Which paid more, FDND or JEPI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so JEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, FDND or JEPI?

With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and JEPI +12.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FDND or JEPI?

FDND charges 0.75% 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

FDND vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $9.3m for FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF and $46.1bn for JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.3%

FDND cash paid, 1 year

8.1%

JEPI cash paid, 1 year

−2.6%

FDND total return, 1 year

+12.0%

JEPI total return, 1 year

FDND · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind FDN

FDND

−2.6%

FDN

−1.6%

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind FDN

FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

FDN

−1.6%

FDND

−2.6%

1 pt behind FDN

7.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FDND over 1 year: paid 7.3%, price −10.1%, total −2.6%, FDN −1.6%, −1.0 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, with zero at the line. JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPI costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.6 points; JEPI is far larger, $46.1bn against $9.3m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FDND vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FDND	JEPI
Paid and earned
Measure	FDND	JEPI
Total return, 1 year	−2.6%	+12.0%
Price change, 1 year	fell 10.1%	rose 3.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FDND	JEPI
Benchmark	First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, measured through FDN	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.0 pts	behind by 2.8 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FDND	JEPI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$9.3m	$46.1bn
Holdings
Measure	FDND	JEPI
Holdings in common	7%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JEPI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score12.3FDND76.9JEPI

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

FDND 12.3

JEPI 76.9

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FDND and JEPI hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FDND JEPI

Amazon.com, Inc. 10.68% 1.81%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.05% 1.67%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.21% 1.66%

Netflix, Inc. 5.64% 0.77%

DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) 2.53% 0.52%

Booking Holdings Inc. 4.29% 0.18%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FDND

Cisco Systems, Inc. 8.81%

Salesforce, Inc. 4.40%

Arista Networks, Inc. 4.26%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.06%

Oracle Corporation 3.78%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.75%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.23%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.72%

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%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.81%

3M CO COMMON STOCK USD 1.80%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.75%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 1.73%

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Side by side

FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the Nasdaq-100, measured against the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index, paying monthly JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the S&P 500, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust JPMorgan

Strategy option income covered call

Benchmark First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 7.1%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.3% 8.1%

Price change, 1 year −10.1% +3.4%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% +12.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year −1.6% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −2.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% not published

Age 2.6 years 6.5 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.3m $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: FDND vs JEPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FDND	JEPI	FDND	JEPI	FDND	JEPI
3 months	−4.7%	+3.3%	2.0%	1.8%	+0.5 pts	+3.4 pts
6 months	+2.2%	+7.3%	4.0%	3.9%	0.0 pts	+2.3 pts
1 year	−2.6%	+12.0%	7.3%	8.1%	−1.0 pts	−2.8 pts
3 years	–	+37.9%	–	25.2%	–	−45.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FDND Mar 2024 · JEPI May 2020	+27.3%	+102.1%	21.9%	62.2%	−4.9 pts	−82.3 pts

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About each fund

FDND

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) returned −1.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% 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.

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 paid more, FDND or JEPI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FDND paid 7.3% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so JEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FDND or JEPI?: With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −2.6% and JEPI +12.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FDND or JEPI?: FDND charges 0.75% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FDND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FDND 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FDND ↗

JEPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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