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

TPRY and ULTY both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF and YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
44.9%ULTY cash paid, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
−7.8%ULTY total return, 1 year
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
ULTY24.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TPRY and ULTY hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions TPRY and ULTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingTPRYULTY
Alphabet Inc6.91%4.39%
Lam Research Corp4.08%4.34%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd4.46%4.07%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.70%5.23%
NVIDIA Corp4.39%2.36%
Only in each
Only in TPRYOnly in ULTY
Micron Technology Inc 13.23%MercadoLibre Inc 4.99%
Amazon.com Inc 12.40%Lumentum Holdings Inc 4.75%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%Strategy Inc 4.66%
Meta Platforms Inc 5.35%Comfort Systems USA Inc 4.61%
Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%Coherent Corp 4.30%
Apple Inc 4.91%Palantir Technologies Inc 4.27%
Vistra Corp 4.57%Analog Devices Inc 4.11%
Boeing Co/The 4.30%Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.11%

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

TPRY and ULTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TPRYULTYTPRYULTYTPRYULTY
3 months−5.9%−1.1%3.5%13.7%−8.2 pts−3.3 pts
6 months+11.9%+14.0%8.1%30.1%−6.1 pts−4.0 pts
1 yearnot published−7.8%not published44.9%not published−24.3 pts
Since launch+2.1%+10.7%7.4%86.9%−9.3 pts−44.1 pts
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TPRY and ULTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
ULTY
YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerVistaSharesYieldMax
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized15.3%59.8%
Expense ratio0.95%1.30%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)44.9%
Price change, 1 year−5.4%−54.1%
Total return, 1 year+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)−7.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+11.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−9.3 pts−24.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age204 days932 days
Net assets$4m$721m

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.

ULTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 54.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 24.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 59.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, TPRY or ULTY?
TPRY charges 0.95% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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TPRY against ULTY, 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, TPRY against ULTY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/tpry-vs-ulty Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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