Which is cheaper, JUDO or SCEP?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and SCEP both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF, and $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

6.1%

SCEP cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+5.3%

SCEP total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

SCEP

+5.3%

none

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% 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

JUDO costs 0.10 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	SCEP
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	SCEP
Price change, 6 months	rose 2.7%	fell 1.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	SCEP
Benchmark	its own stocks	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	SCEP
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.65%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026	$7.0m	$235m
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	SCEP
Holdings in common	44%

Method

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and SCEP hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

44% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO SCEP

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79% 5.88%

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84% 5.61%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17% 4.60%

Apple, Inc. 4.38% 5.61%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56% 5.51%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64% 3.43%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31% 3.50%

Visa, Inc. 1.70% 1.94%

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.49% 1.49%

Johnson & Johnson 1.41% 1.51%

AbbVie, Inc. 1.29% 1.60%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07% 1.23%

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Only in JUDO

Micron Technology, Inc. 1.99%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.56%

Target Corp. 1.51%

American Express Co. 1.49%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.49%

GE Vernova, Inc. 1.44%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.39%

Only in SCEP

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.59%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 2.36%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 2.16%

WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.11%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.04%

EQUINIX INC 2.02%

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC 1.86%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 1.84%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer Janus Henderson Sterling Capital

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 7.0%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 6.1% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) −1.0% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +5.3% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published

Ahead or behind not available not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 224 days 328 days

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 $7.0m $235m

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

Window by window: JUDO vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	SCEP	JUDO	SCEP	JUDO	SCEP
3 months	−1.2%	−1.2%	1.6%	1.7%	+0.5 pts	+0.8 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+2.4%	3.1%	3.5%	+0.6 pts	+0.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · SCEP Dec 2025	+16.1%	+5.3%	3.8%	6.1%	not measured	not measured

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About each fund

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

SCEP

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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JUDO or SCEP?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

SCEP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCEP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SCEP 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Sterling Capital website ↗

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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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