Are HDV and JEPQ in the same category?

HDV is a stock ETF and JEPQ is an option-income ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, HDV or JEPQ?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and JEPQ +14.2%.

Which is cheaper, HDV or JEPQ?

HDV is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HDV vs JEPQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HDV returned +29.4% to JEPQ's +14.2%, and HDV charges 0.08% to JEPQ's 0.35%.

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Net assets: $15.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core High Dividend ETF, and $44.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

+14.2%

JEPQ total return, 1 year

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

0.35%

JEPQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.2 points; JEPQ is 2.8 times larger.

HDV vs JEPQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HDV	JEPQ
Return
Measure	HDV	JEPQ
Total return, 1 year	+29.4%	+14.2%
Price change, 1 year	rose 24.9%	rose 1.6%
Latest payout, annualized		11.3%
Against its benchmark
Measure	HDV	JEPQ
What it tracks	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index	Benchmark: Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same days		behind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Measure	HDV	JEPQ
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$15.9bn	$43.8bn
Holdings
Measure	HDV	JEPQ
Holdings in common	3%
In the S&P 500, by weight	90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HDV and JEPQ hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HDV JEPQ

PEPSICO 3.89% 0.65%

ABBVIE 6.77% 0.46%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 1.29% 0.45%

AMGEN INC 2.78% 0.43%

STARBUCKS CORP 1.38% 0.27%

XCEL ENERGY INC 0.76% 0.27%

SOUTHERN 1.83% 0.25%

NEXTERA ENERGY 2.54% 0.24%

COCA-COLA 4.26% 0.20%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HDV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 9.48%

CHEVRON 7.22%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 5.46%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.12%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 5.04%

HOME DEPOT 4.57%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 3.75%

MCDONALDS CORP 2.55%

Only in JEPQ

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 7.02%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 6.66%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 5.44%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.58%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.51%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 3.85%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.77%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53%

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Side by side

HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Income ETF

Issuer iShares JPMorgan

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend covered call, vs QQQ

Total return, 1 year +29.4% +14.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.2% (QQQ)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −1.0 pts vs QQQ

Cash paid, 1 year not an income fund 11.6%

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.35%

Holdings 77 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 $15.9bn $44.2bn

HDV and JEPQ on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.

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About each fund

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

JEPQ

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Are HDV and JEPQ in the same category?: HDV is a stock ETF and JEPQ is an option-income ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, HDV or JEPQ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HDV returned +29.4% and JEPQ +14.2%.
Which is cheaper, HDV or JEPQ?: HDV is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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