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CONY vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, CONY paid 31.8% of its price in cash against JEPI’s 7.9%, though JEPI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 26, 2026: $336m for YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF and $45.8bn for JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
31.8%
CONY cash paid, 1 year
7.9%
JEPI cash paid, 1 year
−47.5%
CONY total return, 1 year
+7.6%
JEPI total return, 1 year
CONY · 1 year to Oct 27, 2026 7.9 pts ahead of COIN
CONY
−47.5%
COIN
−55.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 31.8%, price −74.4%, total −47.5%, COIN −55.4%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 27, 2026.

COIN

−55.4%

CONY

−47.5%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 31.8%, price −74.4%, total −47.5%, COIN −55.4%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 27, 2026.

COIN

−55.4%

CONY

−47.5%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

31.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CONY over 1 year: paid 31.8%, price −74.4%, total −47.5%, COIN −55.4%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 27, 2026.

Data to Oct 27, 2026.
JEPI · 1 year to Oct 27, 2026 5.9 pts behind SPY
JEPI
+7.6%
SPY
+13.5%

5.9 pts behind SPY

JEPI over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price −0.6%, total +7.6%, SPY +13.5%, −5.9 pts. Data to Oct 27, 2026.

SPY

+13.5%

JEPI

+7.6%

5.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.9 pts behind SPY

JEPI over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price −0.6%, total +7.6%, SPY +13.5%, −5.9 pts. Data to Oct 27, 2026.

SPY

+13.5%

JEPI

+7.6%

5.9 pts behind SPY

7.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JEPI over 1 year: paid 7.9%, price −0.6%, total +7.6%, SPY +13.5%, −5.9 pts. Data to Oct 27, 2026.

Data to Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPI costs 0.69 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 55.1 points; JEPI is far larger, $45.8bn against $336m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CONY vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCONYJEPI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−47.5%+7.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 74.4%fell 0.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate9% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkCoinbase (COIN)S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.04%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$336m$45.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JEPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

CONY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score15.5CONY58.2JEPI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 165 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

CONY 15.5
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

JEPI among the 165 income ETFs not writing on a single company

JEPI 58.2
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. JEPI is a percentile among the 165 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 26, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 165 weekly returns
CONY JEPI
Return
Total return edge CONY +39.5% +33.0%
Annualized edge CONY +11.1% +9.4%
Price return edge JEPI −90.7% +3.6%
Risk
Volatility edge JEPI 59.4% 9.1%
Max drawdown edge JEPI −60.8% −11.5%
Downside capture 97.3% 59.6%
Beta 0.74 0.57
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPI 0.39 0.54
Sortino edge JEPI 0.61 0.75
Treynor 0.315 0.133
Calmar edge JEPI 0.18 0.82
Against the benchmark
Alpha −13.1% a year −0.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.62 −0.15
Information ratio −1.04 −0.73
Tracking error 25.2% 8.7%

Each against its own benchmark: CONY against COIN, Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; JEPI against SPY, May 29, 2020 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

CONY returned more: +39.5% to +33.0%. JEPI swung less: 9.1% to 59.4%. JEPI fell less at its worst: −11.5% to −60.8%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: CONY vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCONYJEPIEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+39.5%+33.0%CONYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+11.1%+9.4%CONYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−90.7%+3.6%JEPIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility59.4%9.1%JEPISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation38.0%6.5%JEPILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−60.8%−11.5%JEPIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture33.2%42.2%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture97.3%59.6%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.740.57Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.940.75Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.390.54JEPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.610.75JEPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.3150.133Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.180.82JEPIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkCOINSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−13.1% a year−0.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.62−0.15Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−29.1% to +2.8%−4.4% to +3.8%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.04−0.73Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error25.2%8.7%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 165 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, CONY and JEPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 26, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CONY JEPI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CONY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.51%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 15.47%
COIN US 11/20/26 C170 2.85%
COIN US 12/18/26 C185 2.28%
COIN US 10/30/26 C180 0.47%
COIN US 10/30/26 C177.5 0.19%
COIN US 10/30/26 C182.5 0.12%
COIN US 10/30/26 C185 0.04%
Only in JEPI
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 1.98%
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 1.94%
MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.90%
VISA INC COMMON STOCK 1.82%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 1.81%
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 1.79%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 1.78%
3M CO COMMON STOCK USD 1.77%
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Side by side

CONY YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, paying weekly JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the S&P 500, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call covered call
Benchmark Coinbase (COIN) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 58.9% 7.2%
Expense ratio 1.04% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 31.8% 7.9%
Price change, 1 year −74.4% −0.6%
Total return, 1 year −47.5% +7.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year −55.4% +13.5%
Ahead or behind +7.9 pts −5.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 9% not published
Age 3.2 years 6.4 years
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026 $336m $45.8bn

As of Oct 27, 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: CONY vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCONYJEPICONYJEPICONYJEPI
3 months−0.2%+1.5%16.9%1.9%+3.8 pts−2.7 pts
6 months−11.1%+4.3%28.2%4.0%+5.9 pts−4.4 pts
1 year−47.5%+7.6%31.8%7.9%+7.9 pts−5.9 pts
3 years+33.0%+40.9%180.5%26.3%−94.6 pts−53.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CONY Aug 2023 · JEPI May 2020+30.0%+97.2%172.2%61.5%−73.4 pts−88.2 pts

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

  1. Income paid. CONY paid 31.8% and JEPI 7.9% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 23.9 points.
  2. What each is measured against. CONY is measured against Coinbase (COIN) and JEPI against S&P 500 through SPY.
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 26, 2026).

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

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About each fund
CONY

Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, CONY paid 31.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 74.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −47.5%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −55.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.9 pts. At its price on Oct 27, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 58.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 9% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

JEPI

Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, JEPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.9 pts. At its price on Oct 27, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CONY or JEPI?
Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, CONY paid 31.8% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 7.9%, so CONY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CONY or JEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −47.5% and JEPI +7.6% over the year to Oct 27, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CONY or JEPI?
CONY charges 1.04% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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