Data as of .
OEI vs QUSA: which paid, and which earned it?
OEI and QUSA both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, OEI and QUSA hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | OEI | QUSA |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp | 5.99% | 6.08% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 8.32% | 5.78% |
| Apple Inc | 4.28% | 5.99% |
| Broadcom Inc | 3.04% | 4.70% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.48% | 2.22% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.18% | 4.28% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.10% | 2.93% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.79% | 1.84% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 1.80% | 4.24% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 1.60% | 5.35% |
| Mastercard Inc | 1.57% | 2.51% |
| General Electric Co | 1.41% | 2.75% |
| Only in OEI | Only in QUSA |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc 4.56% | KLA CORP 2.69% |
| Micron Technology Inc 2.57% | Lockheed Martin Corp 1.76% |
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.07% | Fortinet Inc 1.49% |
| Booking Holdings Inc 1.89% | LRCX US 10/02/26 C295 0.10% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65% | AMAT US 10/02/26 C452.5 0.07% |
| AbbVie Inc 1.57% | BRKB US 09/25/26 P512.5 0.05% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.56% | AAPL US 09/25/26 C342.5 0.03% |
| Cisco Systems Inc 1.54% | AVGO US 09/25/26 C370 0.03% |
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 Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OEI | QUSA | OEI | QUSA | OEI | QUSA | |
| 3 months | +4.8% | −1.9% | 2.3% | 3.6% | +2.5 pts | −3.6 pts |
| 6 months | +12.5% | +10.4% | 4.9% | 7.8% | −5.6 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +3.5% | not published | 13.8% | not published | −11.7 pts |
| Since launch | +14.4% | +4.9% | 8.6% | 15.1% | −0.9 pts | −25.8 pts |
| OEI Optimized Equity Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Core Alternative | 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 | 9.2% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 1.02% | 0.97% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) | 13.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +5.2% | −11.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) | +3.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +15.3% | +15.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.9 pts | −11.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 331 days | 500 days |
| Net assets | $46m | $22m |
OEI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, 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, OEI or QUSA?
- OEI charges 1.02% 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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Cite this page. ETFIQ, OEI against QUSA, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/oei-vs-qusa Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.