Data as of .
PAPI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
PAPI and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, PAPI and TPRY hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | PAPI | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet, Inc. | 0.59% | 6.91% |
| QUALCOMM, Inc. | 0.58% | 1.38% |
| Only in PAPI | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| Corning, Inc. 1.01% | Micron Technology Inc 13.23% |
| TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81% | Amazon.com Inc 12.40% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.77% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73% | Meta Platforms Inc 5.35% |
| Royalty Pharma plc 0.73% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72% | Apple Inc 4.91% |
| Avnet, Inc. 0.71% | Vistra Corp 4.57% |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.71% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPI | TPRY | PAPI | TPRY | PAPI | TPRY | |
| 3 months | +4.7% | −5.9% | 2.0% | 3.5% | +2.5 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +5.6% | +11.9% | 4.0% | 8.1% | −12.4 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +12.8% | not published | 7.9% | not published | −3.8 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +35.6% | +2.1% | 22.5% | 7.4% | −49.6 pts | −9.3 pts |
| PAPI Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Parametric | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.2% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.29% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.9% | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +4.5% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +12.8% | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.8 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1065 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $400m | $4m |
PAPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, 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, PAPI or TPRY?
- PAPI charges 0.29% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so PAPI 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, PAPI against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/papi-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.