PLA vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
PLA and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $6m on Oct 20, 2026 for GraniteShares Autocallable PLTR ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
VAIE costs 0.33 points a year less; VAIE is 10.4 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| PLA | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 1.07% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $6m | $67m |
| Benchmark | Palantir (PLTR) | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Price change | rose 2.1% (since May 19, 2026) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 0% of the Sep 11, 2026 payment | |
31.3 pts behind PLTR
PLA since launch: paid 8.6%, price +2.1%, total +11.1%, PLTR +42.4%, −31.3 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
PLTR
+42.4%
PLA
+11.1%
8.6% as cash
31.3 pts behind PLTR
Total return, distributions reinvested
31.3 pts behind PLTR
PLA since launch: paid 8.6%, price +2.1%, total +11.1%, PLTR +42.4%, −31.3 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
PLTR
+42.4%
PLA
+11.1%
31.3 pts behind PLTR
8.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PLA since launch: paid 8.6%, price +2.1%, total +11.1%, PLTR +42.4%, −31.3 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
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%
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | PLA | VAIE | PLA | VAIE | PLA | VAIE |
| 3 months | +9.7% | +2.5% | 5.2% | 4.1% | −35.5 pts | not measured |
| Since launch Not the same days: PLA May 2026 · VAIE May 2026 | +11.1% | +3.3% | 8.6% | 6.8% | −31.3 pts | not measured |
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On the same fields
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 PLA
Over the period from its first trade on May 19, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, PLA paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.1%. Palantir (PLTR) returned +42.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 31.3 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.7%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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.
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