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

Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.4%, though SCLZ returned more with it reinvested.

Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

8.4%SCLZ cash paid, 1 year
12.1%YYY cash paid, 1 year
+13.2%SCLZ total return, 1 year
+3.4%YYY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SCLZ scores higher

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

SCLZ 43.6YYY 22.33.8, 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
YYY13.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%13.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YYY+3.4%13.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in SCLZOnly in YYY
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 7.89%abrdn Healthcare Investors 3.64%
APPLE INC 6.15%BlackRock Capital Allocation T 3.56%
NVIDIA CORP 5.99%Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc 3.55%
ALPHABET INC 5.18%abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend F 3.53%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 5.14%Tortoise Energy Infrastructure 3.38%
BROADCOM INC 4.71%BlackRock ESG Capital Allocati 3.31%
ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.86%DoubleLine Income Solutions Fu 3.22%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.75%Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fu 3.08%

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.

Performance, window by window

SCLZ and YYY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
SCLZYYYSCLZYYYSCLZYYY
3 months+2.9%−2.5%2.1%3.1%−3.6 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+14.2%+4.7%3.8%6.5%+1.6 pts−13.3 pts
1 year+13.2%+3.4%8.4%12.1%−14.0 pts−13.2 pts
3 yearsnot published+37.1%not published37.7%not published−41.3 pts
Since launch+36.5%+117.8%19.6%112.4%−6.3 pts−519.1 pts
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SCLZ and YYY 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
YYY
Amplify CEF High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerSwanAmplify
Strategydividend stocks with call overlayoption income
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.5%13.3%
Expense ratio0.79%3.23%
Cash paid, 1 year8.4%12.1%
Price change, 1 year+4.1%−8.8%
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+3.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+27.2%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−14.0 pts−13.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age934 days5211 days
Net assets$20m$702m

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.

YYY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, SCLZ or YYY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.4% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, so YYY 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 YYY?
With every distribution reinvested, SCLZ returned +13.2% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SCLZ returned more.
Which is cheaper, SCLZ or YYY?
SCLZ charges 0.79% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, 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 YYY, 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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