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IVVW vs JEPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year IVVW paid 17.5% of its price in cash against JEPI’s 8.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF.

17.5%IVVW cash paid, 1 year
8.1%JEPI cash paid, 1 year
+17.2%IVVW total return, 1 year
+7.0%JEPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: IVVW scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

IVVW 61.3JEPI 40.93.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

IVVW0.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%IVVW+17.2%17.5% as cash0.6 pts ahead of SPY
JEPI9.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JEPI+7.0%8.1% of it arrived as cash9.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JEPI+7.0%9.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVVW and JEPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in IVVWOnly in JEPI
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 101.45%AbbVie, Inc. 1.74%
USD CASH 0.18%Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 1.70%
OCT26 SPX C @ 7625.000000 -1.63%Johnson & Johnson 1.68%
Eaton Corp. plc 1.64%
Trane Technologies plc 1.62%
Lam Research Corp. 1.57%
Apple, Inc. 1.53%
NVIDIA Corp. 1.53%

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

IVVW and JEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
IVVWJEPIIVVWJEPIIVVWJEPI
3 months+4.6%+2.3%2.6%2.0%+2.4 pts0.0 pts
6 months+13.1%+4.6%7.9%4.3%−4.9 pts−13.5 pts
1 year+17.2%+7.0%17.5%8.1%+0.6 pts−9.5 pts
3 yearsnot published+29.4%not published24.6%not published−49.0 pts
Since launch+38.9%+92.6%39.7%60.9%−14.9 pts−89.9 pts
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IVVW and JEPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVVW
iShares S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
JEPI
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssueriSharesJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.6%7.9%
Expense ratio0.25%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year17.5%8.1%
Price change, 1 year−2.0%−1.2%
Total return, 1 year+17.2%+7.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts−9.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age917 days2311 days
Net assets$350m$45.3bn

IVVW in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.6%, paid monthly.

JEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, IVVW or JEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IVVW paid 17.5% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so IVVW paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, IVVW or JEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, IVVW returned +17.2% and JEPI returned +7.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IVVW returned more.
Which is cheaper, IVVW or JEPI?
IVVW charges 0.25% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so IVVW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IVVW against JEPI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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