Which is cheaper, OMAH or VAIE?

OMAH charges 0.98% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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OMAH vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

OMAH and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 19, 2026: $1.1bn for VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF and $67m for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.

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VAIE costs 0.24 points a year less; OMAH is 16.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OMAH vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	OMAH	VAIE
Expense ratio	0.98%	0.74%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026	$1.1bn	$67m
Total return, 1 year	+9.7%	not published
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	not published
Holdings in common	not published
Price change	fell 5.6% (1 year)	fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026)

14.5%

OMAH cash paid, 1 year

6.8%

VAIE cash paid, since launch, May 12, 2026

+9.7%

OMAH total return, 1 year

+3.3%

VAIE total return, since launch, May 12, 2026

OMAH · 1 year to Oct 20, 20266.1 pts behind SPY

OMAH

+9.7%

SPY

+15.8%

6.1 pts behind SPY

OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.5%, price −5.6%, total +9.7%, SPY +15.8%, −6.1 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SPY

+15.8%

OMAH

+9.7%

14.5% of it arrived as cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind SPY

OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.5%, price −5.6%, total +9.7%, SPY +15.8%, −6.1 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SPY

+15.8%

OMAH

+9.7%

14.5% cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

14.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OMAH over 1 year: paid 14.5%, price −5.6%, total +9.7%, SPY +15.8%, −6.1 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured

VAIE

+3.3%

none

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

VAIE

+3.3%

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: OMAH vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	OMAH	VAIE	OMAH	VAIE	OMAH	VAIE
3 months	−0.5%	+2.5%	3.6%	4.1%	−3.5 pts	not measured
6 months	+6.1%	–	7.5%	–	−3.7 pts	–
1 year	+9.7%	–	14.5%	–	−6.1 pts	–
Since launch Not the same days: OMAH Mar 2025 · VAIE May 2026	+15.8%	+3.3%	22.6%	6.8%	−18.7 pts	not measured

Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

OMAH

VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

VAIE

VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable, paying weekly

Issuer VistaShares VegaShares

Strategy covered call autocallable

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) none

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 14.8% 16.8%

Expense ratio 0.98% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 14.5% 6.8% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −5.6% −3.6% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +9.7% +3.3% (since launch, May 12, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +15.8% not published

Ahead or behind −6.1 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 1.6 years 161 days

Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 $1.1bn $67m

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

About OMAH

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, OMAH paid 14.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.8%, paid monthly.

About VAIE

Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, OMAH or VAIE?: OMAH charges 0.98% a year and VAIE charges 0.74%, so VAIE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

OMAH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗OMAH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VistaShares page for OMAH ↗VAIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VAIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VegaShares page for VAIE ↗

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How this is computed

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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