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QUSA vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?

QUSA and TPRY both write options for income.

VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF.

13.8%QUSA cash paid, 1 year
7.4%TPRY cash paid, 1 year
+3.5%QUSA total return, 1 year
+2.1%TPRY total return, 1 year
QUSA11.7 pts behind QUAL · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QUAL+15.2%QUSA+3.5%13.8% as cash11.7 pts behind QUALTotal return, distributions reinvestedQUAL+15.2%QUSA+3.5%11.7 pts behind QUAL
TPRY9.3 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%7.4% cash9.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.4%TPRY+2.1%9.3 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUSA and TPRY hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QUSA and TPRY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQUSATPRY
Apple Inc5.99%4.91%
NVIDIA Corp5.78%4.39%
Meta Platforms Inc4.28%5.35%
Lam Research Corp3.47%4.08%
Alphabet Inc2.22%6.91%
Broadcom Inc4.70%1.49%
QUALCOMM Inc1.95%1.38%
Only in each
Only in QUSAOnly in TPRY
Microsoft Corp 6.08%Micron Technology Inc 13.23%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 5.35%Amazon.com Inc 12.40%
Caterpillar Inc 4.91%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 8.48%
Costco Wholesale Corp 4.40%Uber Technologies Inc 5.23%
Coca-Cola Co/The 4.33%Vistra Corp 4.57%
Eli Lilly & Co 4.24%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46%
Walmart Inc 4.17%Boeing Co/The 4.30%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 3.85%NRG Energy Inc 4.18%

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 Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QUSA and TPRY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QUSATPRYQUSATPRYQUSATPRY
3 months−1.9%−5.9%3.6%3.5%−3.6 pts−8.2 pts
6 months+10.4%+11.9%7.8%8.1%−4.3 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+3.5%not published13.8%not published−11.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+4.9%+2.1%15.1%7.4%−25.8 pts−9.3 pts
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QUSA and TPRY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QUSA
VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF
Covered call on QUAL, paying monthly
TPRY
VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerVistaSharesVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkUSA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized15.3%15.3%
Expense ratio0.97%0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year13.8%7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−11.0%−5.4%
Total return, 1 year+3.5%+2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+15.2%+11.4%
Ahead or behind−11.7 pts−9.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age500 days204 days
Net assets$22m$4m

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.

TPRY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QUSA or TPRY?
QUSA charges 0.97% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so TPRY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QUSA against TPRY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, QUSA against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/qusa-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources