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QUSA vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF, beside XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF.

At a glance
14.6%
QUSA cash paid, 1 year
1.5%
VOOY cash paid, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
+1.9%
QUSA total return, 1 year
+0.3%
VOOY total return, since launch, Sep 2, 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.
VOOY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
VOOY
+0.3%
none

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

VOOY costs 0.22 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QUSA vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQUSAVOOY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+1.9%not published
Price changefell 12.3% (1 year)fell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.97%0.75%
Net assets$20mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly VOOY XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF · Option income
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) none
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 15.4% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.97% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 14.6% 1.5% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −12.3% −1.2% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +1.9% +0.3% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published
Ahead or behind −12.9 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 26%
Age 1.5 years 63 days
Net assets $20m not read by ETFIQ

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 VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQUSAVOOYQUSAVOOYQUSAVOOY
3 months−8.5%–3.6%–−8.4 pts–
6 months−5.5%–7.3%–−10.5 pts–
1 year+1.9%–14.6%–−12.8 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: QUSA May 2025 · VOOY Sep 2026−1.8%+0.3%17.3%1.5%−41.3 ptsnot measured

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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.

VOOY

Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, QUSA or VOOY?
QUSA charges 0.97% a year and VOOY charges 0.75%, so VOOY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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