Data as of .
HEMI vs QUSA: which paid, and which earned it?
HEMI and QUSA both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and QUSA hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | HEMI | QUSA |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc | 5.86% | 5.99% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 9.11% | 5.78% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.72% | 6.08% |
| Broadcom Inc | 4.02% | 4.70% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.66% | 4.28% |
| Alphabet Inc | 7.69% | 2.22% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 2.13% | 4.24% |
| Mastercard Inc | 2.04% | 2.51% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.70% | 4.17% |
| KLA Corp | 1.39% | 2.69% |
| Netflix Inc | 1.39% | 3.79% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 1.15% | 1.41% |
| Only in HEMI | Only in QUSA |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc 5.73% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.35% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42% | Caterpillar Inc 4.91% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.89% | Costco Wholesale Corp 4.40% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71% | Coca-Cola Co/The 4.33% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.28% | Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.85% |
| Welltower Inc 1.26% | Lam Research Corp 3.47% |
| AutoZone Inc 1.21% | Visa Inc 3.37% |
| Micron Technology Inc 1.15% | 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEMI | QUSA | HEMI | QUSA | HEMI | QUSA | |
| 3 months | +0.8% | −1.9% | 2.2% | 3.6% | −1.5 pts | −3.6 pts |
| 6 months | +13.6% | +10.4% | 4.9% | 7.8% | −4.5 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +3.5% | not published | 13.8% | not published | −11.7 pts |
| Since launch | +11.2% | +4.9% | 6.0% | 15.1% | −3.4 pts | −25.8 pts |
| HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Hartford | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.1% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.97% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) | 13.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +4.9% | −11.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) | +3.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +14.7% | +15.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.4 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 275 days | 500 days |
| Net assets | $33m | $22m |
HEMI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, HEMI paid 6.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, 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, HEMI or QUSA?
- HEMI charges 0.49% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so HEMI 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, HEMI against QUSA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/hemi-vs-qusa Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.