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DRKY vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its price in cash against QUSA’s 14.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $20m for VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF and $20m for VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF.

At a glance
15.2%
DRKY cash paid, 1 year
14.6%
QUSA cash paid, 1 year
+15.7%
DRKY total return, 1 year
+1.9%
QUSA total return, 1 year
DRKY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.9 pts ahead of SPY
DRKY
+15.7%
SPY
+14.8%

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

DRKY

+15.7%

15.2% as cash

0.9 pts ahead of SPY

15.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DRKY over 1 year: paid 15.2%, price −0.5%, total +15.7%, SPY +14.8%, +0.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QUSA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 12.9 pts behind SPY
QUSA
+1.9%
SPY
+14.8%

12.9 pts behind SPY

QUSA over 1 year: paid 14.6%, price −12.3%, total +1.9%, SPY +14.8%, −12.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

QUSA

+1.9%

12.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

12.9 pts behind SPY

QUSA over 1 year: paid 14.6%, price −12.3%, total +1.9%, SPY +14.8%, −12.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

QUSA

+1.9%

12.9 pts behind SPY

14.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QUSA over 1 year: paid 14.6%, price −12.3%, total +1.9%, SPY +14.8%, −12.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DRKY costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DRKY vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDRKYQUSA
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+15.7%+1.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.5%fell 12.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.95%0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$20m
Holdings
Holdings in common5%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DRKY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score59DRKY21.9QUSA

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

5%

By the books each fund has filed, DRKY and QUSA hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DRKY QUSA
Alphabet Inc 3.80% 4.97%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 3.03% 1.21%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DRKY
Natera Inc 27.89%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.64%
STMicroelectronics NV 7.05%
BBB Foods Inc 5.63%
Amazon.com Inc 4.79%
CDW Corp 4.68%
Insmed Inc 4.38%
Fox Corp 4.35%
Only in QUSA
Apple Inc 7.27%
Microsoft Corp 6.27%
NVIDIA Corp 6.15%
Visa Inc 5.70%
Lam Research Corp 4.91%
Mastercard Inc 4.37%
Adobe Inc 4.17%
Applied Materials Inc 4.17%
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Side by side

DRKY VistaShares Target 15 DRUKMacro Distribution ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.2% 15.4%
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 15.2% 14.6%
Price change, 1 year −0.5% −12.3%
Total return, 1 year +15.7% +1.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +0.9 pts −12.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 1.1 years 1.5 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $20m $20m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: DRKY vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDRKYQUSADRKYQUSADRKYQUSA
3 months+6.3%−8.5%4.0%3.6%+6.4 pts−8.4 pts
6 months+6.2%−5.5%7.5%7.3%+1.1 pts−10.5 pts
1 year+15.7%+1.9%15.2%14.6%+0.9 pts−12.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DRKY Oct 2025 · QUSA May 2025+20.0%−1.8%16.8%17.3%+4.8 pts−41.3 pts

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About each fund
DRKY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.2%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QUSA

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QUSA paid 14.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DRKY or QUSA?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DRKY paid 15.2% of its starting price in cash and QUSA paid 14.6%, so DRKY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DRKY or QUSA?
With every distribution reinvested, DRKY returned +15.7% and QUSA +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DRKY or QUSA?
DRKY charges 0.95% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so DRKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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