Data as of .
JANQ vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
JANQ and TPRY both write options for income.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JANQ | TPRY | JANQ | TPRY | JANQ | TPRY | |
| 3 months | not published | −5.9% | not published | 3.5% | not published | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +11.9% | not published | 8.1% | not published | −6.1 pts |
| Since launch | 0.0% | +2.1% | 0.0% | 7.4% | −0.8 pts | −9.3 pts |
| JANQ Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January Defined income on SPY | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Innovator | VistaShares |
| Strategy | defined income | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | not established | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | not published | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | 0.0% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026) | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +0.8% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.8 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 8 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | not published | $4m |
JANQ in plain words
Over the period since launch on Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, JANQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned 0.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.
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, JANQ or TPRY?
- JANQ charges 0.79% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so JANQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, JANQ against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/janq-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.