Data as of .
SEPI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
SEPI and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SEPI and TPRY hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SEPI | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 6.53% | 13.23% |
| APPLE INC | 5.24% | 4.91% |
| ALPHABET INC | 4.68% | 6.91% |
| NVIDIA CORP | 4.04% | 4.39% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 7.54% | 3.70% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | 3.36% | 12.40% |
| META PLATFORMS INC | 2.79% | 5.35% |
| BROADCOM INC | 3.08% | 1.49% |
| Only in SEPI | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| CATERPILLAR INC 7.20% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 3.91% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| MICROSOFT CORP 3.42% | Vistra Corp 4.57% |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.31% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46% |
| EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.08% | Boeing Co/The 4.30% |
| MERCK & COMPANY INC 2.67% | NRG Energy Inc 4.18% |
| EBAY INC 2.47% | Lam Research Corp 4.08% |
| ARISTA NETWORKS INC 2.18% | Baidu Inc 3.72% |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEPI | TPRY | SEPI | TPRY | SEPI | TPRY | |
| 3 months | +5.4% | −5.9% | 2.1% | 3.5% | +3.2 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +20.5% | +11.9% | 4.7% | 8.1% | +2.5 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +21.8% | not published | 7.5% | not published | +5.2 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +24.4% | +2.1% | 7.7% | 7.4% | +5.4 pts | −9.3 pts |
| SEPI Shelton 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 | Shelton | 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 | 8.3% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.54% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.5% | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +13.4% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.8% | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.2 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 375 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $152m | $4m |
SEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SEPI paid 7.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, 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, SEPI or TPRY?
- SEPI charges 0.54% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so SEPI 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, SEPI against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sepi-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.