{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti","section":"compare","title":"JEPQ vs VTI: ETF Returns, Fees and Overlap | ETFIQ","description":"JEPQ vs VTI to Oct 28, 2026: one-year total return +14.2% against +13.5%, expense ratio 0.35% against 0.03%. 48% of their weight is in the same names.","as_of":"Oct 28, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Are JEPQ and VTI in the same category?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"JEPQ is an option-income ETF and VTI is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Which returned more over the last year, JEPQ or VTI?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEPQ returned +14.2% and VTI +13.5%."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Which is cheaper, JEPQ or VTI?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"VTI is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Compare ETFs","item":"https://etfiq.com/compare/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"JEPQ vs VTI","item":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"JEPQ vs VTI: ETF Returns, Fees and Overlap","description":"JEPQ vs VTI to Oct 28, 2026: one-year total return +14.2% against +13.5%, expense ratio 0.35% against 0.03%. 48% of their weight is in the same names.","url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti","dateModified":"2026-10-28","speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".verdict",".lede",".faq"]},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"}},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"ETFIQ comparison of JEPQ and VTI","description":"JEPQ vs VTI to Oct 28, 2026: one-year total return +14.2% against +13.5%, expense ratio 0.35% against 0.03%. 48% of their weight is in the same names.","dateModified":"2026-10-28","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/alternatives.json"},{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/core.json"},{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/crypto.json"},{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/funds.json"},{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/income.json"},{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/leverage.json"},{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Compare ETFs","item":"https://etfiq.com/compare/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"JEPQ vs VTI","item":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"JEPQ vs VTI: ETF Returns, Fees and Overlap","description":"JEPQ vs VTI to Oct 28, 2026: one-year total return +14.2% against +13.5%, expense ratio 0.35% against 0.03%. 48% of their weight is in the same names.","url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti","dateModified":"2026-10-28","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".verdict",".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":5639,"truncated":true,"content":"ETFIQ / Compare ETFs / JEPQ vs VTI \n \n Data as of Oct 28, 2026.\n ETFIQ etfiq.com \u00b7 independent ETF data \n JEPQ vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees\n Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ returned +14.2% to VTI's +13.5%, and VTI charges 0.03% to JEPQ's 0.35%.\n Copy this for sharing \n VTI costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points.\n JEPQ and VTI at a glance. As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. JEPQ VTI \n Expense ratio 0.35% 0.03% \n Net assets, JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $44.2bn $689.2bn \n Total return, 1 year +14.2% +13.5% \n What it tracks Benc","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, JEPQ against VTI, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti","a":{"ticker":"JEPQ","name":"JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF","issuer":"JPMorgan","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.6% in cash and returned 14.2% in total, against 15.2% for QQQ.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/jepq","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price","value":"11.6%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+14.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against QQQ","value":"\u22121.0 pts","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Latest payout, annualized on today\u2019s price","value":"11.3%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026","value":"$0.5669","as_of":"2026-10-01","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$44.2bn","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.35%","as_of":"2026-10-19","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Oct 19, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"VTI","name":"Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"VTI tracks an index of US total market and returned +13.5% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vti","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+13.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.03%","as_of":"2026-04-28","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"3521","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22121.1%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"1.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 28, 2026","value":"$0.9555","as_of":"2026-09-28","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$689.2bn","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":48,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/jepq-vs-vti"}