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

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against JEPI’s 8.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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

8.1%JEPI cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+7.0%JEPI total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

JEPI 40.9PBP 80.63.8, 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

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
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JEPI and PBP hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JEPI and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJEPIPBP
Apple, Inc.1.53%7.50%
NVIDIA Corp.1.53%8.18%
Alphabet, Inc.1.52%3.11%
Amazon.com, Inc.1.48%3.77%
Broadcom, Inc.1.33%2.57%
Microsoft Corp.1.30%5.57%
Meta Platforms, Inc.1.22%2.22%
Eli Lilly & Co.1.05%1.38%
Johnson & Johnson1.68%0.99%
Visa, Inc.1.42%0.93%
Walmart, Inc.0.92%0.71%
AbbVie, Inc.1.74%0.71%
Only in each
Only in JEPIOnly in PBP
BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.97%Alphabet Inc 2.47%
BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.96%Micron Technology Inc 1.74%
Barclays Bank plc 0.95%Tesla Inc 1.56%
National Bank of Canada 0.95%JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.42%
BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.94%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.03%
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. 0.94%Intel Corp 0.81%
BofA Finance LLC 0.93%Cisco Systems Inc 0.66%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.92%Palantir Technologies Inc 0.62%

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 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JEPI and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JEPIPBPJEPIPBPJEPIPBP
3 months+2.3%+5.0%2.0%2.8%0.0 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+4.6%+13.0%4.3%5.7%−13.5 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+7.0%+18.5%8.1%11.8%−9.5 pts+1.9 pts
3 years+29.4%+46.1%24.6%31.8%−49.0 pts−32.3 pts
Since launch+92.6%+199.0%60.9%101.2%−89.9 pts−604.5 pts
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JEPI and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JEPI
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.9%11.3%
Expense ratio0.35%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year8.1%11.8%
Price change, 1 year−1.2%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+7.0%+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−9.5 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2311 days6101 days
Net assets$45.3bn$386m

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.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JEPI or PBP?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, so PBP paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JEPI or PBP?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPI returned +7.0% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, JEPI or PBP?
JEPI charges 0.35% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JEPI against PBP, 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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