Data as of .
SCEP vs TPRY: which paid, and which earned it?
SCEP and TPRY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SCEP and TPRY hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | SCEP | TPRY |
|---|---|---|
| ALPHABET INC | 5.98% | 6.91% |
| APPLE INC | 5.71% | 4.91% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | 4.68% | 12.40% |
| NVIDIA CORP | 5.70% | 4.39% |
| LAM RESEARCH CORP | 2.64% | 4.08% |
| META PLATFORMS INC | 2.23% | 5.35% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 2.19% | 3.70% |
| BROADCOM INC | 5.61% | 1.49% |
| VISTRA CORP | 0.94% | 4.57% |
| Only in SCEP | Only in TPRY |
|---|---|
| JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.55% | Micron Technology Inc 13.23% |
| MICROSOFT CORP 3.49% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.48% |
| PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP 2.63% | Uber Technologies Inc 5.23% |
| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 2.40% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.46% |
| WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 2.15% | Boeing Co/The 4.30% |
| ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC 2.07% | NRG Energy Inc 4.18% |
| EQUINIX INC 2.05% | Baidu Inc 3.72% |
| VISA INC 1.98% | American Airlines Group Inc 3.42% |
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 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCEP | TPRY | SCEP | TPRY | SCEP | TPRY | |
| 3 months | −0.1% | −5.9% | 1.7% | 3.5% | −2.4 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 6 months | +8.3% | +11.9% | 3.7% | 8.1% | −9.7 pts | −6.1 pts |
| Since launch | +3.5% | +2.1% | 5.0% | 7.4% | −8.2 pts | −9.3 pts |
| SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | TPRY VistaShares Target 15 TEPRTantrum Contrarian Distribution ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Sterling Capital | VistaShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.1% | 15.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.95% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.0% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025) | 7.4% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −1.6% | −5.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +3.5% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025) | +2.1% (since launch on Feb 26, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +11.7% | +11.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −8.2 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 281 days | 204 days |
| Net assets | $235m | $4m |
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.
TPRY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Feb 26, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPRY paid 7.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +11.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, SCEP or TPRY?
- SCEP charges 0.65% a year and TPRY charges 0.95%, so SCEP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SCEP against TPRY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/scep-vs-tpry Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.