TCAL vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
TCAL and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $318m on Oct 20, 2026 for T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
TCAL costs 0.40 points a year less; TCAL is 4.7 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| TCAL | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.34% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $315m | $67m |
| Total return, 1 year | +4.2% | not published |
| Benchmark | its own stocks | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.7 pts | |
| Price change | fell 7.5% (1 year) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
1.8 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.1%, price −7.5%, total +4.2%, its own stocks +6.0%, −1.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
its own stocks
+6.0%
TCAL
+4.2%
11.1% of it arrived as cash
1.8 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.8 pts behind its own stocks
TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.1%, price −7.5%, total +4.2%, its own stocks +6.0%, −1.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
its own stocks
+6.0%
TCAL
+4.2%
11.1% as cash
1.8 pts behind its own stocks
11.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. TCAL over 1 year: paid 11.1%, price −7.5%, total +4.2%, its own stocks +6.0%, −1.8 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%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
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% cash
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 | TCAL | VAIE | TCAL | VAIE | TCAL | VAIE |
| 3 months | +5.6% | +2.5% | 2.7% | 4.1% | −0.3 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +7.0% | – | 6.0% | – | +1.4 pts | – |
| 1 year | +4.2% | – | 11.1% | – | −1.7 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: TCAL Mar 2025 · VAIE May 2026 | +8.4% | +3.3% | 15.9% | 6.8% | not measured | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
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 TCAL
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, TCAL paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.2%. TCAL's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +6.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.7 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.3%, paid monthly.
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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