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ROCY vs SCEP: which paid, and which earned it?

ROCY and SCEP both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF.

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
5.0%SCEP cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+3.5%SCEP total return, 1 year
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY
SCEP8.2 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.7%SCEP+3.5%5.0% as cash8.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.7%SCEP+3.5%8.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and SCEP hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCY and SCEP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCYSCEP
Apple, Inc.6.71%5.71%
NVIDIA Corp.8.37%5.70%
Alphabet, Inc.5.33%5.98%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.15%4.68%
Microsoft Corp.4.97%3.49%
Broadcom, Inc.2.61%5.61%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.43%2.23%
Lam Research Corp.1.76%2.64%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.1.69%2.19%
AbbVie, Inc.1.46%1.62%
Eli Lilly & Co.1.47%1.25%
Amphenol Corp.0.80%1.94%
Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in SCEP
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.55%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15%PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.63%
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63%WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.15%
Tesla, Inc. 1.55%ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.07%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38%EQUINIX INC 2.05%
Bank of America Corp. 1.31%VISA INC 1.98%
Philip Morris International, Inc. 1.23%MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC 1.89%
CSX Corp. 1.21%AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 1.87%

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.

Performance, window by window

ROCY and SCEP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYSCEPROCYSCEPROCYSCEP
3 months+2.6%−0.1%1.7%1.7%+0.3 pts−2.4 pts
6 months+14.8%+8.3%3.7%3.7%−3.3 pts−9.7 pts
Since launch+13.5%+3.5%3.6%5.0%−2.9 pts−8.2 pts
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ROCY and SCEP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SCEP
STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganSterling Capital
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%7.1%
Expense ratio0.35%0.65%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)5.0% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+9.7%−1.6%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+3.5% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+11.7%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−8.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days281 days
Net assets$726m$235m

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

SCEP in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SCEP paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or SCEP?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and SCEP charges 0.65%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ROCY against SCEP, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ROCY against SCEP, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rocy-vs-scep Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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