Data as of .
EGGY vs QUSA: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year EGGY paid 28.1% of its price in cash against QUSA’s 13.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: EGGY scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and QUSA hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | EGGY | QUSA |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co | 4.01% | 4.24% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.68% | 2.22% |
| Only in EGGY | Only in QUSA |
|---|---|
| Seagate Technology Holdings PL 12.31% | Microsoft Corp 6.08% |
| Bloom Energy Corp 10.77% | Apple Inc 5.99% |
| Micron Technology Inc 7.95% | NVIDIA Corp 5.78% |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc 6.86% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.35% |
| Astera Labs Inc 6.85% | Caterpillar Inc 4.91% |
| Coherent Corp 5.81% | Broadcom Inc 4.70% |
| Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60% | Costco Wholesale Corp 4.40% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.86% | Coca-Cola Co/The 4.33% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGGY | QUSA | EGGY | QUSA | EGGY | QUSA | |
| 3 months | −15.1% | −1.9% | 7.1% | 3.6% | −17.3 pts | −3.6 pts |
| 6 months | +27.6% | +10.4% | 19.4% | 7.8% | +9.6 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | +15.3% | +3.5% | 28.1% | 13.8% | −1.2 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Since launch | +42.3% | +4.9% | 45.5% | 15.1% | +11.8 pts | −25.8 pts |
| EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Nest Egg | VistaShares |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 34.8% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.92% | 0.97% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 28.1% | 13.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | −16.2% | −11.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +15.3% | +3.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +15.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −1.2 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 630 days | 500 days |
| Net assets | $126m | $22m |
EGGY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.8%, paid monthly.
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 paid more, EGGY or QUSA?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting price in cash and QUSA paid 13.8%, so EGGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or QUSA?
- With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned +15.3% and QUSA returned +3.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so EGGY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, EGGY or QUSA?
- EGGY charges 0.92% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so EGGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
Where these figures came from
ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.
Cite this page. ETFIQ, EGGY against QUSA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/eggy-vs-qusa Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.