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

Over the year SCLZ paid 8.4% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPIN cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+11.3%SPIN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPIN scores higher

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

SCLZ 43.6SPIN 61.93.8, 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
SPIN5.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2% as cash5.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPIN+11.3%5.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCLZ and SPIN hold 55% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCLZ and SPIN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSCLZSPIN
APPLE INC6.15%6.07%
NVIDIA CORP5.99%9.79%
ALPHABET INC5.18%5.65%
AMAZON.COM INC3.75%4.84%
MICROSOFT CORP3.71%7.15%
META PLATFORMS INC3.34%3.24%
BROADCOM INC4.71%3.16%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC7.89%2.82%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5.14%2.55%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY3.50%2.10%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY3.86%2.01%
VISA INC2.27%1.48%
Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in SPIN
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.01%EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.08%
GE AEROSPACE 2.74%APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.44%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.92%AMPHENOL CORP CL A 1.30%
CATERPILLAR INC 1.84%BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.26%
ABBVIE INC 1.82%EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.18%
DEERE & COMPANY 1.17%WABTEC CORP 1.15%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.01%PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 1.14%
COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 0.88%S+P GLOBAL INC 1.14%

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 Sep 17, 2026.

Performance, window by window

SCLZ and SPIN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZSPINSCLZSPINSCLZSPIN
3 months+2.9%+3.7%2.1%0.8%−3.6 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+14.2%+12.3%3.8%3.2%+1.6 pts−5.8 pts
1 year+13.2%+11.3%8.4%5.2%−14.0 pts−5.2 pts
Since launch+36.5%+28.5%19.6%15.2%−6.3 pts−13.7 pts
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SCLZ and SPIN 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
SPIN
State Street(R) US Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerSwanState Street
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaycovered call
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%2.7%
Expense ratio0.79%0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%5.2%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%+5.8%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+11.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts−5.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age934 days743 days
Net assets$20m$47m

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.

SPIN in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPIN paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 2.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SCLZ or SPIN?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.2%, 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 SPIN?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and SPIN returned +11.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SCLZ returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or SPIN?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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SCLZ against SPIN, 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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