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JEPQ vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.6%, though JEPQ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $44.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF, and $1.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF.

At a glance
11.6%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
37.1%
NVDY cash paid, 1 year
+14.2%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
+10.5%
NVDY total return, 1 year
JEPQ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 1 pt behind QQQ
JEPQ
+14.2%
QQQ
+15.2%

1 pt behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

JEPQ

+14.2%

11.6% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind QQQ

JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

QQQ

+15.2%

JEPQ

+14.2%

11.6% as cash

1 pt behind QQQ

11.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JEPQ over 1 year: paid 11.6%, price +1.6%, total +14.2%, QQQ +15.2%, −1.0 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
NVDY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 3.1 pts ahead of NVDA
NVDY
+10.5%
NVDA
+7.4%

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% of it arrived as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

NVDA

+7.4%

NVDY

+10.5%

37.1% as cash

3.1 pts ahead of NVDA

37.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. NVDY over 1 year: paid 37.1%, price −29.9%, total +10.5%, NVDA +7.4%, +3.1 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.74 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; JEPQ is far larger, $43.8bn against $1.3bn.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQNVDY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.2%+10.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 1.6%fell 29.9%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNVIDIA (NVDA)
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsahead by 3.1 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$43.8bn$1.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · NVDY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

JEPQ among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company

IQ Income Score72.3JEPQ75NVDY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company and 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

JEPQ 72.3
0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

NVDY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company

NVDY 75
0.7, the lowest in this set 99.3, the highest

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. NVDY is a percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

May 19, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 179 weekly returns
JEPQ NVDY
Return
Total return edge NVDY +80.5% +313.3%
Annualized edge NVDY +18.7% +51.0%
Price return edge JEPQ +25.0% −45.7%
Risk
Volatility edge JEPQ 13.9% 33.3%
Max drawdown edge JEPQ −18.5% −32.3%
Downside capture 79.0% 92.4%
Beta 0.71 0.70
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge NVDY 0.98 1.27
Sortino edge NVDY 1.44 1.94
Treynor 0.173 0.606
Calmar edge NVDY 1.01 1.58
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.1% a year −0.4% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.05 −0.06
Information ratio −0.68 −1.07
Tracking error 7.7% 17.5%

Each against its own benchmark: JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026; NVDY against NVDA, May 19, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

NVDY returned more: +313.3% to +80.5%. JEPQ swung less: 13.9% to 33.3%. JEPQ fell less at its worst: −18.5% to −32.3%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: JEPQ vs NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQNVDYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+80.5%+313.3%NVDYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+18.7%+51.0%NVDYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+25.0%−45.7%JEPQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.9%33.3%JEPQSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation9.4%21.8%JEPQLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−18.5%−32.3%JEPQDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture56.8%50.3%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture79.0%92.4%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.710.70Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.920.89Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.981.27NVDYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.441.94NVDYReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1730.606Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.011.58NVDYAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQNVDAThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.1% a year−0.4% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.05−0.06Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.3% to +4.1%−12.4% to +11.7%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.68−1.07Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.7%17.5%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 179 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and NVDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ NVDY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JEPQ
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 7.02%
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 6.66%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 5.44%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.58%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.51%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 3.85%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.77%
META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53%
Only in NVDY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 19.44%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 18.49%
NVDA US 11/20/26 C210 6.10%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C220 0.22%
2NVDA US 11/20/26 C210.01 FLX 0.08%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C225 0.06%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C217.5 -0.48%
NVDA US 10/30/26 C215 -0.67%
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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 NVDY YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on NVDA, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) NVIDIA (NVDA)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 25.2%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.09%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.6% 37.1%
Price change, 1 year +1.6% −29.9%
Total return, 1 year +14.2% +10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +15.2% +7.4%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts +3.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 4.5 years 3.5 years
Net assets, JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 and NVDY as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.2bn $1.3bn

As of Oct 28, 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 NVDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJEPQNVDYJEPQNVDYJEPQNVDY
3 months+10.5%+12.1%3.5%10.5%+0.8 pts−1.4 pts
6 months+8.4%+2.9%6.3%19.8%−1.5 pts−0.3 pts
1 year+14.2%+10.5%11.6%37.1%−1.0 pts+3.1 pts
3 years+83.5%+272.2%39.9%185.7%−30.2 pts−161.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · NVDY May 2023+92.9%+350.1%50.3%208.2%−33.4 pts−306.0 pts

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JEPQ and NVDY are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Income paid. JEPQ paid 11.6% and NVDY 37.1% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 25.5 points.
  2. What each is measured against. JEPQ is measured against Nasdaq-100 through QQQ and NVDY against NVIDIA (NVDA).
  3. Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
JEPQ

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +15.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

NVDY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NVDY paid 37.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. NVIDIA (NVDA) returned +7.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.2%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JEPQ or NVDY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and NVDY paid 37.1%, so NVDY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JEPQ or NVDY?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +14.2% and NVDY +10.5% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or NVDY?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and NVDY charges 1.09%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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