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IVVW vs SCLZ: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: IVVW scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

IVVW 61.3SCLZ 43.63.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

IVVW0.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% cash0.6 pts ahead of SPY
SCLZ14 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%8.4% of it arrived as cash14 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%14 pts behind SCHD

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and SCLZ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in SCLZ
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 100.84%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.89%
USD CASH 0.66%APPLE INC 6.15%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.14%NVIDIA CORP 5.99%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.64%ALPHABET INC 5.18%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%
BROADCOM INC 4.71%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.86%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.75%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVVW and SCLZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWSCLZIVVWSCLZIVVWSCLZ
3 months+4.6%+2.9%2.6%2.1%+2.4 pts−3.6 pts
6 months+13.1%+14.2%7.9%3.8%−4.9 pts+1.6 pts
1 year+17.2%+13.2%17.5%8.4%+0.6 pts−14.0 pts
Since launch+38.9%+36.5%39.7%19.6%−14.9 pts−6.3 pts
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IVVW and SCLZ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SCLZ
Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
IssueriSharesSwan
Strategycovered calldividend stocks with call overlay
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.6%8.5%
Expense ratio0.25%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%8.4%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%+4.1%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+13.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+27.2%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts−14.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age917 days934 days
Net assets$350m$20m

IVVW in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.6%, paid monthly.

SCLZ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or SCLZ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.4%, so IVVW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IVVW or SCLZ?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and SCLZ returned +13.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or SCLZ?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IVVW against SCLZ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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