Data as of .
SEPI vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against SEPI’s 7.5%, though SEPI returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SEPI scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, SEPI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in SEPI | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 7.54% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61% |
| CATERPILLAR INC 7.20% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 6.53% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32% |
| APPLE INC 5.24% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30% |
| ALPHABET INC 4.68% | PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04% |
| NVIDIA CORP 4.04% | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 3.91% | Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66% |
| MICROSOFT CORP 3.42% | Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45% |
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 21, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEPI | YYY | SEPI | YYY | SEPI | YYY | |
| 3 months | +5.4% | −2.5% | 2.1% | 3.1% | +3.2 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +20.5% | +4.7% | 4.7% | 6.5% | +2.5 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | +21.8% | +3.4% | 7.5% | 12.1% | +5.2 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +37.1% | not published | 37.7% | not published | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | +24.4% | +117.8% | 7.7% | 112.4% | +5.4 pts | −519.1 pts |
| SEPI Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Shelton | Amplify |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.3% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.54% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.5% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +13.4% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.8% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.2 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 375 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $152m | $702m |
SEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SEPI paid 7.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, 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, SEPI or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SEPI paid 7.5% 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, SEPI or YYY?
- With every distribution reinvested, SEPI returned +21.8% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SEPI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, SEPI or YYY?
- SEPI charges 0.54% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so SEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SEPI against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/sepi-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.