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GQI

GradeANew York Stock Exchange Arca

Natixis Gateway Quality Income ETF

Option Income · Natixis · Inception 2023-12-13

$60.65−0.39 (−0.65%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:09 PM EDT

History starts Dec 13, 2023.
Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 61.04 to 60.65. Range 60.65 to 61.05. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$60.70$60.80$60.90$61.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.34%
Fund size
$296M
1Y return
+19.6%
Yield · Last 12 months
8.57%
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$61.01
52W range
low $53.47high $61.29

The ETF.net GQI Grade

A

75/ 100

Rank 5 of 52 in S&P 500 Option Income

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for GQI. Scores out of 100: Cost 80, Risk 62, Mission 100, Tradability 64, Holdings 50, Durability 56. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Holdings (50). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 75 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    AScore 80
    Category rank11/52 · top 21%
  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 100
    Category rank4/34 · top 12%
  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 62
    Category rank16/52 · top 31%
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 64
    Category rank11/52 · top 21%
  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 50
    Category rank25/41 · mid-pack
  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 56
    Category rank26/52 · top 50%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on GQI

ETF.net Research

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.

Stated mandate

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

  1. 01The options overlay covers 50% of the equity portfolio by design, so half the stock sleeve is never sitting under a call strike.
  2. 02At 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%).
  3. 03The equity side is a diversified basket of high-quality US common stocks, an advertised quality screen rather than a straight index clone.
  4. 04Cash 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

  1. 01Written calls cap gains on the covered half. That is the trade: option premium now in exchange for giving up part of a strong rally.
  2. 02Shares are thinly traded, so the spread you pay getting in and out can matter more than the expense ratio.
  3. 03A 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

As of Sep 20, 2026, 6:39 AM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
Top-10 weight
41%
Largest holding
NVDA8.3%

Sectors

  • Technology39.3%
  • Consumer Discr.10.7%
  • Health Care10.6%
  • Financials10.0%
  • Communication9.7%
  • Industrials7.9%
  • Cons. Staples6.0%
  • Energy3.9%
  • Materials1.1%
  • Utilities0.5%
  • Real Estate0.3%

Geography

  • United States97.61%
  • Singapore0.97%
  • Ireland0.64%
  • Sweden0.47%
  • Canada0.31%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 9.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDANVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.0018.34%109,226$24M828
002AAPLAPPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.000017.61%64,857$22M707
003GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.0015.36%44,345$15M704
004MSFTMICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.000006254.07%23,495$12M792
005AMZNAMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.013.24%36,988$9M720
006ROYAL BANK OF CANADA SPX 09/29/262.63%943$8M1
007BNP PARIBAS ISSUANCE B.V. SPX 10/13/262.51%920$7M1
008UBS AG LONDON BRANCH SPX 09/22/262.45%865$7M1
009MAMASTERCARD INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00012.29%11,628$7M512
010METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.0000062.22%9,358$6M683
011AVGOBROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK1.99%16,494$6M732
012MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.11.86%5,460$5M655
013GS FINANCE CORP SPX 10/20/261.64%626$5M1
014LLYELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK1.44%3,582$4M569
015COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COMMON STOCK USD.0051.37%4,398$4M465

Showing 1–15 of 125 holdings

GQI Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

GQI$11,962
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. GQI $11,962. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,336$10,748$12,160Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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.

Trailing total return for GQI. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodGQI
Year to date+13.9%
1 month+2.1%
3 months+6.2%
1 year+19.6%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for GQI
YearReturn barGQI
2026 YTD+13.9%
2025+15.4%
2024+16.0%
2023+0.7%

Since listing, Dec 13, 2023

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GQI Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
8.57%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$5.23Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.41 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 33 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Dec 22, 2023 $0.16; Feb 1, 2024 $0.39; Mar 1, 2024 $0.28; Apr 1, 2024 $0.32; May 1, 2024 $0.32; Jun 3, 2024 $0.38; Jul 1, 2024 $0.29; Aug 1, 2024 $0.31; Sep 3, 2024 $0.42; Oct 1, 2024 $0.38; Nov 1, 2024 $0.39; Dec 2, 2024 $0.42; Dec 20, 2024 $0.32; Feb 3, 2025 $0.38; Mar 3, 2025 $0.38; Apr 1, 2025 $0.40; May 1, 2025 $0.60; Jun 2, 2025 $0.62; Jul 1, 2025 $0.40; Aug 1, 2025 $0.42; Sep 2, 2025 $0.37; Oct 1, 2025 $0.34; Nov 3, 2025 $0.38; Dec 1, 2025 $0.40; Dec 30, 2025 $0.42; Feb 2, 2026 $0.47; Mar 2, 2026 $0.42; Apr 1, 2026 $0.53; May 1, 2026 $0.61; Jun 1, 2026 $0.39; Jul 1, 2026 $0.33; Aug 3, 2026 $0.52; Sep 1, 2026 $0.41. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 1, 2026Sep 2, 2026$0.41
Aug 3, 2026Aug 4, 2026$0.52
Jul 1, 2026Jul 2, 2026$0.33
Jun 1, 2026Jun 2, 2026$0.39
May 1, 2026May 4, 2026$0.61
Apr 1, 2026Apr 2, 2026$0.53
Mar 2, 2026Mar 3, 2026$0.42
Feb 2, 2026Feb 3, 2026$0.47
Dec 30, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.42
Dec 1, 2025Dec 2, 2025$0.40
Nov 3, 2025Nov 4, 2025$0.38
Oct 1, 2025Oct 2, 2025$0.34

GQI Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
9.0%
Annualised · 32 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.25
vs 3-month T-bills · 32 months to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−16.5%
33 months · trough Apr 2025
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.71
vs its asset-class index
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

Expense ratio0.34%
  • The middle half of S&P 500 Option Income funds
  • Median 0.60%

10 of the 51 S&P 500 Option Income funds charge less.

GQI costs $34.00 a year on $10,000. The median S&P 500 Option Income fund costs $60.00.