Which is cheaper, HEMI or JEPQ?

HEMI charges 0.49% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

HEMI vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

HEMI and JEPQ both write options for income.

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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $42.1bn on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.6%

HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

11.9%

JEPQ cash paid, 1 year

+12.6%

HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

+10.4%

JEPQ total return, 1 year

HEMI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

HEMI

+12.6%

none

Not measured

HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HEMI

+12.6%

7.6% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HEMI

+12.6%

7.6% cash

7.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JEPQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.9 pts behind QQQ

JEPQ

+10.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

1.9 pts behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −1.9%, total +10.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

JEPQ

+10.4%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

1.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −1.9%, total +10.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

JEPQ

+10.4%

11.9% as cash

1.9 pts behind QQQ

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −1.9%, total +10.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.14 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HEMI vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	HEMI	JEPQ
Paid and earned
Measure	HEMI	JEPQ
Total return, 1 year	not published	+10.4%
Price change	fell 0.4% (6 months)	fell 1.9% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	HEMI	JEPQ
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	HEMI	JEPQ
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.35%
Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026	$35m	$42.1bn
Holdings
Measure	HEMI	JEPQ
Holdings in common	45%

Method

What they share

45%

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and JEPQ hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

45% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HEMI JEPQ

NVIDIA Corp 8.49% 7.09%

Apple Inc 6.41% 6.76%

Microsoft Corp 6.05% 5.61%

Alphabet Inc 6.62% 4.10%

Amazon.com Inc 5.06% 3.98%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.33% 2.70%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.26% 3.31%

Broadcom Inc 3.60% 1.95%

Micron Technology Inc 1.86% 4.19%

Walmart Inc 1.33% 2.03%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.31% 0.92%

Linde PLC 0.79% 0.75%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HEMI

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.34%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.32%

Sherwin-Williams Co 1.47%

RTX Corp 1.44%

General Electric Co 1.41%

KLA Corp 1.40%

Merck & Co Inc 1.32%

Wells Fargo & Co 1.32%

Only in JEPQ

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 1.58%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.29%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.28%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 1.20%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 12 1.17%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 13 1.17%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 14 1.17%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 15 1.16%

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Side by side

HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the Nasdaq-100, paying monthly

Issuer Hartford JPMorgan

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.6% 11.3%

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) 11.9%

Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) −1.9%

Total return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +10.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available −1.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% not published

Age 322 days 4.5 years

Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 $35m $42.1bn

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: HEMI vs JEPQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	HEMI	JEPQ	HEMI	JEPQ	HEMI	JEPQ
3 months	+0.3%	−0.9%	2.2%	3.0%	0.0 pts	+2.6 pts
6 months	+4.0%	+2.3%	4.4%	6.2%	−0.4 pts	+2.6 pts
1 year	–	+10.4%	–	11.9%	–	−1.8 pts
3 years	–	+66.7%	–	38.3%	–	−24.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · JEPQ May 2022	+12.6%	+85.2%	7.6%	51.4%	not measured	−30.6 pts

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About each fund

HEMI

HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +4.4% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, HEMI paid 4.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.0%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly. Hartford estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 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 Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or JEPQ?: HEMI charges 0.49% a year and JEPQ charges 0.35%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →HEMI on its own →JEPQ on its own →HEMI dividend history →HEMI holdings →JEPQ dividend history →JEPQ holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HEMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HEMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

HEMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Hartford website ↗

JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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