PCOV Principal Equity Premium Income ETF

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$24.26
−0.9% · 1 day, price
IQ’s readingComputed nightly from ETFIQ data. Not written live.

Since launch in Aug 2026, PCOV paid 1.3% in cash and lost 2.1% in total.

Covered callPrincipal ↗Expense ratio 0.34%Fund assets $10m on Oct 28, 2026First traded Aug 19, 2026Benchmark noneSEC filings ↗Every Principal fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

Promise check: Not measuredIt paid no cash over a year, or since a launch at least six months back.

PCOV risk and return scorecard

vs its benchmark

Not measured: no ETF prices its benchmark (none).

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · Oct 29, 2026
Last 4 trading days
$0
Since Oct 2026
$0
No money in or out. 47 days missing.

What you earned

PCOV +2.3%: total return over one month to Oct 30, 2026.
PCOV+2.3%
Paid 1.3% in cash. Price +1.0%.
PCOV −2.1%: total return since launch to Oct 30, 2026.
PCOV−2.1%
Paid 1.3% in cash. Price −3.4%.

What can be shown yet

First traded Aug 19, 2026
1.3%
Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price
−2.1%
Total return, since launch
none
Benchmark
15.7%
Latest payout, annualized on today’s price
$0.3175
Last payment, ex-date Oct 1, 2026
PCOV has traded for 72 days. Numbers that need a year of prices are not shown yet.
Shown now
Net assets$10m
Expense ratio0.34%
First tradedAug 19, 2026
Typical wait from ex-date to payment2 days
Not yet
One-year returnfrom Aug 19, 2027
Three-year returnfrom Aug 19, 2029

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Price since launch, Aug 19, 2026

$24.26−0.9%1 day, priceClose, Oct 30, 2026

Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was −2.1%. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 30, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

PCOV returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnCash paidPrice
1M Sep 30 – Oct 30, 2026+2.3%1.3%+1.0%
Since launch Aug 19 – Oct 30, 2026−2.1%1.3%−3.4%

Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Aug 2026: no 3 months, 6 months, year to date, 1 year and 3 years windows.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Money in and out

Daily data · as of Oct 29, 2026

PCOV: in the 17 trading days to Oct 29, 2026, nothing net moved.

4D
$0
0.0% of $10.1m on Oct 23, 2026
Oct 26, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026
Since Oct 2026
$0
Oct 7, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026
Net flow each trading day
Net flow into PCOV each trading day, Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026monthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from PrincipalJul 31, 2026Oct 29, 2026

PCOV, net flow each trading day over the 64 sessions from Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 17 days with daily data; the other 47 have none. Before Oct 7, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

No money in or out. 47 days missing.

Net flow into PCOV each trading day, Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026monthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from PrincipalOct 31, 2025Oct 29, 2026

PCOV, net flow each trading day over the 250 sessions from Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 17 days with daily data; the other 233 have none. Before Oct 7, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

No money in or out. 233 days missing.

Net flow into PCOV each trading day, Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026monthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from PrincipalMar 28, 2025Oct 29, 2026

PCOV, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 28, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 0 days, of the 17 days with daily data; the other 383 have none. Before Oct 7, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

No money in or out. 383 days missing.

Money in, netMoney out, netMonthly basis

Daily data starts Oct 7, 2026.

How this is computed

Computed by ETFIQ from Principal’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for PCOV, back to Oct 2026, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare PCOV with other funds in the flows tool

Every trading day, last 3 months17 days
Oct 29, 2026 $0
Oct 28, 2026 $0
Oct 27, 2026 $0
Oct 26, 2026 $0
Oct 23, 2026 $0
Oct 22, 2026 $0
Oct 21, 2026 $0
Oct 20, 2026 $0
Oct 19, 2026 $0
Oct 16, 2026 $0
Oct 15, 2026 $0
Oct 14, 2026 $0
Oct 13, 2026 $0
Oct 12, 2026 $0
Oct 9, 2026 $0
Oct 8, 2026 $0
Oct 7, 2026 $0

Most recent first.

Week by week, last year4 weeks
Oct 29, 2026 $0 4 days
Oct 23, 2026 $0
Oct 16, 2026 $0
Oct 9, 2026 $0 3 days

Net flow into PCOV each week, Oct 7, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.

Month by month, money in and money outOct 2026

PCOV, net flow each month from Oct 2026 to Oct 2026: money came in in 0 months and went out in 0 months.

MonthInOutNet
Oct 2026 ETFIQ, the sum of its days, Oct 7 to Oct 29$0$0$0

Most recent first.

