Data as of .
CDPI vs QUSA: which paid, and which earned it?
CDPI and QUSA both write options for income.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDPI | QUSA | CDPI | QUSA | CDPI | QUSA | |
| 3 months | not published | −1.9% | not published | 3.6% | not published | −3.6 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +10.4% | not published | 7.8% | not published | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +3.5% | not published | 13.8% | not published | −11.7 pts |
| Since launch | +0.5% | +4.9% | 0.7% | 15.1% | −4.1 pts | −25.8 pts |
| CDPI Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF Covered call on SCHD | QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Columbia | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy | USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy |
| Pays | not established | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.2% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.45% | 0.97% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 0.7% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026) | 13.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.2% | −11.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +0.5% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026) | +3.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +4.6% | +15.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −4.1 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 66 days | 500 days |
| Net assets | not published | $22m |
CDPI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Jul 14, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, CDPI paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.5%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid periodically.
QUSA in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QUSA paid 13.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 11.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.5%. USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, CDPI or QUSA?
- CDPI charges 0.45% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so CDPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, CDPI against QUSA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cdpi-vs-qusa Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.