Which returned more over the last year, SPY or TSLY?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +20.0% and TSLY returned +7.7%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Are SPY and TSLY the same kind of fund?

No. SPY is an index ETF and TSLY is an option-income ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SPY vs TSLY

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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and YieldMax(R) TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPY and TSLY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SPY	Only in TSLY
NVIDIA Corp. 7.52%	TREASURY BILL 22.62%
Apple, Inc. 6.59%	TREASURY BILL 22.39%
Microsoft Corp. 4.30%	TREASURY BILL 22.04%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62%	TREASURY BILL 20.60%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%	TREASURY BILL 12.35%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.77%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.59%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

SPY and TSLY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust	TSLY YieldMax(R) TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Income desk
Issuer	State Street	YieldMax
What it is	S&P 500, book from IVV	synthetic covered call, vs TSLA
Total return, 1 year	+20.0%	+7.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+20.0%	+4.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.0 pts	+3.1 pts
Cash paid, 1 year	not an income fund	55.9%
Expense ratio	not published	1.07%
Holdings	504	n/a

SPY in plain words

SPY is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500, book from IVV. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

TSLY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, TSLY paid 55.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 41.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.7%. Tesla (TSLA) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 48.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 36% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SPY or TSLY?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPY returned +20.0% and TSLY returned +7.7%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Are SPY and TSLY the same kind of fund?: No. SPY is an index ETF and TSLY is an option-income ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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