Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
JEPQ vs SPY
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and SPY hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | JEPQ | SPY |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 6.68% | 7.52% |
| Apple, Inc. | 5.83% | 6.59% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.90% | 4.30% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.67% | 3.62% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 5.05% | 2.59% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.16% | 2.77% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 5.58% | 2.02% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.38% | 1.92% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 2.39% | 1.84% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.87% | 1.47% |
| Intel Corp. | 1.62% | 1.02% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 1.31% | 0.89% |
| Only in JEPQ | Only in SPY |
|---|---|
| Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. 1.14% | Alphabet, Inc. 3.25% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.14% | Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47% |
| BNP Paribas Issuance BV 1.14% | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.42% |
| Royal Bank of Canada 1.13% | JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.36% |
| ASML Holding NV 1.13% | Johnson & Johnson 0.95% |
| BNP Paribas Issuance BV 1.13% | Visa, Inc. 0.88% |
| Royal Bank of Canada 1.13% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.88% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.12% | Caterpillar, Inc. 0.76% |
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.
| JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Income desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | JPMorgan | State Street |
| What it is | covered call, vs QQQ | S&P 500, book from IVV |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.7% | +20.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +25.6% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −4.9 pts | +0.0 pts |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 12.2% | not an income fund |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | not published |
| Holdings | n/a | 504 |
JEPQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 12.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 13.7%, paid monthly.
SPY in plain words
SPY is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500, book from IVV. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, JEPQ or SPY?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEPQ returned +20.7% and SPY returned +20.0%, so JEPQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Are JEPQ and SPY the same kind of fund?
- No. JEPQ is an option-income ETF and SPY 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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