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PBP vs SEPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against SEPI’s 7.5%, though SEPI returned more with it reinvested.

Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF.

11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
7.5%SEPI cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
+21.8%SEPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SEPI scores higher

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

PBP 80.6SEPI 94.23.8, 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

PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY
SEPI5.2 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SEPI+21.8%7.5% of it arrived as cash5.2 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SEPI+21.8%5.2 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and SEPI hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PBP and SEPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBPSEPI
Apple Inc7.50%5.24%
NVIDIA Corp8.18%4.04%
Microsoft Corp5.57%3.42%
Amazon.com Inc3.77%3.36%
Alphabet Inc3.11%4.68%
Broadcom Inc2.57%3.08%
Meta Platforms Inc2.22%2.79%
Micron Technology Inc1.74%6.53%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.42%1.77%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc1.42%1.87%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.39%7.54%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp1.03%3.08%
Only in each
Only in PBPOnly in SEPI
Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Tesla Inc 1.56%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.38%
Visa Inc 0.93%
Intel Corp 0.81%
AbbVie Inc 0.71%
Mastercard Inc 0.69%
Cisco Systems Inc 0.66%

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 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBP and SEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
PBPSEPIPBPSEPIPBPSEPI
3 months+5.0%+5.4%2.8%2.1%+2.7 pts+3.2 pts
6 months+13.0%+20.5%5.7%4.7%−5.0 pts+2.5 pts
1 year+18.5%+21.8%11.8%7.5%+1.9 pts+5.2 pts
3 years+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+199.0%+24.4%101.2%7.7%−604.5 pts+5.4 pts
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PBP and SEPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SEPI
Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInvescoShelton
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.3%8.3%
Expense ratio0.29%0.54%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%7.5%
Price change, 1 year+5.5%+13.4%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+21.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+1.9 pts+5.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age6101 days375 days
Net assets$386m$152m

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

SEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SEPI paid 7.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or SEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and SEPI paid 7.5%, so PBP paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, PBP or SEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +18.5% and SEPI returned +21.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SEPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, PBP or SEPI?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and SEPI charges 0.54%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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PBP against SEPI, 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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