Which is cheaper, PLTY or XVPT?

PLTY charges 1.07% a year and XVPT charges 0.85%, so XVPT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

PLTY vs XVPT: which paid, and which earned it?

PLTY and XVPT both write options for income. YieldMax(R) PLTR Option Income Strategy ETF and FT Vest PLTR & Target Income ETF.

44.5%

PLTY cash paid, 1 year

0.0%

XVPT cash paid, since launch

+7.6%

PLTY total return, 1 year

−2.1%

XVPT total return, since launch

PLTY · 1 year to Sep 30, 20265 pts ahead of PLTR

PLTY

+7.6%

PLTR

+2.5%

5 pts ahead of PLTR

PLTY over 1 year: paid 44.5%, price −44.3%, total +7.6%, PLTR +2.5%, +5.0 pts.

PLTR

+2.5%

PLTY

+7.6%

44.5% of it arrived as cash

5 pts ahead of PLTR

Total return, distributions reinvested

5 pts ahead of PLTR

PLTY over 1 year: paid 44.5%, price −44.3%, total +7.6%, PLTR +2.5%, +5.0 pts.

PLTR

+2.5%

PLTY

+7.6%

44.5% as cash

5 pts ahead of PLTR

44.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PLTY over 1 year: paid 44.5%, price −44.3%, total +7.6%, PLTR +2.5%, +5.0 pts.

XVPT · since launch to Sep 30, 2026About even with PLTR

XVPT

−2.1%

PLTR

−2.5%

About even with PLTR

XVPT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.1%, total −2.1%, PLTR −2.5%, +0.4 pts.

PLTR

−2.5%

XVPT

−2.1%

about even with PLTR

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with PLTR

XVPT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.1%, total −2.1%, PLTR −2.5%, +0.4 pts.

PLTR

−2.5%

XVPT

−2.1%

about even with PLTR

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +7.6%. XVPT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.1%, total −2.1%, PLTR −2.5%, +0.4 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PLTY and XVPT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding PLTY XVPT

Only in PLTY

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.22%

United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 16.50%

United States Treasury Bill 02/18/2027 15.07%

United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027 14.06%

United States Treasury Bill 10/15/2026 11.11%

PLTR US 11/20/26 C165 8.80%

PLTR US 10/16/26 C170 5.41%

First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 4.15%

Only in XVPT

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index P 1,500.03 312.13%

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index C 500.03 113.88%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 49.33%

US Dollar 3.97%

2026-10-23 Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) C 1,598.76 0.00%

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index C 1,500.03 0.00%

2026-10-23 S&P 500® Mini Index P 500.03 -0.02%

2026-10-02 Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) C 190 -0.10%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	PLTY	XVPT	PLTY	XVPT	PLTY	XVPT
3 months	+41.6%	not published	18.0%	not published	−7.2 pts	not published
6 months	+25.8%	not published	26.2%	not published	−1.9 pts	not published
1 year	+7.6%	not published	44.5%	not published	+5.0 pts	not published
Since launch PLTY Oct 2024 · XVPT Sep 2026	+193.7%	−2.1%	155.4%	0.0%	−157.6 pts	+0.4 pts

PLTY and XVPT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

PLTY

YieldMax(R) PLTR Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on PLTR, paying weekly

XVPT

FT Vest PLTR & Target Income ETF · Option income on PLTR

Issuer YieldMax First Trust

Strategy synthetic covered call option income

Benchmark Palantir (PLTR) Palantir (PLTR)

Pays weekly not established

Payout rate, annualized 38.2% not published

Expense ratio 1.07% 0.85%

Cash paid, 1 year 44.5% 0.0% (since launch on Sep 23, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −44.3% −2.1%

Total return, 1 year +7.6% −2.1% (since launch on Sep 23, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +2.5% −2.5%

Ahead or behind +5.0 pts +0.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 94% not published

Age 722 days 7 days

Net assets $374m $2m

PLTY and XVPT on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

PLTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, PLTY paid 44.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 44.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.6%. Palantir (PLTR) returned +2.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 38.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 94% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

XVPT in plain words

Over the period since launch on Sep 23, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, XVPT paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.1%. Palantir (PLTR) returned −2.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, PLTY or XVPT?: PLTY charges 1.07% a year and XVPT charges 0.85%, so XVPT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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PLTY on its own →XVPT on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

PLTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PLTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗PLTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗YieldMax page for PLTY ↗XVPT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XVPT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for XVPT ↗

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ETFIQ, PLTY against XVPT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/plty-vs-xvpt

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