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QUSA vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its price in cash against QUSA’s 14.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF, and $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
14.6%
QUSA cash paid, 1 year
25.5%
XDTE cash paid, 1 year
+1.9%
QUSA total return, 1 year
+14.6%
XDTE total return, 1 year
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.
XDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY
XDTE
+14.6%
SPY
+14.8%

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% of it arrived as cash

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XDTE

+14.6%

25.5% as cash

about even with SPY

25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.97% a year; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; XDTE is 15.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QUSA vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureQUSAXDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+1.9%+14.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 12.3%fell 13.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.97%0.97%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$20m$315m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XDTE scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score21.9QUSA39.2XDTE

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, QUSA and XDTE 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 XDTE
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 XDTE
SPY 11/19/2027 77.43 C 90.03%
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Side by side

QUSA VistaShares Target 15 USA Quality Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XDTE Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 15.4% 12.4%
Expense ratio 0.97% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 14.6% 25.5%
Price change, 1 year −12.3% −13.2%
Total return, 1 year +1.9% +14.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −12.9 pts −0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 100%
Age 1.5 years 2.7 years
Net assets, QUSA as of Nov 3, 2026 and XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 $20m $321m

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 XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowQUSAXDTEQUSAXDTEQUSAXDTE
3 months−8.5%+1.0%3.6%4.2%−8.4 pts+1.2 pts
6 months−5.5%+5.5%7.3%9.3%−10.5 pts+0.5 pts
1 year+1.9%+14.6%14.6%25.5%−12.8 pts−0.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: QUSA May 2025 · XDTE Mar 2024−1.8%+47.4%17.3%60.8%−41.3 pts−6.4 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.

XDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, QUSA or XDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QUSA paid 14.6% of its starting price in cash and XDTE paid 25.5%, so XDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QUSA or XDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, QUSA returned +1.9% and XDTE +14.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, QUSA or XDTE?
QUSA and XDTE both charge 0.97% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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