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

Over the year QYLD paid 12.5% of its price in cash against SEPI’s 7.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF and Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF.

12.5%QYLD cash paid, 1 year
7.5%SEPI cash paid, 1 year
+23.0%QYLD 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?

QYLD 82.7SEPI 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

QYLD1.2 pts ahead of QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QYLD+23.0%12.5% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts ahead of QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QYLD+23.0%12.5% cash1.2 pts ahead of QQQ
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, QYLD and SEPI hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QYLD and SEPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingQYLDSEPI
APPLE INC7.82%5.24%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC5.05%6.53%
NVIDIA CORP8.54%4.04%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES4.02%7.54%
MICROSOFT CORP5.84%3.42%
AMAZON.COM INC4.36%3.36%
ALPHABET INC-CL A3.27%4.68%
META PLATFORMS INC3.15%2.79%
BROADCOM INC2.71%3.08%
WALMART INC2.28%1.69%
NETFLIX INC1.31%1.21%
FORTINET INC0.55%1.15%
Only in each
Only in QYLDOnly in SEPI
TESLA INC 3.05%CATERPILLAR INC 7.20%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 3.02%GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 3.91%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 2.88%JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.31%
INTEL CORP 2.51%EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.08%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.90%MERCK & COMPANY INC 2.67%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 1.80%EBAY INC 2.47%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.75%ARISTA NETWORKS INC 2.18%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.58%DUKE ENERGY CORP 2.08%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

QYLD and SEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
QYLDSEPIQYLDSEPIQYLDSEPI
3 months+3.2%+5.4%3.0%2.1%+5.7 pts+3.2 pts
6 months+14.5%+20.5%6.3%4.7%−9.7 pts+2.5 pts
1 year+23.0%+21.8%12.5%7.5%+1.2 pts+5.2 pts
3 years+55.3%not published36.6%not published−42.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+198.3%+24.4%116.0%7.7%−644.6 pts+5.4 pts
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QYLD and SEPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
QYLD
Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
SEPI
Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerGlobal XShelton
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.8%8.3%
Expense ratio0.60%0.54%
Cash paid, 1 year12.5%7.5%
Price change, 1 year+9.1%+13.4%
Total return, 1 year+23.0%+21.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+1.2 pts+5.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age4663 days375 days
Net assets$8.5bn$152m

QYLD in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLD paid 12.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.8%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

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, QYLD or SEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QYLD paid 12.5% of its starting price in cash and SEPI paid 7.5%, so QYLD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, QYLD or SEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, QYLD returned +23.0% and SEPI returned +21.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QYLD returned more.
Which is cheaper, QYLD or SEPI?
QYLD charges 0.60% a year and SEPI charges 0.54%, so SEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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QYLD 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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