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

TPRY and XSPI both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF and NEOS Boosted S&P 500(R) High Income ETF.

7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
11.1%XSPI cash paid, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
+11.6%XSPI total return, 1 year
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%7.4% as cash9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY
XSPIAbout even with SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.3%XSPI+11.6%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.3%XSPI+11.6%11.1% as cashabout even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TPRY and XSPI hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions TPRY and XSPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingTPRYXSPI
Apple Inc4.91%7.83%
NVIDIA Corp4.39%8.50%
Amazon.com Inc12.40%3.94%
Alphabet Inc6.91%2.57%
Meta Platforms Inc5.35%2.25%
Micron Technology Inc13.23%1.75%
Broadcom Inc1.49%2.65%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.70%1.40%
Lam Research Corp4.08%0.56%
QUALCOMM Inc1.38%0.29%
Boeing Co/The4.30%0.24%
Uber Technologies Inc5.23%0.22%
Only in each
Only in TPRYOnly in XSPI
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48%Microsoft Corp 5.80%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46%Alphabet Inc 3.24%
Baidu Inc 3.72%Tesla Inc 1.59%
American Airlines Group Inc 3.42%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.47%
CoreWeave Inc 2.71%JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.47%
ASML Holding NV 2.63%Eli Lilly & Co 1.42%
MU US 10/16/26 C1090 0.47%SPX US 10/16/26 C7500 1.39%
META US 10/16/26 P655 0.16%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.08%

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 XSPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
TPRYXSPITPRYXSPITPRYXSPI
3 months−5.9%+3.7%3.5%4.2%−8.2 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+11.9%+20.0%8.1%9.2%−6.1 pts+1.9 pts
Since launch+2.1%+11.6%7.4%11.1%−9.3 pts+0.2 pts
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TPRY and XSPI 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
XSPI
NEOS Boosted S&P 500(R) High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesNEOS
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.3%17.1%
Expense ratio0.95%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)11.1% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−5.4%−0.3%
Total return, 1 year+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)+11.6% (since launch on Feb 3, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+11.4%+11.3%
Ahead or behind−9.3 pts+0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published99%
Age204 days227 days
Net assets$4m$113m

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.

XSPI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, XSPI paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.1%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Jul 10, 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 XSPI?
TPRY charges 0.95% a year and XSPI charges 0.98%, 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 XSPI, 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 XSPI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/tpry-vs-xspi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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