Data as of .
FDND vs JEPQ: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year JEPQ paid 11.9% of its price in cash against FDND’s 7.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and JEPQ hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | JEPQ |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 3.67% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 1.34% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.22% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | 4.28% | 0.66% |
| Copart, Inc. | 0.84% | 0.19% |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 1.52% | 0.08% |
| HubSpot, Inc. | 0.37% | 0.06% |
| Only in FDND | Only in JEPQ |
|---|---|
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.12% | NVIDIA Corp. 6.68% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 5.82% | Apple, Inc. 5.83% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.65% | Micron Technology, Inc. 5.58% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | Alphabet, Inc. 5.05% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | Microsoft Corp. 3.90% |
| Oracle Corporation 4.08% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.87% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | Lam Research Corp. 2.89% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | Tesla, Inc. 2.39% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | JEPQ | FDND | JEPQ | FDND | JEPQ | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | +1.6% | 2.0% | 3.3% | +8.5 pts | +4.1 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +15.1% | 4.3% | 6.7% | +4.8 pts | −9.2 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | +18.5% | 7.1% | 11.9% | −14.1 pts | −3.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +73.0% | not published | 37.2% | not published | −25.1 pts |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +91.7% | 20.4% | 49.2% | −0.5 pts | −33.0 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 13.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 11.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | +5.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +18.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +21.8% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −3.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 1598 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $43.0bn |
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly.
JEPQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.6%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FDND or JEPQ?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 11.9%, 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, FDND or JEPQ?
- With every distribution reinvested, FDND returned −0.6% and JEPQ returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JEPQ returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FDND or JEPQ?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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