SCEP vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
SCEP and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
SCEP costs 0.09 points a year less; SCEP is 19.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| SCEP | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 | $235m | $12m |
| Benchmark | its own stocks | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 0.6 pts | |
| Price change | rose 0.2% (6 months) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
Not measured
SCEP since launch: paid 5.6%, price −0.6%, total +5.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
SCEP
+5.1%
5.6% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
SCEP since launch: paid 5.6%, price −0.6%, total +5.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
SCEP
+5.1%
5.6% as cash
5.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SCEP since launch: paid 5.6%, price −0.6%, total +5.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | SCEP | VAIE | SCEP | VAIE | SCEP | VAIE |
| 3 months | +1.5% | +2.5% | 1.7% | 4.1% | +0.5 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +3.8% | – | 3.5% | – | −0.6 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: SCEP Dec 2025 · VAIE May 2026 | +5.1% | +3.3% | 5.6% | 6.8% | not measured | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About SCEP
Over the 6 months to Oct 20, 2026, SCEP paid 3.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.8%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.
SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +4.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.6 pts.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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