Data as of .
QQQI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
QQQI and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QQQI and TPRY hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QQQI | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| Micron Technology Inc | 5.03% | 13.23% |
| Apple Inc | 7.79% | 4.91% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.58% | 4.39% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.36% | 12.40% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 4.02% | 3.70% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.24% | 6.91% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 3.14% | 5.35% |
| Lam Research Corp | 1.58% | 4.08% |
| Broadcom Inc | 2.70% | 1.49% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 0.83% | 1.38% |
| ASML Holding NV | 0.68% | 2.63% |
| CoreWeave Inc | 0.16% | 2.71% |
| Only in QQQI | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 5.84% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| Alphabet Inc 2.99% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| Tesla Inc 2.91% | Vistra Corp 4.57% |
| Intel Corp 2.44% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46% |
| Walmart Inc 2.28% | Boeing Co/The 4.30% |
| Cisco Systems Inc 1.92% | NRG Energy Inc 4.18% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc 1.79% | Baidu Inc 3.72% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp 1.74% | American Airlines Group Inc 3.42% |
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 Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQI | TPRY | QQQI | TPRY | QQQI | TPRY | |
| 3 months | −0.7% | −5.9% | 3.4% | 3.5% | +1.8 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +16.7% | +11.9% | 7.7% | 8.1% | −7.5 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +16.4% | not published | 15.2% | not published | −5.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +59.6% | +2.1% | 39.9% | 7.4% | −12.3 pts | −9.3 pts |
| QQQI NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF Option income on QQQ, paying monthly | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | NEOS | VistaShares |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 14.0% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.68% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 15.2% | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.1% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.4% | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −5.3 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 98% | not published |
| Age | 962 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $14.8bn | $4m |
QQQI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
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, QQQI or TPRY?
- QQQI charges 0.68% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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