Data as of .
QUSA vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
QUSA and TPRY both write options for income.
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.
| Holding | QUSA | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc | 5.99% | 4.91% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 5.78% | 4.39% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 4.28% | 5.35% |
| Lam Research Corp | 3.47% | 4.08% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.22% | 6.91% |
| Broadcom Inc | 4.70% | 1.49% |
| QUALCOMM Inc | 1.95% | 1.38% |
| Only in QUSA | Only 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUSA | TPRY | QUSA | TPRY | QUSA | TPRY | |
| 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 published | 13.8% | not published | −11.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +4.9% | +2.1% | 15.1% | 7.4% | −25.8 pts | −9.3 pts |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | VistaShares | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | USA Quality (QUAL), used as the quality proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 15.3% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.97% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 13.8% | 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 estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 500 days | 204 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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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.