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

Over the year SCLZ paid 8.4% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

SCLZ 43.6SIXH 81.83.8, 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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCLZ and SIXH hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCLZ and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSCLZSIXH
NVIDIA CORP5.99%2.67%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON2.41%2.47%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC7.89%2.37%
EXXON MOBIL CORP1.92%2.37%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY3.86%1.49%
APPLE INC6.15%1.45%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC1.42%1.42%
BROADCOM INC4.71%1.35%
META PLATFORMS INC3.34%1.30%
ABBVIE INC1.82%1.30%
AMAZON.COM INC3.75%1.29%
CATERPILLAR INC1.84%1.24%
Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in SIXH
ALPHABET INC 5.18%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.71%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.50%Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 3.10%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.01%COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2.66%
GE AEROSPACE 2.74%Mondelez International, Inc. 2.51%
VISA INC 2.27%PFIZER INC. 2.47%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SCLZ and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZSIXHSCLZSIXHSCLZSIXH
3 months+2.9%+4.5%2.1%0.5%−3.6 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+14.2%+7.4%3.8%0.9%+1.6 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+13.2%+16.3%8.4%2.0%−14.0 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 pts
Since launch+36.5%+96.3%19.6%16.0%−6.3 pts−88.5 pts
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SCLZ and SIXH 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
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerSwanExchange Traded Concepts
Strategydividend stocks with call overlayoption income
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%0.4%
Expense ratio0.79%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age934 days2321 days
Net assets$20m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SCLZ or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so SCLZ 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or SIXH?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SCLZ against SIXH, 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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