Which is cheaper, FTHI or TPRY?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs TPRY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTHI and TPRY both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and $3.3m for VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

FTHI on its own →TPRY on its own →

At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

9.7%

TPRY cash paid, since launch, Feb 26, 2026

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

−7.2%

TPRY total return, since launch, Feb 26, 2026

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

TPRY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 19.3 pts behind SPY

TPRY

−7.2%

SPY

+12.1%

19.3 pts behind SPY

TPRY since launch: paid 9.7%, price −16.1%, total −7.2%, SPY +12.1%, −19.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.1%

TPRY

−7.2%

19.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

19.3 pts behind SPY

TPRY since launch: paid 9.7%, price −16.1%, total −7.2%, SPY +12.1%, −19.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.1%

TPRY

−7.2%

19.3 pts behind SPY

9.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TPRY since launch: paid 9.7%, price −16.1%, total −7.2%, SPY +12.1%, −19.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 0.20 points a year less; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $3.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs TPRY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	TPRY
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	TPRY
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	not published
Price change	fell 1.2% (1 year)	fell 16.1% (since Feb 26, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	19% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	TPRY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	TPRY
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.95%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.5bn	$3.3m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	TPRY
Holdings in common	21%

Method

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and TPRY hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI TPRY

Apple Inc. 7.86% 5.64%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 4.34%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 14.29%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06% 2.58%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 1.49%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 6.34%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 5.56%

Micron Technology, Inc. 0.95% 11.36%

Vistra Corp. 0.41% 4.31%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.37% 3.54%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR) 0.26% 8.48%

The Boeing Company 0.24% 4.22%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

Microsoft Corporation 3.18%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 1.86%

Amgen Inc. 1.68%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.45%

Only in TPRY

Uber Technologies Inc 5.69%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.55%

American Airlines Group Inc 3.95%

NRG Energy Inc 3.69%

Baidu Inc 3.66%

Lam Research Corp 3.44%

CoreWeave Inc 1.77%

QUALCOMM Inc 1.48%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust VistaShares

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 15.7%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.95%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 9.7% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −1.2% −16.1% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +8.1% −7.2% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.1% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −19.3 pts (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 19%

Age 12.8 years 251 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.5bn $3.3m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: FTHI vs TPRY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	TPRY	FTHI	TPRY	FTHI	TPRY
3 months	−0.5%	−9.7%	2.2%	3.6%	−0.3 pts	−9.5 pts
6 months	+2.5%	−14.1%	4.4%	6.9%	−2.5 pts	−19.1 pts
1 year	+8.1%	–	8.9%	–	−6.7 pts	–
3 years	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · TPRY Feb 2026	+155.0%	−7.2%	84.3%	9.7%	−262.6 pts	−19.3 pts

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About each fund

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

TPRY

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 26, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, TPRY paid 9.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 19.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.7%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 19% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FTHI or TPRY?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTHI on its own →TPRY on its own →FTHI dividend history →FTHI holdings →TPRY dividend history →TPRY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

TPRY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TPRY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

TPRY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for TPRY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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