Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
GRNI vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
GRNI and SCEP both write options for income.
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Net assets: $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF, and $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF.
Not measured
GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
GRNI
+9.0%
9.5% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
GRNI
+9.0%
9.5% as cash
9.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Not measured
SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SCEP
+5.3%
6.1% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SCEP
+5.3%
6.1% cash
6.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SCEP costs 0.34 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | GRNI | SCEP |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change, 6 months | fell 6.4% | fell 1.1% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | its own stocks |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 0.8 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.65% |
| Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 | $55m | $235m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 32% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, GRNI and SCEP hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
half
32% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GRNI | SCEP | GRNI | SCEP | GRNI | SCEP |
| 3 months | −3.9% | −1.2% | 2.5% | 1.7% | −0.6 pts | +0.8 pts |
| 6 months | −1.6% | +2.4% | 5.0% | 3.5% | −0.8 pts | +0.4 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · SCEP Dec 2025 | +9.0% | +5.3% | 9.5% | 6.1% | not measured | not measured |
GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.
SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, SCEP paid 3.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.4%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly. Sterling Capital estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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