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FEPI vs JEPI
REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF | JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | REX | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 25.1% | 7.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 23.2% | 8.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −7.5% | +0.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +17.8% | +9.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +25.6% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | −7.8 pts | −10.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1059 days | 2297 days |
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.1%, paid weekly.
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.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FEPI or JEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so FEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, FEPI or JEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, FEPI returned +17.8% and JEPI returned +9.2% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FEPI or JEPI?
- FEPI charges 0.65% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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