Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SCEP vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
SCEP and VOOY both write options for income.
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Net assets: $235m on Jun 30, 2026 for STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF, beside XFUNDS Large Cap Income 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% as cash
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.Not measured
VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOOY
+0.3%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOOY
+0.3%
1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SCEP costs 0.10 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SCEP | VOOY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 1.1% (6 months) | fell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment | 26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | not published |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.75% |
| Net assets | $235m | not read by ETFIQ |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
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 | VOOY | SCEP | VOOY | SCEP | VOOY |
| 3 months | −1.2% | – | 1.7% | – | +0.8 pts | – |
| 6 months | +2.4% | – | 3.5% | – | +0.4 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: SCEP Dec 2025 · VOOY Sep 2026 | +5.3% | +0.3% | 6.1% | 1.5% | not measured | not measured |
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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.
VOOY
Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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