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SEPI vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?

SEPI and TPRY both write options for income.

Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

7.5%SEPI cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+21.8%SEPI total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
SEPI5.2 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SEPI+21.8%7.5% of it arrived as cash5.2 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SEPI+21.8%5.2 pts ahead of SPY
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY

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.

Positions SEPI and TPRY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSEPITPRY
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC6.53%13.23%
APPLE INC5.24%4.91%
ALPHABET INC4.68%6.91%
NVIDIA CORP4.04%4.39%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7.54%3.70%
AMAZON.COM INC3.36%12.40%
META PLATFORMS INC2.79%5.35%
BROADCOM INC3.08%1.49%
Only in each
Only in SEPIOnly 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

SEPI and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SEPITPRYSEPITPRYSEPITPRY
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 published7.5%not published+5.2 ptsnot published
Since launch+24.4%+2.1%7.7%7.4%+5.4 pts−9.3 pts
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SEPI and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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
IssuerSheltonVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%15.3%
Expense ratio0.54%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year7.5%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 estimatenot publishednot published
Age375 days204 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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SEPI against TPRY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources