Data as of .
OARK vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
OARK and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, OARK and TPRY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in OARK | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 31.97% | Micron Technology Inc 13.23% |
| United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 31.91% | Amazon.com Inc 12.40% |
| United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 22.43% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| 2ARKK US 11/20/26 C85.01 FLX 8.43% | Alphabet Inc 6.91% |
| United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 6.55% | Meta Platforms Inc 5.35% |
| United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 3.23% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 1.09% | Apple Inc 4.91% |
| ARKK US 09/25/26 C86 0.66% | Vistra Corp 4.57% |
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 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OARK | TPRY | OARK | TPRY | OARK | TPRY | |
| 3 months | +3.9% | −5.9% | 9.0% | 3.5% | +6.4 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +20.0% | +11.9% | 22.6% | 8.1% | −4.2 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +6.6% | not published | 37.4% | not published | −15.2 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +61.9% | not published | 87.5% | not published | −36.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +58.8% | +2.1% | 89.4% | 7.4% | −96.7 pts | −9.3 pts |
| OARK YieldMax(R) Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF Synthetic covered call on QQQ, paying weekly | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | VistaShares |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 27.9% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 1.00% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 37.4% | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −34.0% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +6.6% | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −15.2 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 0% | not published |
| Age | 1395 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $32m | $4m |
OARK in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OARK paid 37.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 34.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 15.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
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, OARK or TPRY?
- OARK charges 1.00% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so TPRY 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, OARK against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/oark-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.