Data as of .
QUSA vs SCEP: which paid, and which earned it?
QUSA and SCEP both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, QUSA and SCEP hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | QUSA | SCEP |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc | 5.99% | 5.71% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 5.78% | 5.70% |
| Broadcom Inc | 4.70% | 5.61% |
| Microsoft Corp | 6.08% | 3.49% |
| Lam Research Corp | 3.47% | 2.64% |
| Costco Wholesale Corp | 4.40% | 2.40% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 4.28% | 2.23% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.22% | 5.98% |
| Visa Inc | 3.37% | 1.98% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2.93% | 1.54% |
| Walmart Inc | 4.17% | 1.05% |
| Netflix Inc | 3.79% | 1.01% |
| Only in QUSA | Only in SCEP |
|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.35% | AMAZON.COM INC 4.68% |
| Caterpillar Inc 4.91% | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.55% |
| Coca-Cola Co/The 4.33% | PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.63% |
| Eli Lilly & Co 4.24% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 2.19% |
| Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.85% | WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.15% |
| Blackrock Inc 2.99% | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.07% |
| GE AEROSPACE 2.75% | EQUINIX INC 2.05% |
| KLA CORP 2.69% | AMPHENOL CORP 1.94% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUSA | SCEP | QUSA | SCEP | QUSA | SCEP | |
| 3 months | −1.9% | −0.1% | 3.6% | 1.7% | −3.6 pts | −2.4 pts |
| 6 months | +10.4% | +8.3% | 7.8% | 3.7% | −4.3 pts | −9.7 pts |
| 1 year | +3.5% | not published | 13.8% | not published | −11.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +4.9% | +3.5% | 15.1% | 5.0% | −25.8 pts | −8.2 pts |
| QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly | SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | Sterling Capital |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 15.3% | 7.1% |
| Expense ratio | 0.97% | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 13.8% | 5.0% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | −11.0% | −1.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +3.5% | +3.5% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +15.2% | +11.7% |
| Ahead or behind | −11.7 pts | −8.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 500 days | 281 days |
| Net assets | $22m | $235m |
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.
SCEP in plain words
Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SCEP paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, QUSA or SCEP?
- QUSA charges 0.97% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so SCEP 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, QUSA against SCEP, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/qusa-vs-scep Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.