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

TPRY and XIDE both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF and FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December.

7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
6.3%XIDE cash paid, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
+6.5%XIDE total return, 1 year
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%7.4% cash9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY
XIDE10.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XIDE+6.5%6.3% of it arrived as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XIDE+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TPRY and XIDE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in TPRYOnly in XIDE
Micron Technology Inc 13.23%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07 110.36%
Amazon.com Inc 12.40%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 11/27/2026 1.02%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 680.58 0.73%
Alphabet Inc 6.91%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/01/2026 0.51%
Meta Platforms Inc 5.35%U.S. Treasury Bill, 0%, due 10/29/2026 0.51%
Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%US Dollar 0.49%
Apple Inc 4.91%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 612.52 -0.33%
Vistra Corp 4.57%2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 680.58 -13.29%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

TPRY and XIDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TPRYXIDETPRYXIDETPRYXIDE
3 months−5.9%+1.6%3.5%1.5%−8.2 pts−0.7 pts
6 months+11.9%+6.0%8.1%3.2%−6.1 pts−12.0 pts
1 yearnot published+6.5%not published6.3%not published−10.1 pts
Since launch+2.1%+19.9%7.4%17.4%−9.3 pts−46.8 pts
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TPRY and XIDE 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
XIDE
FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesFirst Trust
Strategycovered callbuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.3%6.2%
Expense ratio0.95%0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)6.3%
Price change, 1 year−5.4%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)+6.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+11.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−9.3 pts−10.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age204 days1005 days
Net assets$4m$23m

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.

XIDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XIDE paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, TPRY or XIDE?
TPRY charges 0.95% a year and XIDE charges 0.85%, so XIDE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources