Which paid more, JEPI or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so JEPI 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, JEPI returned +12.0% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JEPI or SIXH?

JEPI charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JEPI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $46.1bn on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

8.1%

JEPI cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+12.0%

JEPI total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

JEPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.8 pts behind SPY

JEPI

+12.0%

SPY

+14.8%

2.8 pts behind SPY

JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JEPI

+12.0%

8.1% of it arrived as cash

2.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.8 pts behind SPY

JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JEPI

+12.0%

2.8 pts behind SPY

8.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JEPI over 1 year: paid 8.1%, price +3.4%, total +12.0%, SPY +14.8%, −2.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPI costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPI	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	JEPI	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+12.0%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	rose 3.4%	rose 21.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	JEPI	SIXH
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	JEPI	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.69%
Net assets, JEPI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$46.1bn	$603m
Holdings
Measure	JEPI	SIXH
Holdings in common	25%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score76.9JEPI98.5SIXH

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

JEPI 76.9

SIXH 98.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

May 29, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026 · 335 weekly returns

JEPI SIXH

Return

Total return edge SIXH (slight) +93.5% +103.4%

Annualized edge SIXH (slight) +10.8% +11.7%

Price return edge SIXH +12.4% +79.4%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH (slight) 10.5% 9.5%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −13.1% −10.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SIXH 0.74 0.88

Sortino edge SIXH 1.09 1.34

Calmar edge SIXH 0.82 1.08

Reading

From May 2020 to Oct 2026, SIXH returned slightly more: +103.4% to +93.5%. SIXH swung slightly less: 9.5% to 10.5%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −10.8% to −13.1%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: JEPI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPI	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+93.5%	+103.4%	SIXH (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.8%	+11.7%	SIXH (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+12.4%	+79.4%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	10.5%	9.5%	SIXH (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.1%	6.3%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−13.1%	−10.8%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.74	0.88	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.09	1.34	SIXH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.82	1.08	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 335 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

25%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPI and SIXH hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPI SIXH

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.75% 2.54%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.72% 2.42%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 1.72% 3.60%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 1.73% 1.34%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL 1.34% 2.44%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 1.66% 1.26%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 1.86% 1.25%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.17% 2.46%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 1.81% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 1.67% 1.16%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 1.16% 2.52%

PEPSICO INC COMMON STOCK 1.05% 3.69%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JEPI

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.99%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 1.93%

VISA INC COMMON STOCK USD 1.88%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.81%

3M CO COMMON STOCK USD 1.80%

ABBVIE INC COMMON STOCK 1.70%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 1.69%

EOG RESOURCES INC COMMON 1.67%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 2.82%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

COMCAST CORPORATION 2.72%

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2.48%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2.40%

U.S. BANCORP 2.39%

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Side by side

JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the S&P 500, paying monthly SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 7.1% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.1% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year +3.4% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +12.0% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −2.8 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 6.5 years 6.5 years

Net assets, JEPI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $46.1bn $603m

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: JEPI vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JEPI	SIXH	JEPI	SIXH	JEPI	SIXH
3 months	+3.3%	+6.0%	1.8%	0.5%	+3.4 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+7.3%	+10.3%	3.9%	1.0%	+2.3 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+12.0%	+23.5%	8.1%	2.1%	−2.8 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+37.9%	+47.6%	25.2%	6.8%	−45.1 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: JEPI May 2020 · SIXH May 2020	+102.1%	+104.1%	62.2%	16.7%	−82.3 pts	not measured

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About each fund

JEPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JEPI or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, so JEPI 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, JEPI returned +12.0% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPI or SIXH?: JEPI charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JEPI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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