How this is computed

Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 29, 2026. Last checked Oct 31, 2026.

PCOV key stats

High since Aug 19, 2026, daily closes to Oct 30, 2026 (ETFIQ)$25.11 on Aug 19, 2026
Low since Aug 19, 2026, daily closes to Oct 30, 2026 (ETFIQ)$23.86 on Oct 2, 2026
Close on Oct 30, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$24.26, 32% of the way from the low to the high
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Oct 29, 2026
Trading · PCOVas of Oct 29, 2026
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Too new to score1 of 6 measured · Oct 29, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
$1,000$1.650.17%
$10,000$170.17%
Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 29 close−0.02%
−0.2%95% of days within ±0.16% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.2%
How to tradeLimit: midpoint + 5¢ to buy, midpoint − 5¢ to sell.At the Oct 29 close of $24.48, that’s $24.53 to buy and $24.43 to sell.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

PCOV for holders outside the US

US tax withheld on dividends, no treaty30%
Treaty rates on dividends (IRS table, read Oct 30, 2026)65 countries, 10% to 30%
PCOV interest-related and short-term gain dividendsnot read by ETFIQ
US estate tax filing threshold, non-resident holders$60,000
Share classDistributing

PCOV is a US fund. Stock of US corporations counts as US property for a non-resident's estate. Facts from the IRS, not tax advice. How withholding and treaties work
$0.32
Oct 2026Not established, per shareOct 2026
Latest
$0.3175
Ex Oct 1, 2026 · paid about 2 days later
Annualized
15.7%
At its price on Oct 30, 2026
Since launch, Aug 19, 2026
1.3%
1 payment, ex Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026: $0.3175
Return of capital
Not published
No Rule 19a-1 notice has been published for this fund
Next, projected

PCOV pays on no established schedule. The last distribution was $0.3175 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026, with payment about 2 days later.

Every distribution ETFIQ holds for PCOV (1, most recent first)
Oct 1, 2026$0.3175

Cash distributions per share for PCOV. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

About PCOV

Strategycovered call
Benchmarknone
How the benchmark is set (ETFIQ)None. PCOV has no published holdings, and its prospectus names no one reference, so none could be read.
Paysnot established
Net assets (ETFIQ, shares outstanding times NAV, as of Oct 28, 2026)$10mReport
Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ)15.7%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jun 30, 2026)0.34%Report
Cash paid, since launch, Aug 19, 2026, over today’s price (ETFIQ)1.3%
First tradedAug 19, 2026
Payson no established schedule
Typical wait from ex-date to payment2 days
Last paid, per share$0.3175 ex Oct 1, 2026
Cash paid in the 12 months to Oct 30, 2026, 1 distribution, ex Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026$0.3175
How we measure
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. Method
IQ Investment Committee on PCOV

12 seats on PCOV, as of Oct 30, 2026: 3 Challenges, 9 Not enough data.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingNot enough data
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatNot enough data
Put PCOV to the committee →See all seats →No investor named is affiliated with or endorses ETFIQ. Not investment advice.

Questions people ask about PCOV

How much has PCOV paid since it launched?
Over the period from its first trade on Aug 19, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, PCOV paid 1.3% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 3.4%.
How often does PCOV pay, and how much?
PCOV pays on no established schedule. The latest distribution annualizes to 15.7% at its price on Oct 30, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
When does PCOV next pay a distribution?
PCOV pays on no established schedule. The last distribution went ex on Oct 1, 2026 at $0.3175 a share.
What does PCOV cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year.
Sources and dates
Prices, PCOVTiingo end-of-day · Oct 30, 2026
Net assets, $10mETFIQ, shares outstanding times NAV · Oct 28, 2026
DistributionsTiingo end-of-day · 1 payments

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Price change plus every distribution reinvested on the day it went ex-dividend. This is what you actually ended up with, and the only fair basis for comparing with an index.
Cash paid
Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
Total return minus benchmark total return, in percentage points. A fund can pay 12% a year and still be behind by 10 points if its price fell while the index rose.
Return of capital
The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
The fund owns the stocks and sells call options on them, collecting premium and giving up gains above the strike. Synthetic covered call funds hold options instead of the stocks. 0DTE funds sell options that expire the same day.
A fund that pays a coupon and can be called away early, on dates set when it launched. If it is called, you get your money back with the coupon and the run ends. If it is not, it runs on to the next date.
The level the underlying has to stay above for you to be repaid in full. A barrier is not a buffer. A buffer takes the first slice of a fall for you; a barrier takes none of it once it breaks, so below it you take the whole fall rather than only the part past it.
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