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AMZY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.6%, though JEPQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $221m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF, and $44.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
34.3%
AMZY cash paid, 1 year
11.6%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
+7.2%
AMZY total return, 1 year
+14.2%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
AMZY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.9 pts behind AMZN
AMZY
+7.2%
AMZN
+11.1%

3.9 pts behind AMZN

AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AMZN

+11.1%

AMZY

+7.2%

34.3% of it arrived as cash

3.9 pts behind AMZN

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.9 pts behind AMZN

AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

AMZN

+11.1%

AMZY

+7.2%

3.9 pts behind AMZN

34.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AMZY over 1 year: paid 34.3%, price −28.9%, total +7.2%, AMZN +11.1%, −3.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
JEPQ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1 pt behind QQQ
JEPQ
+14.2%
QQQ
+15.2%

1 pt behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

JEPQ

+14.2%

11.6% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

JEPQ

+14.2%

11.6% as cash

1 pt behind QQQ

11.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.0 points; JEPQ is far larger, $43.8bn against $221m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AMZY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYJEPQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.2%+14.2%
Price change, 1 yearfell 28.9%rose 1.6%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAmazon (AMZN)Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 3.9 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$221m$43.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JEPQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

AMZY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score70.9AMZY72.3JEPQ

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

AMZY 70.9
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

JEPQ among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

JEPQ 72.3
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. JEPQ is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

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

Risk and return

Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 168 weekly returns
AMZY JEPQ
Return
Total return edge Tie +69.9% +70.6%
Annualized edge Tie +17.8% +18.0%
Price return edge JEPQ −54.0% +20.9%
Risk
Volatility edge JEPQ 24.5% 14.2%
Max drawdown edge JEPQ −22.2% −18.5%
Downside capture 89.4% 79.0%
Beta 0.79 0.71
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPQ 0.61 0.92
Sortino edge JEPQ 0.89 1.35
Treynor 0.189 0.173
Calmar edge JEPQ 0.80 0.97
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.8% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.28 −0.05
Information ratio −0.36 −0.68
Tracking error 8.1% 7.7%

Each against its own benchmark: AMZY against AMZN, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

AMZY and JEPQ returned about the same: +69.9% and +70.6%. JEPQ swung less: 14.2% to 24.5%. JEPQ fell less at its worst: −18.5% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: AMZY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAMZYJEPQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+69.9%+70.6%TiePrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+17.8%+18.0%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−54.0%+20.9%JEPQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility24.5%14.2%JEPQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation16.7%9.7%JEPQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−22.2%−18.5%JEPQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture67.2%56.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture89.4%79.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.790.71Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.960.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.610.92JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.891.35JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1890.173Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.800.97JEPQAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkAMZNQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.8% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.28−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.7% to +6.3%−4.3% to +4.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.36−0.68Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error8.1%7.7%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 168 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, AMZY and JEPQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AMZY JEPQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AMZY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 29.92%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 11.87%
AMZN US 11/20/26 C255 5.21%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C265 1.35%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C262.5 1.22%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C252.5 -2.04%
AMZN US 10/30/26 C255 -2.30%
2AMZN US 11/20/26 P255.01 FLX -5.06%
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

AMZY YieldMax AMZN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on AMZN, paying weekly JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the Nasdaq-100, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark Amazon (AMZN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 26.6% 11.3%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 34.3% 11.6%
Price change, 1 year −28.9% +1.6%
Total return, 1 year +7.2% +14.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.1% +15.2%
Ahead or behind −3.9 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 3.3 years 4.5 years
Net assets, AMZY as of Oct 27, 2026 and JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 $221m $44.2bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: AMZY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAMZYJEPQAMZYJEPQAMZYJEPQ
3 months+12.3%+10.5%9.5%3.5%0.0 pts+0.8 pts
6 months−0.7%+8.4%17.8%6.3%+2.5 pts−1.5 pts
1 year+7.2%+14.2%34.3%11.6%−3.8 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+80.8%+83.5%104.5%39.9%−18.5 pts−30.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: AMZY Jul 2023 · JEPQ May 2022+89.0%+92.9%109.0%50.3%−8.2 pts−33.4 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-539E1E662B

AMZY and JEPQ are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. AMZY paid 34.3% and JEPQ 11.6% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 22.7 points.
  2. What each is measured against. AMZY is measured against Amazon (AMZN) and JEPQ against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
AMZY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 28.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.2%. Amazon (AMZN) returned +11.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.6%, paid weekly.

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

Which paid more, AMZY or JEPQ?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AMZY paid 34.3% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 11.6%, so AMZY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, AMZY or JEPQ?
With every distribution reinvested, AMZY returned +7.2% and JEPQ +14.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, AMZY or JEPQ?
AMZY charges 1.09% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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