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SCLZ vs SDTY: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year SDTY paid 24.4% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
24.4%SDTY cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+15.8%SDTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SCLZ scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

SCLZ 43.6SDTY 43.43.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

SCLZ14 pts behind SCHD · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%8.4% of it arrived as cash14 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+27.2%SCLZ+13.2%14 pts behind SCHD
SDTY0.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SDTY+15.8%24.4% of it arrived as cash0.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SDTY+15.8%24.4% cash0.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCLZ and SDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in SDTY
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.89%TREASURY BILL 92.47%
APPLE INC 6.15%TREASURY BILL 3.84%
NVIDIA CORP 5.99%TREASURY BILL 3.68%
ALPHABET INC 5.18%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%
BROADCOM INC 4.71%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.86%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.75%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SCLZ and SDTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZSDTYSCLZSDTYSCLZSDTY
3 months+2.9%+3.2%2.1%5.9%−3.6 pts+1.0 pts
6 months+14.2%+16.5%3.8%13.7%+1.6 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+13.2%+15.8%8.4%24.4%−14.0 pts−0.8 pts
Since launch+36.5%+22.3%19.6%35.4%−6.3 pts−5.8 pts
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SCLZ and SDTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCLZ
Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly
SDTY
YieldMax(R) S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on SPY, paying weekly
IssuerSwanYieldMax
Strategydividend stocks with call overlay0DTE covered call
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%19.8%
Expense ratio0.79%1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%24.4%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%−10.8%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+15.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts−0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age934 days589 days
Net assets$20m$28m

SCLZ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly.

SDTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SDTY paid 24.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SCLZ or SDTY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.4%, so SDTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SCLZ or SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and SDTY returned +15.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SDTY returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or SDTY?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so SCLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SCLZ against SDTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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