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

JEPI and ROCY both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.1%JEPI cash paid, 1 year
3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
+7.0%JEPI total return, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
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
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JEPI and ROCY hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JEPI and ROCY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJEPIROCY
Lam Research Corp.1.57%1.76%
Apple, Inc.1.53%6.71%
NVIDIA Corp.1.53%8.37%
Alphabet, Inc.1.52%5.33%
Amazon.com, Inc.1.48%4.15%
AbbVie, Inc.1.74%1.46%
Mastercard, Inc.1.34%1.57%
Broadcom, Inc.1.33%2.61%
Microsoft Corp.1.30%4.97%
Philip Morris International, Inc.1.35%1.23%
Meta Platforms, Inc.1.22%2.43%
American Express Co.1.40%1.07%
Only in each
Only in JEPIOnly in ROCY
Ross Stores, Inc. 1.52%Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%
Visa, Inc. 1.42%Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15%
Yum! Brands, Inc. 1.40%Tesla, Inc. 1.55%
Ecolab, Inc. 1.29%Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38%
Emerson Electric Co. 1.19%CSX Corp. 1.21%
Sempra 0.99%Morgan Stanley 0.83%
Equinix, Inc. 0.99%GE Vernova, Inc. 0.71%
BNP Paribas Issuance BV 0.97%Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 0.71%

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.

Performance, window by window

JEPI and ROCY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JEPIROCYJEPIROCYJEPIROCY
3 months+2.3%+2.6%2.0%1.7%0.0 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+4.6%+14.8%4.3%3.7%−13.5 pts−3.3 pts
1 year+7.0%not published8.1%not published−9.5 ptsnot published
3 years+29.4%not published24.6%not published−49.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+92.6%+13.5%60.9%3.6%−89.9 pts−2.9 pts
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JEPI and ROCY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JEPI
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized7.9%5.7%
Expense ratio0.35%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year8.1%3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−1.2%+9.7%
Total return, 1 year+7.0%+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.4%
Ahead or behind−9.5 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age2311 days183 days
Net assets$45.3bn$726m

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.

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JEPI or ROCY?
JEPI charges 0.35% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JEPI against ROCY, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, JEPI against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/jepi-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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