Westwood Announces Monthly Income Distributions for Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (MDST),Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF (WEEI) and Westwood Enhanced Income Opportunity (YLDW)

DALLAS, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), a publicly-traded investment management boutique and wealth management firm, today announced monthly income distributions for Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (NYSE: MDST ), Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF (NASDAQ: WEEI ) and Westwood Enhanced Income Opportunity (YLDW) as shown in the table below. Part of the Westwood Income Series ETFs , these deliver income from both dividends and options premiums to help provide monthly income distributions for investors. ETF Ticker ETF Distribution per Share Annualized Distribution Rate 1 (NYSE: MDST ) Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF 0.225 9.4% (NASDAQ: WEEI ) Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF 0.225 11.2% (NYSE: YLDW ) Westwood Enhanced Income Opportunity 0.148 7.1% MDST, WEEI and YLDW are actively managed funds, designed to help provide advisors and investors with robust investments for generating high distributable monthly income, combining dividend yield (distributions paid from the Fund's net investment income) and options premiums from covered calls, while also offering the potential for equity appreciation within the energy sector. Launched April 8, 2024, MDST seeks to deliver current income and capital appreciation by investing in midstream energy companies, defined as companies and master limited partnerships (MLPs) that gather, transport, store and distribute crude oil, natural gas and other energy products. The fund combines dividend yield and options premiums from covered calls to target monthly income distributions. MDST currently has $242 million in net assets, as of April 29, 2026 . WEEI, which launched April 30, 2024, offers broad exposure to energy companies, including upstream, downstream, oil service and integrated companies that operate in all phases of oil exploration, production, service and distribution. Like MDST, WEEI combines dividend yield and options premiums from covered calls to target monthly income distributions. WEEI currently has $71 million in net assets as of April 29, 2026 . YLDW, which launched Dec. 11, 2025, seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation from a variety of asset classes including equities, investment grade corporate bonds, high yield bonds, convertible bonds, preferred securities and other income-oriented assets. YLDW currently has $23 million in net assets as of April 29, 2026 . Standardized Performance as of 3/31/26 Full story available on Benzinga.com