SCEP STERLING CAPITAL HEDGED EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF
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Over the 6 months to Oct 30, 2026, SCEP paid 2.9% in cash and returned 2.1%, against 1.5% for its own stocks.
Promise check: PartlyOver the time since its launch to Oct 30, 2026, SCEP paid 5.6% in cash and returned 3.7% in total, covering 66.1% of its payout.
SCEP risk and return scorecard
vs SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026)
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 · Jun 30, 2026What you earned
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First traded Dec 11, 2025More on SCEP
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return since launch, Dec 11, 2025
$24.51−1.3%1 day, priceClose, Oct 30, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | its own stocks | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 30 – Oct 30, 2026 | −0.5% | 0.6% | −1.1% | −0.9% | +0.4 pts |
| 3M Jul 31 – Oct 30, 2026 | +0.3% | 1.7% | −1.4% | −0.9% | +1.2 pts |
| 6M May 1 – Oct 30, 2026 | +2.1% | 2.9% | −0.9% | +1.5% | +0.6 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026 | +4.2% | 5.2% | −1.1% | +7.2% | −3.0 pts |
| Since launch Dec 11, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026 | +3.7% | 5.6% | −2.0% | not published | not available |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Dec 2025: no 1 year and 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jun 30, 2026SCEP: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $723k came in, by its SEC filing.
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions SCEP files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for SCEP, back to Oct 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare SCEP with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outOct 2025 to Jun 2026
SCEP, money in and money out each month from Oct 2025 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from SCEP’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 9 months listed, money came in on net in 7 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from SCEP’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 9 months listed, money came in on net in 7 and went out in 0.
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How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
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 SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
SCEP key stats
SCEP return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Oct 30, 2026
SCEP for holders outside the US
10 distributions for SCEP, $0.0941 to $0.1468 a share and $0.1444 in the middle, Dec 30, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026. 2 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
SCEP pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.1448 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 2, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for SCEP. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for SCEP. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
SCEP top ten by weight, 41.7% of the fund, of its 53 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: The fund’s SEC filing.
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About SCEP
How we measure
12 seats on SCEP, as of Oct 30, 2026: 3 Mixed, 7 Challenges, 2 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about SCEP
- How much has SCEP paid over the last 6 months?
- Over the 6 months to Oct 30, 2026, SCEP paid 2.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 0.9%.
- Is SCEP ahead of its own stocks?
- Over the 6 months to Oct 30, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, SCEP returned +2.1% against +1.5% for SCEP's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026), so a holder was ahead of it by 0.6 points.
- How often does SCEP pay, and how much?
- SCEP pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 7.1% at its price on Oct 30, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the SCEP distribution return of capital?
- Sterling Capital estimates 100% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does SCEP next pay a distribution?
- SCEP pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 1, 2026 at $0.1448 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 2, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does SCEP cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year.
- How much of SCEP’s distribution is return of capital?
- Sterling Capital’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 100.0% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026, the estimate is 99.2%. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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