Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
JEPI vs VOO
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF and Vanguard 500 Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, JEPI and VOO hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | JEPI | VOO |
|---|---|---|
| Apple, Inc. | 1.53% | 6.61% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 1.53% | 7.53% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 1.52% | 3.26% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 1.48% | 3.63% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 1.33% | 2.78% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 1.30% | 4.31% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.22% | 1.92% |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.05% | 1.48% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.68% | 0.95% |
| Visa, Inc. | 1.42% | 0.87% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 1.57% | 0.84% |
| Walmart, Inc. | 0.92% | 0.77% |
| Only in JEPI | Only in VOO |
|---|---|
| Eaton Corp. plc 1.64% | Alphabet Inc 2.60% |
| Trane Technologies plc 1.62% | Micron Technology Inc 2.02% |
| BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.97% | Tesla Inc 1.84% |
| BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.96% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.26% |
| National Bank of Canada 0.95% | Intel Corp 1.03% |
| Barclays Bank plc 0.95% | Applied Materials Inc 0.89% |
| BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.94% | Caterpillar Inc 0.76% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. 0.94% | Cisco Systems Inc 0.72% |
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 as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | JPMorgan | Vanguard |
| What it is | covered call, vs SPY | S&P 500 |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.2% | +20.1% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −10.7 pts | +0.1 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.1% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.03% |
| Holdings | n/a | 506 |
JEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.7 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.8%, paid monthly.
VOO in plain words
VOO is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.1% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 36.5%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, JEPI or VOO?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEPI returned +9.2% and VOO returned +20.1%, so VOO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, JEPI or VOO?
- JEPI charges 0.35% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- Are JEPI and VOO the same kind of fund?
- No. JEPI is an option-income ETF and VOO is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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