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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCY vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCY and SCEP both write options for income.

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Net assets: $884m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF, and $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF.

ROCY on its own →SCEP on its own →

At a glance

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

6.1%

SCEP cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+5.3%

SCEP total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

SCEP

+5.3%

none

Not measured

SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP

+5.3%

6.1% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCEP

+5.3%

6.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCEP since launch: paid 6.1%, price −1.0%, total +5.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.30 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCY vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCY	SCEP
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCY	SCEP
Price change	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)	fell 1.1% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCY	SCEP
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	ROCY	SCEP
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.65%
Net assets, ROCY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026	$884m	$235m
Holdings
Measure	ROCY	SCEP
Holdings in common	36%

Method

What they share

36%

By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and SCEP hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

36% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCY SCEP

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.31% 5.61%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.20% 5.61%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 4.60%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 5.88%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.59% 3.43%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.54% 2.19%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17% 5.51%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.58% 1.60%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.34% 2.16%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 0.89% 2.60%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.88% 0.76%

AMPHENOL CORP COMMON 0.72% 1.90%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCY

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.11%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.02%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.64%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.34%

CSX CORP COMMON STOCK USD 1.22%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.09%

Only in SCEP

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.50%

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.59%

WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.11%

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.04%

EQUINIX INC 2.02%

VISA INC 1.94%

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC 1.86%

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 1.84%

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Side by side

ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Sterling Capital

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.6% 7.0%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%

Cash paid, 1 year 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 6.1% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) −1.0% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +5.3% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) not published

Ahead or behind −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 230 days 328 days

Net assets, ROCY as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 $884m $235m

As of Nov 4, 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

Window by window: ROCY vs SCEP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCY	SCEP	ROCY	SCEP	ROCY	SCEP
3 months	+1.1%	−1.2%	1.6%	1.7%	+1.2 pts	+0.8 pts
6 months	+6.5%	+2.4%	3.5%	3.5%	+1.5 pts	+0.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCY Mar 2026 · SCEP Dec 2025	+15.3%	+5.3%	4.8%	6.1%	−1.9 pts	not measured

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About each fund

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, paid monthly.

SCEP

SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +2.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, SCEP paid 3.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.4%. At its price on Nov 4, 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.

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 to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ROCY on its own →SCEP on its own →ROCY dividend history →ROCY holdings →SCEP dividend history →SCEP holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SCEP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCEP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SCEP 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Sterling Capital website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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