Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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QUSA vs TPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF, and $2.1m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF.

At a glance
14.6%
QUSA cash paid, 1 year
6.6%
TPAY cash paid, since launch, Feb 18, 2026
+1.9%
QUSA total return, 1 year
+11.6%
TPAY total return, since launch, Feb 18, 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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.
TPAY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind VOO
TPAY
+11.6%
VOO
+12.6%

1 pt behind VOO

TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+12.6%

TPAY

+11.6%

6.6% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind VOO

TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+12.6%

TPAY

+11.6%

1 pt behind VOO

6.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TPAY costs 0.48 points a year less; QUSA is 9.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QUSA vs TPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQUSATPAY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+1.9%not published
Price changefell 12.3% (1 year)rose 4.6% (since Feb 18, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 12.9 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.97%0.49%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$2.1m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, QUSA and TPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QUSA TPAY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QUSA
Apple Inc 7.27%
Microsoft Corp 6.27%
NVIDIA Corp 6.15%
Visa Inc 5.70%
Alphabet Inc 4.97%
Lam Research Corp 4.91%
Mastercard Inc 4.37%
Adobe Inc 4.17%
Only in TPAY
SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 44.68%
SPY 04/16/2027 33.18 C 44.62%
SPYM 03/12/2027 3.33 C 6.11%
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Side by side

QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly TPAY Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 15.4% 9.5%
Expense ratio 0.97% 0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year 14.6% 6.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −12.3% +4.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +1.9% +11.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.6% (since launch, Feb 18, 2026)
Ahead or behind −12.9 pts −1.0 pts (since launch, Feb 18, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 1.5 years 259 days
Net assets, QUSA as of Nov 3, 2026 and TPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 $20m $2.1m

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: QUSA vs TPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQUSATPAYQUSATPAYQUSATPAY
3 months−8.5%−0.8%3.6%2.3%−8.4 pts−0.7 pts
6 months−5.5%+4.2%7.3%4.7%−10.5 pts−0.8 pts
1 year+1.9%–14.6%–−12.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: QUSA May 2025 · TPAY Feb 2026−1.8%+11.6%17.3%6.6%−41.3 pts−1.1 pts

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About each fund
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.

TPAY

Over the period from its first trade on Feb 18, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, TPAY paid 6.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.6%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.5%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QUSA or TPAY?
QUSA charges 0.97% a year and TPAY charges 0.49%, so TPAY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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