Which is cheaper, DDDD or JEPI?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and JEPI both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $7.8m for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF and $46.1bn for JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF.

DDDD on its own →JEPI on its own →

At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

8.1%

JEPI cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+12.0%

JEPI total return, 1 year

DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD

+17.1%

SCHD

+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% as cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JEPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.8 pts behind SPY

JEPI

+12.0%

SPY

+14.8%

2.8 pts behind SPY

JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JEPI

+12.0%

8.1% of it arrived as cash

2.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.8 pts behind SPY

JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JEPI

+12.0%

2.8 pts behind SPY

8.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +20.4%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPI costs 0.66 points a year less; JEPI is far larger, $46.1bn against $7.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	JEPI
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	JEPI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+12.0%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 3.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	JEPI
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	JEPI
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.8m	$46.1bn
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	JEPI
Holdings in common	8%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and JEPI hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD JEPI

EOG Resources Inc 1.86% 1.67%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90% 1.05%

ConocoPhillips 3.84% 0.86%

Accenture PLC 3.77% 0.65%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 3.06% 0.63%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91% 0.59%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 0.52%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37% 0.50%

Verizon Communications Inc 3.57% 0.37%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82% 0.36%

Abbott Laboratories 4.02% 0.31%

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70% 0.27%

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Only in DDDD

Home Depot Inc 4.29%

Amgen Inc 4.16%

Chevron Corp 3.94%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92%

Lockheed Martin Corp 2.87%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.81%

Blackstone Inc 2.21%

Comcast Corp 2.10%

Only in JEPI

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.99%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 1.93%

VISA INC COMMON STOCK USD 1.88%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 1.86%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 1.81%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.81%

3M CO COMMON STOCK USD 1.80%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.75%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the S&P 500, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax JPMorgan

Strategy synthetic covered call covered call

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 7.1%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 8.1%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +3.4%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +12.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −2.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% not published

Age 237 days 6.5 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.8m $46.1bn

As of Nov 4, 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: DDDD vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	JEPI	DDDD	JEPI	DDDD	JEPI
3 months	+7.5%	+3.3%	1.6%	1.8%	−1.0 pts	+3.4 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+7.3%	3.3%	3.9%	−2.6 pts	+2.3 pts
1 year	–	+12.0%	–	8.1%	–	−2.8 pts
3 years	–	+37.9%	–	25.2%	–	−45.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · JEPI May 2020	+17.1%	+102.1%	3.4%	62.2%	−3.3 pts	−82.3 pts

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About each fund

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 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 Nov 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DDDD or JEPI?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →JEPI on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →JEPI dividend history →JEPI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

JEPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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