JEPQ vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

Over the year to Nov 13, 2026, JEPQ returned +9.5% to VYM's +19.6%, and VYM charges 0.04% to JEPQ's 0.35%.

Return gap: +10.1 pts1 year to Nov 13, 2026: VYM ahead, total return
Fee gap: 0.31 ptsA year: JEPQ 0.35%, VYM 0.04%, per filings dated Feb 27, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026
Overlap: 12%Share of the two books held in common, holdings dated Nov 12, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026
Net flow: –Needs daily flows for both funds

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JEPQ and VYM · 1 year

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JEPQ +9.5%VYM +19.6%

Growth of 100 in JEPQ and VYM over 1 year, Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested. JEPQ ends at 109.5 (+9.5%), VYM at 119.6 (+19.6%).

JEPQ +9.5%, VYM +19.6%: VYM +10.1 pts ahead, 1 year, Nov 13, 2025 to Nov 13, 2026.

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Cost to trade

Order size $10,000

Hypothetical. A $10,000 order in JEPQ costs about $0.84 one way and $1.68 in and out, at a median spread of 0.016805%. The 0.016805% spread is JEPQ’s 30-day median, from JPMorgan (fund page).

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Fees over time

Amount $10,000Years held 10 years

Hypothetical. $10,000 in JEPQ for 10 years at 0.35% a year costs about $583 in fees and lost growth; VYM at 0.04% would cost $67. Assumes 6% a year before fees, a sample rate, not a forecast.

Key numbers

JEPQ total return, 1 year

+9.5%

VYM total return, 1 year

+19.6%

JEPQ expense ratio

0.35%

VYM expense ratio

0.04%

VYM costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points.

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Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+19.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 2.7%	rose 16.8%
Latest payout, annualized	11.5%
What it tracks	Benchmark: Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 2.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 13, 2026 and VYM as of Oct 31, 2026	$42.1bn	$83.3bn
Holdings in common	12%
In the S&P 500, by weight		92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		26.2%

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The numbers behind it

Net assets: $42.1bn on Nov 13, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF, and $83.3bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and VYM hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026.

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BROADCOM INC COMMON	2.14%	6.93%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC COMMON	1.15%	1.80%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC	0.92%	1.08%
ANALOG DEVICES INC COMMON	1.17%	0.82%
LINDE PLC COMMON STOCK	0.76%	0.93%
PEPSICO INC COMMON STOCK	0.73%	0.73%
QUALCOMM INC COMMON STOCK	0.57%	0.82%
ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK	0.50%	1.96%
AMGEN INC COMMON STOCK	0.47%	0.89%
T-MOBILE US INC COMMON	0.56%	0.34%
COMCAST CORP COMMON STOCK	0.41%	0.33%
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL	0.51%	0.32%

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APPLE INC COMMON STOCK	7.20%
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK	5.68%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON	5.61%
ALPHABET INC-CL C	4.33%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON	4.23%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES	4.00%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC	3.90%
META PLATFORMS INC COMMON	2.70%

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JPMorgan Chase & Co	3.75%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp	2.84%
Johnson & Johnson	2.71%
Chevron Corp	1.61%
Caterpillar Inc	1.56%
Merck & Co Inc	1.52%
Bank of America Corp	1.50%
Procter & Gamble Co	1.44%

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Fund	JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF	Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Where it sits	Income ETF	Stock ETF
Issuer	JPMorgan	Vanguard
What it is	covered call, vs QQQ	Tracks an index of US high dividend
Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+19.6%
Its benchmark over the same days	+12.3% (QQQ)	not measured
Gap to its benchmark	−2.8 pts vs QQQ	not measured
Cash paid, 1 year	12.0%	not an income fund
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Holdings	not read by ETFIQ	593
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 13, 2026 and VYM as of Oct 31, 2026	$42.1bn	$83.3bn

JEPQ and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Nov 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price.

From May 2022 to Nov 2026, JEPQ returned more: +92.7% to +73.7%. VYM swung less: 14.0% to 15.8%. VYM fell less at its worst: −14.0% to −18.5%.

May 13, 2022 to Nov 13, 2026 · 235 weekly returns · 9 measures

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Total return	+92.7%	+73.7%	JEPQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.6%	+13.0%	JEPQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+16.3%	+52.6%	VYM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Volatility	15.8%	14.0%	VYM	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.8%	9.6%	VYM	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.5%	−14.0%	VYM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Sharpe	0.72	0.63	JEPQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.06	0.92	JEPQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.85	0.92	VYM (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 235 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

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About JEPQ

Over the year to Nov 13, 2026, JEPQ paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.8 pts. At its price on Nov 13, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly.

About VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Nov 13, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested.

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 593 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

Questions people ask

Are JEPQ and VYM in the same category?

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

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

In the year to Nov 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JEPQ returned +9.5% and VYM +19.6%.

Which is cheaper, JEPQ or VYM?

VYM is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources

JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) JPMorgan website VYM filings on SEC EDGAR VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) Vanguard page for VYM

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