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Income ETFs

NLSI vs TPRY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $5.3m on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF, and $3.3m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

At a glance
5.0%
NLSI cash paid, since launch, Dec 10, 2025
9.7%
TPRY cash paid, since launch, Feb 26, 2026
+17.7%
NLSI total return, since launch, Dec 10, 2025
−7.2%
TPRY total return, since launch, Feb 26, 2026
NLSI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5 pts ahead of SPY
NLSI
+17.7%
SPY
+12.7%

5 pts ahead of SPY

NLSI since launch: paid 5.0%, price +12.0%, total +17.7%, SPY +12.7%, +5.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.7%

NLSI

+17.7%

5.0% as cash

5 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5 pts ahead of SPY

NLSI since launch: paid 5.0%, price +12.0%, total +17.7%, SPY +12.7%, +5.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+12.7%

NLSI

+17.7%

5 pts ahead of SPY

5.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. NLSI since launch: paid 5.0%, price +12.0%, total +17.7%, SPY +12.7%, +5.0 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

TPRY costs 1.94 points a year less; NLSI is 1.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

NLSI vs TPRY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureNLSITPRY
Paid and earned
Price changerose 12.0% (since Dec 10, 2025)fell 16.1% (since Feb 26, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment19% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 5.0 ptsbehind by 19.3 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio2.89%0.95%
Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026$5.3m$3.5m
Holdings
Holdings in common15%

Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, NLSI and TPRY hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NLSI TPRY
Micron Technology Inc 12.00% 11.36%
Uber Technologies Inc 3.74% 5.69%
Amazon.com Inc -1.76% 14.29%
Meta Platforms Inc -1.95% 5.56%
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Only in NLSI
Marathon Petroleum Corp 5.94%
Valero Energy Corp 5.14%
Chevron Corp 4.51%
Intuit Inc 4.45%
Walt Disney Co 4.42%
Phillips 66 4.39%
Comfort Systems USA Inc 4.30%
PayPal Holdings Inc 4.29%
Only in TPRY
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%
Alphabet Inc 6.34%
Apple Inc 5.64%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.55%
NVIDIA Corp 4.34%
Vistra Corp 4.31%
Boeing Co 4.22%
American Airlines Group Inc 3.95%
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Side by side

NLSI NEOS Long/Short Equity Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.6% 15.7%
Expense ratio 2.89% 0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) 9.7% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +12.0% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) −16.1% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +17.7% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) −7.2% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.7% (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) +12.1% (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)
Ahead or behind +5.0 pts (since launch, Dec 10, 2025) −19.3 pts (since launch, Feb 26, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 19%
Age 329 days 251 days
Net assets, NLSI as of Oct 28, 2026 and TPRY as of Nov 3, 2026 $5.3m $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: NLSI vs TPRY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowNLSITPRYNLSITPRYNLSITPRY
3 months+6.7%−9.7%1.4%3.6%+6.9 pts−9.5 pts
6 months+21.4%−14.1%3.0%6.9%+16.4 pts−19.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: NLSI Dec 2025 · TPRY Feb 2026+17.7%−7.2%5.0%9.7%+4.9 pts−19.3 pts

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About each fund
NLSI

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 10, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, NLSI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.6%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 100% 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, NLSI or TPRY?
NLSI charges 2.89% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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