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GRNI vs QUSA: which paid, and which earned it?

GRNI and QUSA both write options for income.

Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF.

7.8%GRNI cash paid, 1 year
13.8%QUSA cash paid, 1 year
+14.5%GRNI total return, 1 year
+3.5%QUSA total return, 1 year
GRNI2.1 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%GRNI+14.5%7.8% of it arrived as cash2.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%GRNI+14.5%2.1 pts behind SPY
QUSA11.7 pts behind QUAL · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QUAL+15.2%QUSA+3.5%13.8% as cash11.7 pts behind QUALTotal return, distributions reinvestedQUAL+15.2%QUSA+3.5%11.7 pts behind QUAL

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GRNI and QUSA hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GRNI and QUSA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGRNIQUSA
Broadcom Inc2.90%4.70%
Netflix Inc2.79%3.79%
Caterpillar Inc2.73%4.91%
KLA Corp2.75%2.69%
NVIDIA Corp2.46%5.78%
Apple Inc2.39%5.99%
Microsoft Corp2.37%6.08%
Costco Wholesale Corp2.37%4.40%
Meta Platforms Inc2.23%4.28%
Alphabet Inc2.96%2.22%
General Electric Co2.06%2.75%
Only in each
Only in GRNIOnly in QUSA
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.11%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.35%
Quanta Services Inc 3.23%Coca-Cola Co/The 4.33%
GE Vernova Inc 3.08%Eli Lilly & Co 4.24%
Strategy Inc 3.04%Walmart Inc 4.17%
Amazon.com Inc 2.99%Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.85%
Arista Networks Inc 2.86%Lam Research Corp 3.47%
Eaton Corp PLC 2.64%Visa Inc 3.37%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T 2.61%Blackrock Inc 2.99%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GRNI and QUSA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
GRNIQUSAGRNIQUSAGRNIQUSA
3 months+2.1%−1.9%2.5%3.6%−0.2 pts−3.6 pts
6 months+16.3%+10.4%5.4%7.8%−1.8 pts−4.3 pts
1 yearnot published+3.5%not published13.8%not published−11.7 pts
Since launch+14.5%+4.9%7.8%15.1%−2.1 pts−25.8 pts
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GRNI and QUSA on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GRNI
Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
QUSA
VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF
Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly
IssuerFundstratVistaShares
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.0%15.3%
Expense ratio0.99%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year7.8% (since launch on Nov 18, 2025)13.8%
Price change, 1 year+6.2%−11.0%
Total return, 1 year+14.5% (since launch on Nov 18, 2025)+3.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+15.2%
Ahead or behind−2.1 pts−11.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age304 days500 days
Net assets$49m$22m

GRNI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, GRNI paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.0%, 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 is cheaper, GRNI or QUSA?
GRNI charges 0.99% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so QUSA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GRNI against QUSA, 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, GRNI against QUSA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/grni-vs-qusa Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources