Natixis Gateway Quality Income ETF
$61.42−0.15 (−0.24%)
- 0.34%
- $304M
- +23.6%
- 8.55%
- 0M sh
- $61.33
- low $53.47high $61.57
The ETF.net GQI Grade
A
Score 75 out of 100
- 6 of 52
Score 75 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A80 out of 100Rank 11 of 52Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 35Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B60 out of 100Rank 18 of 52Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B66 out of 100Rank 12 of 52Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C50 out of 100Rank 24 of 41Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B55 out of 100Rank 27 of 52
Our read on GQI
AMost S&P 500 income funds sell calls against the whole book. GQI writes options on half its equity, leaves the other half unencumbered, screens its stocks for quality, and pays monthly.
The Fund seeks current income with capital-appreciation potential. It invests in diversified high-quality U.S. common stocks and uses an options-selling overlay on 50% of the equity portfolio to support monthly cash distributions, enhance return, and reduce downside risk.
Why people hold it
- The options overlay covers 50% of the equity portfolio by design, so half the stock sleeve is never sitting under a call strike.
- At 0.34%, it undercuts the 0.60% median of its S&P 500 options-income cohort, and sits well below peers like SPYI (0.68%) and XYLD (0.60%).
- The equity side is a diversified basket of high-quality US common stocks, an advertised quality screen rather than a straight index clone.
- Cash goes out monthly, and the portfolio tracks the mandate in its prospectus closely. Rated in the top quartile of a 51-fund cohort of S&P 500 income strategies.
Worth knowing
- Written calls cap gains on the covered half. That is the trade: option premium now in exchange for giving up part of a strong rally.
- Shares are thinly traded, so the spread you pay getting in and out can matter more than the expense ratio.
- A 2023 launch with an asset base in the tens to low hundreds of millions, smaller and younger than the household names in this category.
GQI Holdings
- Other
- 125
- 41%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology40.6%
- Health Care10.5%
- Consumer Discretionary10.1%
- Communication10.0%
- Financials9.3%
- Industrials7.8%
- Consumer Staples5.8%
- Energy4.0%
- Materials1.0%
- Utilities0.5%
- Real Estate0.3%
Geography
- United States98.63%
- Ireland0.65%
- Sweden0.43%
- Canada0.29%
GQI Performance
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GQI$12,363
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | GQI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.7% |
| 1 month | +3.2% |
| 3 months | +5.5% |
| 1 year | +23.6% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GQI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.7% | |
| 2025 | +15.4% | |
| 2024 | +16.0% | |
| 2023 | +0.7% |
GQI in the news
GQI Dividends
- 8.55%
- $5.27
- $0.38 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
GQI Risk
- 8.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.24
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −16.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.71
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GQI Cost
0.34%
GQI0.34%
- The middle half of S&P 500 Option Income funds
- Median 0.60%
9 of the 51 S&P 500 Option Income funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P 500 Option Income
- AGPIXGoldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +20.3%
- AXYLDGlobal X - S&P 500 Covered Call ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +19.9%
- AFYEEFidelity Yield Enhanced Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.31%1 year return +21.2%
- APBPInvesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +20.1%
- APHEQParametric Hedged Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +14.3%