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PAPI vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its price in cash against PAPI’s 8.2%, though PAPI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $400m for Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF and $311m for TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
8.2%
PAPI cash paid, 1 year
14.0%
TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+23.4%
PAPI total return, 1 year
+13.3%
TSPY total return, 1 year
PAPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.4 pts behind IWD
PAPI
+23.4%
IWD
+32.8%

9.4 pts behind IWD

PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWD

+32.8%

PAPI

+23.4%

8.2% as cash

9.4 pts behind IWD

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.4 pts behind IWD

PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

IWD

+32.8%

PAPI

+23.4%

9.4 pts behind IWD

8.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PAPI over 1 year: paid 8.2%, price +14.3%, total +23.4%, IWD +32.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
TSPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.5 pts behind VOO
TSPY
+13.3%
VOO
+14.8%

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

1.5 pts behind VOO

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PAPI costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; PAPI is 1.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PAPI vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePAPITSPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+23.4%+13.3%
Price change, 1 yearrose 14.3%fell 1.6%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkiShares Russell 1000 Value ETF, measured through IWDVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.68%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$400m$311m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · PAPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score96.1PAPI53.6TSPY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 114 weekly returns
PAPI TSPY
Return
Total return edge TSPY +24.2% +34.2%
Annualized edge TSPY +10.4% +14.3%
Price return edge PAPI +5.0% +0.1%
Risk
Volatility edge PAPI 11.2% 14.1%
Max drawdown edge PAPI −10.6% −16.5%
Downside capture 82.0% 95.3%
Beta 0.69 0.92
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge TSPY 0.57 0.73
Sortino edge TSPY 0.78 1.08
Treynor 0.129 0.112
Calmar edge PAPI 0.98 0.87
Against the benchmark
Alpha −3.2% a year −0.5% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.80 −0.25
Information ratio −1.11 −0.43
Tracking error 7.8% 3.4%

Each against its own benchmark: PAPI against IWD, Oct 27, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; TSPY against VOO, Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Aug 2024 to Oct 2026, TSPY returned more: +34.2% to +24.2%. PAPI swung less: 11.2% to 14.1%. PAPI fell less at its worst: −10.6% to −16.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: PAPI vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasurePAPITSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+24.2%+34.2%TSPYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+10.4%+14.3%TSPYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5.0%+0.1%PAPIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility11.2%14.1%PAPISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation8.3%9.6%PAPILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.6%−16.5%PAPIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture61.0%89.2%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture82.0%95.3%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.690.92Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.600.95Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.570.73TSPYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.781.08TSPYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1290.112Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.980.87PAPIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkIWDVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−3.2% a year−0.5% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.80−0.25Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−11.2% to +4.7%−4.9% to +3.8%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.11−0.43Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.8%3.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 114 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, PAPI and TSPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PAPI TSPY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PAPI
Corning, Inc. 1.00%
TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.80%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.76%
Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.72%
Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Avnet, Inc. 0.70%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.70%
Only in TSPY
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.57%
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Side by side

PAPI Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes options on the S&P 500, measured against the Russell 1000 Value Index, paying monthly TSPY TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.8% 14.3%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.2% 14.0%
Price change, 1 year +14.3% −1.6%
Total return, 1 year +23.4% +13.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +32.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.4 pts −1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 3.0 years 2.2 years
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $400m $311m

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: PAPI vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPAPITSPYPAPITSPYPAPITSPY
3 months+6.6%+0.7%1.8%3.5%+2.6 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+13.2%+5.2%3.9%7.0%−0.7 pts+0.2 pts
1 year+23.4%+13.3%8.2%14.0%−9.4 pts−1.5 pts
3 years+44.5%–23.7%–−39.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: PAPI Oct 2023 · TSPY Aug 2024+45.5%+38.7%23.9%31.2%−42.4 pts−3.7 pts

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About each fund
PAPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.4%. iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) returned +32.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.8%, paid monthly.

TSPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 4, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PAPI or TSPY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PAPI paid 8.2% of its starting price in cash and TSPY paid 14.0%, so TSPY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, PAPI or TSPY?
With every distribution reinvested, PAPI returned +23.4% and TSPY +13.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, PAPI or TSPY?
PAPI charges 0.29% a year and TSPY charges 0.68%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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