| 2024 | +17.2% | |
| 2023 | +15.5% | |
| 2022 | −10.1% | |
| 2021 | +20.9% | |
| 2020 | +1.7% |
WTPI in the news
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WTPI Dividends
- 12.04%
- $4.02
- $0.33 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 30, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | $0.33 |
| May 26, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Apr 29, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Jan 29, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | $0.72 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Data unavailable | $0.33 |
WTPI Risk
- 7.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −16.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.58
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
WTPI Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Option Income funds
- Median 0.60%
15 of the 51 S&P 500 Option Income funds charge less.