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

ROCY and TCAL both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
11.4%TCAL cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+3.0%TCAL 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
TCAL13.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%TCAL+3.0%11.4% as cash13.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%TCAL+3.0%13.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ROCY and TCAL hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCY and TCAL both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCYTCAL
Amazon.com, Inc.4.15%1.53%
Mastercard, Inc.1.57%1.50%
Microsoft Corp.4.97%1.50%
Exxon Mobil Corp.1.63%1.16%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.1.69%1.04%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.43%1.01%
Broadcom, Inc.2.61%0.95%
RTX Corp.1.07%0.86%
Southern Co. (The)0.76%0.72%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.0.71%1.49%
Stryker Corp.0.69%1.50%
McDonald's Corp.0.65%1.70%
Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in TCAL
NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%DANAHER CORP 2.01%
Apple, Inc. 6.71%WATERS CORP 1.97%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%VERALTO CORP 1.87%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.80%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15%YUM BRANDS INC 1.72%
Lam Research Corp. 1.76%VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.69%
Tesla, Inc. 1.55%LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1.60%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47%TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.56%

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 TCAL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYTCALROCYTCALROCYTCAL
3 months+2.6%+4.2%1.7%3.5%+0.3 pts+1.9 pts
6 months+14.8%+5.3%3.7%6.3%−3.3 pts−12.7 pts
1 yearnot published+3.0%not published11.4%not published−13.5 pts
Since launch+13.5%+3.9%3.6%15.2%−2.9 pts−32.7 pts
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ROCY and TCAL on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
TCAL
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganT. Rowe Price
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%9.4%
Expense ratio0.35%0.34%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)11.4%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%−8.6%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+3.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−13.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days540 days
Net assets$726m$276m

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.

TCAL in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or TCAL?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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