- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Income
- Address
- 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100 Denver CO United States of America 80203
- IPO Date
- Jul 14, 2015
- Business
- ALPS | O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA) is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the performance, before fees and expenses, of the O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend Index. The fund provides cost-efficient access to a portfolio of approximately 100 large-cap and mid-cap U.S. companies selected and weighted based on multi-factor criteria, including high quality metrics such as profitability and leverage, low volatility, high dividend yield, and strong dividend growth characteristics; it imposes a 5% cap per holding to mitigate concentration risk. OUSA emphasizes capital preservation through its focus on financially robust dividend payers across sectors like technology, healthcare, and consumer staples, while excluding areas such as energy, real estate, utilities, and materials; top holdings typically include Microsoft, Home Depot, Visa, Apple, and Johnson & Johnson. Launched on July 14, 2015, and listed on Cboe BZX, the ETF is managed by SS&C ALPS Advisors, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with net assets exceeding $819 million, a 0.48% expense ratio, and monthly dividend distributions.
In recent years, SS&C Technologies acquired O’Shares ETFs in 2022, reorganizing OUSA and three other funds into SS&C ALPS Advisors' lineup to expand product offerings, enhance distribution, and leverage O’Shares' proprietary indexes under ongoing license agreements, a move that integrated approximately $1.5 billion in assets. Performance data prior to June 21, 2022, reflects management under the prior OSI ETF Trust structure, with subsequent tracking aligned to the blended O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend Index incorporating elements of the prior FTSE USA Qual/Vol/Yield Factor 5% Capped Index through May 31, 2020. As of Q2 2025, OUSA delivered a 1.82% quarterly return amid U.S. large-cap rallies driven by softer inflation and AI enthusiasm, underperforming broader value benchmarks but benefiting from its quality tilt; the fund maintains full daily holdings transparency and operates as a passively managed, open-end investment company with 1099 taxation.