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FTHI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?

FTHI and TPRY both write options for income.

First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

8.9%FTHI cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+9.7%FTHI total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
FTHI6.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% of it arrived as cash6.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% cash6.9 pts behind SPY
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%7.4% cash9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and TPRY hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTHI and TPRY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTHITPRY
Apple Inc.7.75%4.91%
NVIDIA Corporation6.90%4.39%
Amazon.com, Inc.2.53%12.40%
ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares)2.17%2.63%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)1.74%6.91%
Broadcom Inc.2.01%1.49%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)1.31%5.35%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.10%13.23%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.0.42%3.70%
Vistra Corp.0.40%4.57%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR)0.27%8.48%
The Boeing Company0.27%4.30%
Only in each
Only in FTHIOnly in TPRY
US Dollar 5.90%Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%
Microsoft Corporation 2.94%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67%NRG Energy Inc 4.18%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52%Lam Research Corp 4.08%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41%Baidu Inc 3.72%
Bank of America Corporation 2.22%American Airlines Group Inc 3.42%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.74%CoreWeave Inc 2.71%
Amgen Inc. 1.37%QUALCOMM Inc 1.38%

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 dated Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTHI and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTHITPRYFTHITPRYFTHITPRY
3 months+1.7%−5.9%2.2%3.5%−0.6 pts−8.2 pts
6 months+9.8%+11.9%4.6%8.1%−8.2 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+9.7%not published8.9%not published−6.9 ptsnot published
3 years+47.9%not published28.9%not published−30.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+156.3%+2.1%82.6%7.4%−257.8 pts−9.3 pts
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ
FTHI and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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
IssuerFirst TrustVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%15.3%
Expense ratio0.75%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−5.4%
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+11.4%
Ahead or behind−6.9 pts−9.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days204 days
Net assets$2.5bn$4m

FTHI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.

TPRY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.

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 these figures came from

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FTHI against TPRY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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