Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SCEP vs TPAY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
SCEP and TPAY both write options for income.
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Net assets: $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF, and $2.1m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF.
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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, 2026.1 pt behind VOO
TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+12.6%
TPAY
+11.6%
6.6% of it arrived as cash
1 pt behind VOO
Total return, distributions reinvested
1 pt behind VOO
TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+12.6%
TPAY
+11.6%
6.6% cash
1 pt behind VOO
6.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TPAY since launch: paid 6.6%, price +4.6%, total +11.6%, VOO +12.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
TPAY costs 0.16 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SCEP | TPAY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 1.1% (6 months) | rose 4.6% (since Feb 18, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 15, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.49% |
| Net assets, SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 and TPAY as of Nov 4, 2026 | $235m | $2.1m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, SCEP and TPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | SCEP | TPAY | SCEP | TPAY | SCEP | TPAY |
| 3 months | −1.2% | −0.8% | 1.7% | 2.3% | +0.8 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 6 months | +2.4% | +4.2% | 3.5% | 4.7% | +0.4 pts | −0.8 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: SCEP Dec 2025 · TPAY Feb 2026 | +5.3% | +11.6% | 6.1% | 6.6% | not measured | −1.1 pts |
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.
TPAY
Over the period from its first trade on Feb 18, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, TPAY paid 6.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.6%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +12.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.5%, paid monthly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 15, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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