Which is cheaper, JEPQ or JUDO?

JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JEPQ vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JEPQ and JUDO both write options for income.

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Net assets: $42.1bn on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF, and $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

11.9%

JEPQ cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+10.4%

JEPQ total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

JEPQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.9 pts behind QQQ

JEPQ

+10.4%

QQQ

+12.3%

1.9 pts behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −1.9%, total +10.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

JEPQ

+10.4%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

1.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.9 pts behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −1.9%, total +10.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

JEPQ

+10.4%

11.9% cash

1.9 pts behind QQQ

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −1.9%, total +10.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −1.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.20 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPQ	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	JEPQ	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	not published
Price change	fell 1.9% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Against its benchmark
Measure	JEPQ	JUDO
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 1.9 pts	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JEPQ	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.55%
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$42.1bn	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	JEPQ	JUDO
Holdings in common	39%

Method

What they share

39%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and JUDO hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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39% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ JUDO

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 7.09% 7.84%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 5.61% 6.64%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 6.76% 4.38%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.10% 6.79%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 3.98% 5.17%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.19% 1.99%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 1.95% 3.56%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 1.58% 1.22%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 1.20% 1.24%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC COMMON 1.17% 1.39%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 0.92% 0.85%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.70% 0.79%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JEPQ

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.31%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.40%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 2.03%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.61%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.29%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.28%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.25%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 1.20%

Only in JUDO

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Target Corp. 1.51%

American Express Co. 1.49%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 1.49%

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.49%

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Side by side

JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF · Writes calls through equity-linked notes (ELNs) on the Nasdaq-100, paying monthly JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Janus Henderson

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −1.9% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +10.4% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind −1.9 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 4.5 years 224 days

Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $42.1bn $7.0m

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: JEPQ vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JEPQ	JUDO	JEPQ	JUDO	JEPQ	JUDO
3 months	−0.9%	−1.2%	3.0%	1.6%	+2.6 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+2.3%	+5.8%	6.2%	3.1%	+2.6 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+10.4%	–	11.9%	–	−1.8 pts	–
3 years	+66.7%	–	38.3%	–	−24.7 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · JUDO Mar 2026	+85.2%	+16.1%	51.4%	3.8%	−30.6 pts	not measured

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About each fund

JEPQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JEPQ or JUDO?: JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →JEPQ on its own →JUDO on its own →JEPQ dividend history →JEPQ holdings →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

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How this is computed

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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