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DIVO vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.6% of its price in cash against DIVO’s 6.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $8.1bn for Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF and $44.2bn for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
6.6%
DIVO cash paid, 1 year
11.6%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
DIVO total return, 1 year
+14.2%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
DIVO · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 0.9 pts behind SPY
DIVO
+12.7%
SPY
+13.6%

0.9 pts behind SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.6%, price +5.5%, total +12.7%, SPY +13.6%, −0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

DIVO

+12.7%

6.6% of it arrived as cash

0.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts behind SPY

DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.6%, price +5.5%, total +12.7%, SPY +13.6%, −0.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

SPY

+13.6%

DIVO

+12.7%

0.9 pts behind SPY

6.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DIVO over 1 year: paid 6.6%, price +5.5%, total +12.7%, SPY +13.6%, −0.9 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, 0 to +15.2%. JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.2%. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points; JEPQ is 5.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DIVO vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOJEPQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+14.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 5.5%rose 1.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate68% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 0.9 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.56%0.35%
Net assets$8.1bn$44.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common16%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · DIVO scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score87.5DIVO72.3JEPQ

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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

May 13, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026 · 232 weekly returns
DIVO JEPQ
Return
Total return edge JEPQ +69.7% +98.5%
Annualized edge JEPQ +12.6% +16.6%
Price return edge DIVO +34.8% +21.0%
Risk
Volatility edge DIVO 11.8% 15.6%
Max drawdown edge DIVO −11.2% −18.5%
Downside capture 76.2% 79.0%
Beta 0.73 0.71
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPQ 0.69 0.78
Sortino edge JEPQ 1.03 1.15
Treynor 0.140 0.173
Calmar edge DIVO 1.12 0.90
Against the benchmark
Alpha +0.9% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat 0.45 −0.05
Information ratio −0.34 −0.68
Tracking error 7.5% 7.7%

Each against its own benchmark: DIVO against SPY, Dec 23, 2016 to Oct 23, 2026; JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

JEPQ returned more: +98.5% to +69.7%. DIVO swung less: 11.8% to 15.6%. DIVO fell less at its worst: −11.2% to −18.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: DIVO vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDIVOJEPQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+69.7%+98.5%JEPQPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.6%+16.6%JEPQTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+34.8%+21.0%DIVOPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility11.8%15.6%DIVOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation7.9%10.6%DIVOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−11.2%−18.5%DIVODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture62.8%56.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture76.2%79.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.730.71Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.820.92Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.690.78JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.031.15JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1400.173Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.120.90DIVOAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha+0.9% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat0.45−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.9% to +4.6%−4.3% to +4.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.34−0.68Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.5%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, 232 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, DIVO and JEPQ hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DIVO JEPQ
Microsoft Corp 5.91% 5.44%
Apple Inc 5.02% 6.66%
NVIDIA Corp 3.98% 7.02%
Booking Holdings Inc 0.96% 0.52%
AbbVie Inc 1.20% 0.46%
Amgen Inc 5.52% 0.43%
Coca-Cola Co 2.02% 0.20%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.06% 0.15%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DIVO
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 6.17%
Visa Inc 5.21%
Caterpillar Inc 5.12%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 5.01%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.93%
Amplify Samsung SOFR ETF 4.13%
American Express Co 4.07%
Chevron Corp 3.97%
Only in JEPQ
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%
TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.31%
BROADCOM INC COMMON 1.97%
WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 1.83%
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Side by side

DIVO Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the Nasdaq-100, paying monthly
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 4.7% 11.3%
Expense ratio 0.56% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.6% 11.6%
Price change, 1 year +5.5% +1.6%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +14.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +13.6% +15.2%
Ahead or behind −0.9 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 68% not published
Age 9.9 years 4.5 years
Net assets $8.1bn $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: DIVO vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDIVOJEPQDIVOJEPQDIVOJEPQ
3 months+4.2%+10.5%1.2%3.5%−1.9 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+8.4%+8.4%2.1%6.3%−0.7 pts−1.5 pts
1 year+12.7%+14.2%6.6%11.6%−0.9 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+66.6%+83.5%19.9%39.9%−28.4 pts−30.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DIVO Dec 2016 · JEPQ May 2022+224.0%+92.9%73.2%50.3%−76.6 pts−33.4 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-80A0139A03

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

  1. Income paid. DIVO paid 6.6% and JEPQ 11.6% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 5.0 points.
  2. What each is measured against. DIVO is measured against S&P 500 through SPY and JEPQ against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ.
  3. Holdings in common. 16% 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
DIVO

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +13.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 68% of the distribution paid Sep 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, DIVO or JEPQ?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DIVO paid 6.6% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 11.6%, so JEPQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DIVO or JEPQ?
With every distribution reinvested, DIVO returned +12.7% and JEPQ +14.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DIVO or JEPQ?
DIVO charges 0.56% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ 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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