Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
SCEP vs XDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
SCEP and XDTE 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 $321m on Nov 4, 2026 for Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy 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.About even with SPY
XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
XDTE
+14.6%
25.5% of it arrived as cash
about even with SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SPY
XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
XDTE
+14.6%
25.5% as cash
about even with SPY
25.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XDTE over 1 year: paid 25.5%, price −13.2%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SCEP costs 0.32 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | SCEP | XDTE |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +14.6% |
| Price change | fell 1.1% (6 months) | fell 13.2% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.97% |
| Net assets, SCEP as of Jun 30, 2026 and XDTE as of Nov 4, 2026 | $235m | $321m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, SCEP and XDTE 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 | XDTE | SCEP | XDTE | SCEP | XDTE |
| 3 months | −1.2% | +1.0% | 1.7% | 4.2% | +0.8 pts | +1.2 pts |
| 6 months | +2.4% | +5.5% | 3.5% | 9.3% | +0.4 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 1 year | – | +14.6% | – | 25.5% | – | −0.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: SCEP Dec 2025 · XDTE Mar 2024 | +5.3% | +47.4% | 6.1% | 60.8% | not measured | −6.4 pts |
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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.
XDTE
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XDTE paid 25.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.4%, paid weekly. Roundhill estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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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