Data as of .
FDND vs QUSA: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year QUSA paid 13.8% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FDND scores higher
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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, FDND and QUSA hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | QUSA |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 4.28% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 3.79% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 2.22% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 4.65% | 1.84% |
| Only in FDND | Only in QUSA |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. 9.98% | Microsoft Corp 6.08% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.66% | Apple Inc 5.99% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | NVIDIA Corp 5.78% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.35% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. 4.28% | Caterpillar Inc 4.91% |
| Oracle Corporation 4.08% | Broadcom Inc 4.70% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | Costco Wholesale Corp 4.40% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | 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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | QUSA | FDND | QUSA | FDND | QUSA | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | −1.9% | 2.0% | 3.6% | +8.5 pts | −3.6 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +10.4% | 4.3% | 7.8% | +4.8 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +3.5% | 7.1% | 13.8% | −14.1 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +4.9% | 20.4% | 15.1% | −0.5 pts | −25.8 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | VistaShares |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.97% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 13.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | −11.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +3.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +15.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 500 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $22m |
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, 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, FDND or QUSA?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and QUSA paid 13.8%, so QUSA paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, FDND or QUSA?
- With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −0.6% and QUSA returned +3.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QUSA returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FDND or QUSA?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so FDND 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, FDND against QUSA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fdnd-vs-qusa Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.