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CONY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.6%, though JEPQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $339m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF, and $44.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
32.2%
CONY cash paid, 1 year
11.6%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
−46.4%
CONY total return, 1 year
+14.2%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
CONY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 7.9 pts ahead of COIN
CONY
−46.4%
COIN
−54.3%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

COIN

−54.3%

CONY

−46.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

COIN

−54.3%

CONY

−46.4%

7.9 pts ahead of COIN

32.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CONY over 1 year: paid 32.2%, price −73.9%, total −46.4%, COIN −54.3%, +7.9 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% 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%

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 0.69 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 60.6 points; JEPQ is far larger, $43.8bn against $339m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CONY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCONYJEPQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−46.4%+14.2%
Price change, 1 yearfell 73.9%rose 1.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate21% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkCoinbase (COIN)Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysahead by 7.9 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.04%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$339m$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?

CONY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score16.9CONY72.3JEPQ

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

CONY 16.9
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 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 165 weekly returns
CONY JEPQ
Return
Total return edge JEPQ +39.5% +73.0%
Annualized edge JEPQ +11.1% +18.8%
Price return edge JEPQ −90.7% +22.5%
Risk
Volatility edge JEPQ 59.4% 14.2%
Max drawdown edge JEPQ −60.8% −18.5%
Downside capture 97.3% 79.0%
Beta 0.74 0.71
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPQ 0.39 0.97
Sortino edge JEPQ 0.61 1.43
Treynor 0.315 0.173
Calmar edge JEPQ 0.18 1.02
Against the benchmark
Alpha −13.1% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.62 −0.05
Information ratio −1.04 −0.68
Tracking error 25.2% 7.7%

Each against its own benchmark: CONY against COIN, Aug 25, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

JEPQ returned more: +73.0% to +39.5%. JEPQ swung less: 14.2% to 59.4%. JEPQ fell less at its worst: −18.5% to −60.8%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: CONY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCONYJEPQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+39.5%+73.0%JEPQPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+11.1%+18.8%JEPQTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−90.7%+22.5%JEPQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility59.4%14.2%JEPQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation38.0%9.7%JEPQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−60.8%−18.5%JEPQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture33.2%56.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture97.3%79.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.740.71Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.940.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.390.97JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.611.43JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.3150.173Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.181.02JEPQAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkCOINQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−13.1% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.62−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−29.1% to +2.8%−4.3% to +4.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.04−0.68Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error25.2%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, 165 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, CONY 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 CONY JEPQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CONY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.08%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 15.23%
COIN US 11/20/26 C170 3.18%
COIN US 12/18/26 C185 2.34%
COIN US 10/30/26 C180 0.50%
COIN US 10/30/26 C177.5 0.19%
COIN US 10/30/26 C182.5 0.13%
COIN US 10/30/26 C185 0.04%
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

CONY YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on COIN, 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 Coinbase (COIN) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 58.5% 11.3%
Expense ratio 1.04% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 32.2% 11.6%
Price change, 1 year −73.9% +1.6%
Total return, 1 year −46.4% +14.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year −54.3% +15.2%
Ahead or behind +7.9 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 21% not published
Age 3.2 years 4.5 years
Net assets, CONY as of Oct 27, 2026 and JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 $339m $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: CONY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCONYJEPQCONYJEPQCONYJEPQ
3 months+4.5%+10.5%17.6%3.5%+3.1 pts+0.8 pts
6 months−5.0%+8.4%30.0%6.3%+5.7 pts−1.5 pts
1 year−46.4%+14.2%32.2%11.6%+7.9 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+33.8%+83.5%180.5%39.9%−95.5 pts−30.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CONY Aug 2023 · JEPQ May 2022+30.9%+92.9%172.2%50.3%−74.1 pts−33.4 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-CCF3754238

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

  1. Income paid. CONY paid 32.2% and JEPQ 11.6% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 20.6 points.
  2. What each is measured against. CONY is measured against Coinbase (COIN) 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
CONY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 73.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −46.4%. Coinbase (COIN) returned −54.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 58.5%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 21% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

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, CONY or JEPQ?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CONY paid 32.2% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 11.6%, 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 JEPQ?
With every distribution reinvested, CONY returned −46.4% and JEPQ +14.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CONY or JEPQ?
CONY charges 1.04% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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