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

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

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+11.5%SPUT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SPUT scores higher

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

SCLZ 43.6SPUT 633.8, 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
SPUT5.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.2% as cash5.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCLZ and SPUT hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions SCLZ and SPUT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingSCLZSPUT
NVIDIA CORP5.99%3.85%
APPLE INC6.15%3.22%
MICROSOFT CORP3.71%2.47%
AMAZON.COM INC3.75%2.09%
ALPHABET INC5.18%1.84%
BROADCOM INC4.71%1.60%
META PLATFORMS INC3.34%1.10%
TESLA INC1.80%0.91%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY3.50%0.70%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY3.86%0.65%
EXXON MOBIL CORP1.92%0.54%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC3.10%0.54%
Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in SPUT
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.29%TREASURY BILL 49.24%
SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS INC 0.04%Alphabet Inc 1.59%
Intel Corp 0.34%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.28%
Bank of America Corp 0.28%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.28%
Lam Research Corp 0.27%
Applied Materials Inc 0.26%

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 SPUT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZSPUTSCLZSPUTSCLZSPUT
3 months+2.9%+2.4%2.1%1.1%−3.6 pts+0.1 pts
6 months+14.2%+11.5%3.8%2.5%+1.6 pts−6.5 pts
1 year+13.2%+11.5%8.4%5.2%−14.0 pts−5.1 pts
Since launch+36.5%+22.4%19.6%8.5%−6.3 pts−15.6 pts
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SCLZ and SPUT 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
SPUT
Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerSwanInnovator
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaycovered call
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%4.7%
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%5.2%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+11.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts−5.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age934 days553 days
Net assets$20m$17m

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.

SPUT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SCLZ or SPUT?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and SPUT 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 SPUT?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and SPUT returned +11.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SCLZ returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or SPUT?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, 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 SPUT, 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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