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

HEMI and TPRY both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
HEMI3.4 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%6.0% of it arrived as cash3.4 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%3.4 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, HEMI and TPRY hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and TPRY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMITPRY
Alphabet Inc7.69%6.91%
Amazon.com Inc5.73%12.40%
Apple Inc5.86%4.91%
NVIDIA Corp9.11%4.39%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%5.35%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.89%3.70%
Broadcom Inc4.02%1.49%
Micron Technology Inc1.15%13.23%
Boeing Co/The0.96%4.30%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in TPRY
Microsoft Corp 5.72%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42%Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.13%Vistra Corp 4.57%
Mastercard Inc 2.04%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71%NRG Energy Inc 4.18%
Walmart Inc 1.70%Lam Research Corp 4.08%
KLA Corp 1.39%Baidu Inc 3.72%
Netflix Inc 1.39%American Airlines Group Inc 3.42%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMITPRYHEMITPRYHEMITPRY
3 months+0.8%−5.9%2.2%3.5%−1.5 pts−8.2 pts
6 months+13.6%+11.9%4.9%8.1%−4.5 pts−6.1 pts
Since launch+11.2%+2.1%6.0%7.4%−3.4 pts−9.3 pts
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HEMI and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%15.3%
Expense ratio0.49%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+4.9%−5.4%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+11.4%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−9.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days204 days
Net assets$33m$4m

HEMI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, HEMI paid 6.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, 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, HEMI or TPRY?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources