PAYM vs SCA: Dividend Yield & Total Return

PAYM and SCA both write options for income. Net assets: $128m on Jul 31, 2026 for TrueShares S&P Autocallable Defensive Income ETF, and $4m on Oct 20, 2026 for GraniteShares Autocallable SMCI ETF.

Ask IQ about this page

Ask IQ about PAYM and SCA

Answers cite the figures on this page.

PAYM costs 0.33 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PAYM vs SCA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
PAYMSCA
Expense ratio0.74%1.07%
Net assets, PAYM as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCA as of Oct 20, 2026$128m$4m
Benchmarknot publishedSuper Micro (SMCI)
Holdings in commonnot published
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 27.7 pts
Price changefell 2.6% (since May 28, 2026)fell 4.4% (since May 27, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate29% of the Sep 11, 2026 payment
4.0%
PAYM cash paid, since launch, May 28, 2026
15.9%
SCA cash paid, since launch, May 27, 2026
+1.5%
PAYM total return, since launch, May 28, 2026
+12.8%
SCA total return, since launch, May 27, 2026

Get the week's ETF fund flows by email, every Monday.

Plus the Friday ETF note. Confirm from the link that arrives, and unsubscribe in one click. See Privacy.

PAYM · since launch to Oct 20, 2026Not measured
PAYM
+1.5%
none

Not measured

PAYM since launch: paid 4.0%, price −2.6%, total +1.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

PAYM

+1.5%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

PAYM since launch: paid 4.0%, price −2.6%, total +1.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

PAYM

+1.5%

4.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. PAYM since launch: paid 4.0%, price −2.6%, total +1.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SCA · since launch to Oct 20, 202627.8 pts ahead of SMCI
SCA
+12.8%
SMCI
−15.0%

27.8 pts ahead of SMCI

SCA since launch: paid 15.9%, price −4.4%, total +12.8%, SMCI −15.0%, +27.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SMCI

−15.0%

SCA

+12.8%

15.9% of it arrived as cash

27.8 pts ahead of SMCI

Total return, distributions reinvested

27.8 pts ahead of SMCI

SCA since launch: paid 15.9%, price −4.4%, total +12.8%, SMCI −15.0%, +27.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

SMCI

−15.0%

SCA

+12.8%

27.8 pts ahead of SMCI

15.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCA since launch: paid 15.9%, price −4.4%, total +12.8%, SMCI −15.0%, +27.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Figures to Oct 20, 2026.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: PAYM vs SCA: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowPAYMSCAPAYMSCAPAYMSCA
3 months+1.2%+37.9%2.5%12.4%not measured+10.5 pts
Since launch
Not the same days: PAYM May 2026 · SCA May 2026
+1.5%+12.8%4.0%15.9%not measured+27.7 pts

Source: ETFIQ. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

PAYM
TrueShares S&P Autocallable Defensive Income ETF · Autocallable, paying monthly
SCA
GraniteShares Autocallable SMCI ETF · Autocallable on SMCI, paying monthly
Strategy autocallable autocallable
Benchmark none Super Micro (SMCI)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.0% 38.8%
Expense ratio 0.74% 1.07%
Cash paid, 1 year 4.0% (since launch, May 28, 2026) 15.9% (since launch, May 27, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −2.6% (since launch, May 28, 2026) −4.4% (since launch, May 27, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +1.5% (since launch, May 28, 2026) +12.8% (since launch, May 27, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published −15.0% (since launch, May 27, 2026)
Ahead or behind not available +27.8 pts (since launch, May 27, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 29%
Age 145 days 146 days
Net assets, PAYM as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCA as of Oct 20, 2026 $128m $4m

As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

About PAYM

Over the period from its first trade on May 28, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, PAYM paid 4.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.5%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.0%, paid monthly.

About SCA

Over the period from its first trade on May 27, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, SCA paid 15.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. Super Micro (SMCI) returned −15.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 27.7 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 38.8%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 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, PAYM or SCA?
PAYM charges 0.74% a year and SCA charges 1.07%, so PAYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, PAYM against SCA, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/paym-vs-sca

Open data

Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.