Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
MPIM vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
SCEP costs 0.05 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | MPIM | SCEP |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 12.8% (since Aug 12, 2026) | fell 1.4% (6 months) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | its own stocks |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 0.6 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.70% | 0.65% |
| Net assets | not read by ETFIQ | $235m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
Not measured
MPIM since launch: paid 3.0%, price −12.8%, total −10.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
MPIM
−10.0%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
MPIM since launch: paid 3.0%, price −12.8%, total −10.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
MPIM
−10.0%
3.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. MPIM since launch: paid 3.0%, price −12.8%, total −10.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Not measured
SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −0.9%, total +5.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
SCEP
+5.4%
6.1% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −0.9%, total +5.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
SCEP
+5.4%
6.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −0.9%, total +5.4%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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 | MPIM | SCEP | MPIM | SCEP | MPIM | SCEP |
| 3 months | −10.6% | −1.6% | 3.0% | 1.7% | not measured | +0.6 pts |
| 6 months | – | +2.1% | – | 3.5% | – | +0.6 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: MPIM Aug 2026 · SCEP Dec 2025 | −10.0% | +5.4% | 3.0% | 6.1% | not measured | not measured |
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MPIM
Over the period from its first trade on Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, MPIM paid 3.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 12.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −10.0%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 17.0%, paid periodically.
SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +1.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 12, 2026, SCEP paid 3.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. At its price on Nov 12, 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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MPIM and SCEP both write options for income.
MPIM and SCEP
Total return, distributions reinvested, 3 months.
MPIM −10.6%, SCEP −1.6%: SCEP +9.0 pts ahead, 3 months, Aug 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.