Shelton Equity Premium Income ETF
$29.25−0.13 (−0.44%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.54%
- Fund size
- $152M
- 1Y return
- +23.4%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $29.34
- 52W range
The ETF.net SEPI Grade
Score 76 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 86Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 67Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 66Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 86Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 54Category rank
Our read on SEPI
AMost equity premium income funds sell index options or lean on bank-issued notes. Shelton writes covered calls on the individual large-cap stocks it actually owns, a hands-on take from a firm that has run option-income strategies for years.
The Fund seeks high current income and capital appreciation when consistent with that income. It invests primarily in income-producing U.S. equity securities.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.54% a year against a 0.95% median for the equity premium income crowd, a rare thing for a stock-picking, name-by-name options strategy.
- Sells calls on the individual stocks in the portfolio rather than index options or synthetic notes, so premium is harvested name by name instead of at the index level.advisor.sheltoncap.comprnewswire.com
- Under the hood you own a real large-cap equity book (at least 80% of assets in common stocks), not a derivative stand-in for one.aaii.com
- The portfolio lines up tightly with the stated income-plus-appreciation mandate, putting it among the stronger builds in a very crowded peer group.
Worth knowing
- Covered calls trade upside for cash: when a held stock runs past its strike, gains on that position are capped. That is the bargain being struck.advisor.sheltoncap.com
- Index-overlay rivals such as PAPI (0.29%) and TCAL (0.34%) charge less. The extra basis points here buy single-stock selection and single-stock call writing.
- Launched in 2025, so it is still building scale and a track record, and its distributions have not settled into the fixed monthly rhythm some rivals run on.
SEPI Holdings
- Stocks
- —
- 48%
- AMD
Geography
- United States100.00%
SEPI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SEPI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.3% |
| 1 month | +3.3% |
| 3 months | +7.4% |
| 1 year | +23.4% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SEPI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.3% | |
| 2025 | +7.5% |
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SEPI Dividends
- $0.20 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.20 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.17 |
SEPI Risk
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How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
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How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −7.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.77
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SEPI Cost
- The middle half of Active Option Income funds
- Median 0.95%
7 of the 47 Active Option Income funds charge less.