Data as of .
JEPI vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
JEPI and ROCY both write options for income.
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.
| Holding | JEPI | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| 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 JEPI | Only 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEPI | ROCY | JEPI | ROCY | JEPI | ROCY | |
| 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 published | 8.1% | not published | −9.5 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +29.4% | not published | 24.6% | not published | −49.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +92.6% | +13.5% | 60.9% | 3.6% | −89.9 pts | −2.9 pts |
| JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | JPMorgan | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.9% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.1% | 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 estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 2311 days | 183 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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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.