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GOOY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.6%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $217m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF, and $44.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
39.5%
GOOY cash paid, 1 year
11.6%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
+18.0%
GOOY total return, 1 year
+14.2%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
GOOY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.8 pts behind GOOGL
GOOY
+18.0%
GOOGL
+21.8%

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% of it arrived as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

GOOGL

+21.8%

GOOY

+18.0%

39.5% as cash

3.8 pts behind GOOGL

39.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 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%

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 0.79 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points; JEPQ is far larger, $43.8bn against $217m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GOOY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGOOYJEPQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+18.0%+14.2%
Price change, 1 yearfell 20.9%rose 1.6%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkAlphabet (GOOGL)Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 3.8 ptsbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.14%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$217m$43.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · GOOY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

GOOY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

IQ Income Score81.8GOOY72.3JEPQ

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

GOOY 81.8
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 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 168 weekly returns
GOOY JEPQ
Return
Total return edge GOOY (slight) +77.9% +70.6%
Annualized edge GOOY (slight) +19.5% +18.0%
Price return edge JEPQ −44.2% +20.9%
Risk
Volatility edge JEPQ 24.4% 14.2%
Max drawdown edge JEPQ −23.6% −18.5%
Downside capture 91.0% 79.0%
Beta 0.77 0.71
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPQ 0.67 0.92
Sortino edge JEPQ 0.98 1.35
Treynor 0.212 0.173
Calmar edge JEPQ 0.83 0.97
Against the benchmark
Alpha −5.9% a year −0.1% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.78 −0.05
Information ratio −1.36 −0.68
Tracking error 9.2% 7.7%

Each against its own benchmark: GOOY against GOOGL, Aug 4, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026; JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

GOOY returned slightly more: +77.9% to +70.6%. JEPQ swung less: 14.2% to 24.4%. JEPQ fell less at its worst: −18.5% to −23.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: GOOY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGOOYJEPQEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+77.9%+70.6%GOOY (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+19.5%+18.0%GOOY (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return−44.2%+20.9%JEPQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility24.4%14.2%JEPQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation16.6%9.7%JEPQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−23.6%−18.5%JEPQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture57.4%56.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture91.0%79.0%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.770.71Not 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
Sharpe0.670.92JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.981.35JEPQReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.2120.173Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.830.97JEPQAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkGOOGLQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−5.9% a year−0.1% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.78−0.05Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−12.5% to +0.6%−4.3% to +4.1%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.36−0.68Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error9.2%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, 168 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, GOOY 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 GOOY JEPQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GOOY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 27.18%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 9.66%
GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 C 3.95%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C335 1.38%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C337.5 0.50%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C327.5 -1.24%
GOOGL US 10/30/26 C325 -1.50%
GOOGL 11/20/2026 330.01 P -5.02%
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

GOOY YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on GOOGL, 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 Alphabet (GOOGL) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 26.4% 11.3%
Expense ratio 1.14% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 39.5% 11.6%
Price change, 1 year −20.9% +1.6%
Total return, 1 year +18.0% +14.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +21.8% +15.2%
Ahead or behind −3.8 pts −1.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 3.3 years 4.5 years
Net assets, GOOY as of Oct 27, 2026 and JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 $217m $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: GOOY vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGOOYJEPQGOOYJEPQGOOYJEPQ
3 months−1.2%+10.5%7.2%3.5%+2.3 pts+0.8 pts
6 months−6.2%+8.4%18.0%6.3%+0.8 pts−1.5 pts
1 year+18.0%+14.2%39.5%11.6%−3.8 pts−1.0 pts
3 years+88.3%+83.5%89.5%39.9%−80.2 pts−30.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GOOY Jul 2023 · JEPQ May 2022+75.1%+92.9%83.8%50.3%−72.3 pts−33.4 pts

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Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-01CA111A31

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

  1. Income paid. GOOY paid 39.5% and JEPQ 11.6% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 27.9 points.
  2. What each is measured against. GOOY is measured against Alphabet (GOOGL) 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
GOOY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid weekly.

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, GOOY or JEPQ?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting price in cash and JEPQ paid 11.6%, so GOOY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GOOY or JEPQ?
With every distribution reinvested, GOOY returned +18.0% and JEPQ +14.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GOOY or JEPQ?
GOOY charges 1.14% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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