Which paid more, JOYT or QUSA?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and QUSA paid 14.6%, 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, JOYT or QUSA?

With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and QUSA +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JOYT or QUSA?

JOYT charges 0.35% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QUSA paid 14.6% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $117m for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and $20m for VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

14.6%

QUSA cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

+1.9%

QUSA total return, 1 year

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 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%

14.6% cash

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

JOYT costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; JOYT is 5.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	QUSA
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	QUSA
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	fell 12.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	QUSA
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	QUSA
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$117m	$20m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	QUSA
Holdings in common	36%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JOYT scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score99.1JOYT21.9QUSA

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

JOYT 99.1

QUSA 21.9

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

36%

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and QUSA hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

36% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT QUSA

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29% 7.27%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57% 6.27%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18% 6.15%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 4.97%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53% 3.71%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17% 3.32%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10% 3.17%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.87% 4.37%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 0.89% 4.91%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 0.82% 1.21%

GE VERNOVA INC COMMON 0.52% 3.81%

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.44% 1.35%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JOYT

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.63%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.33%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.33%

Only in QUSA

Visa Inc 5.70%

Adobe Inc 4.17%

Applied Materials Inc 4.17%

Cisco Systems Inc 2.96%

GE AEROSPACE 2.89%

Newmont Corp 2.87%

Fortinet Inc 2.85%

KLA CORP 2.62%

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan VistaShares

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 15.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.97%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 14.6%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% −12.3%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −12.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 1.2 years 1.5 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $117m $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: JOYT vs QUSA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	QUSA	JOYT	QUSA	JOYT	QUSA
3 months	+2.0%	−8.5%	0.2%	3.6%	+2.2 pts	−8.4 pts
6 months	+7.8%	−5.5%	0.4%	7.3%	+2.8 pts	−10.5 pts
1 year	+14.6%	+1.9%	0.9%	14.6%	−0.1 pts	−12.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · QUSA May 2025	+21.6%	−1.8%	0.9%	17.3%	+0.1 pts	−41.3 pts

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About each fund

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

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. 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.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or QUSA?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and QUSA paid 14.6%, 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, JOYT or QUSA?: With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and QUSA +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or QUSA?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and QUSA charges 0.97%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

QUSA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QUSA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QUSA 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for QUSA ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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