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TCALT. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF

Get income1y track recordRanked #569 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks regular distributions with capital preservation and potential for capital appreciation.

By T. Rowe Price · Launched 2025

Annual Cost

0.34%

#1,585 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$270M

#2,049 of 5,562 · mid-size

Dividend YieldGoal

11.86%

Track Record

1 year

#4,283 of 5,562 · young

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,080+0.8%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 18.7% of fundwell diversified

MASTERCARD INC - A
2.0%
CINTAS CORP
1.9%
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
1.9%
WASTE CONNECTIONS INC
1.9%
REPUBLIC SERVICES INC
1.9%
MCDONALD S CORP
1.9%
S&P GLOBAL INC
1.9%
ABBVIE INC
1.8%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES
1.8%
GILEAD SCIENCES INC
1.8%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.8%
Other
0.3%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
9.5%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-7.2%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
Unavailable

Needs 3+ years of history

Sortino (3Y)
Not yet

Needs 3+ years of history

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks regular distributions with capital preservation and potential for capital appreciation.
Strategy
Invests primarily in equities and employs a covered call options strategy to generate income. Focuses on individual stock evaluations for capital appreciation, with flexibility across market capitalizations.
Inception date
March 26, 2025
Fund family
T. Rowe Price

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Covered call
Warning

Covered call ETF — yield ≠ total return

The high distribution yield is not free income — it comes from selling upside via call options. Research finds these strategies systematically underperform their underlying index over full cycles, typically by 100–300 basis points per year depending on the option-overlay design. The monthly distributions make the shortfall hard to see in return summaries.

Source: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)

Why we flagged this: strategy=option_income + option_income_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-20