Data as of .
JEPQ vs OEI: which paid, and which earned it?
JEPQ and OEI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and OEI hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | JEPQ | OEI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 6.68% | 8.32% |
| Apple, Inc. | 5.83% | 4.28% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.90% | 5.99% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.67% | 4.56% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 5.05% | 2.79% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 5.58% | 2.57% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.38% | 2.18% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.16% | 3.04% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.87% | 1.56% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 2.39% | 1.46% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.34% | 1.54% |
| Intel Corp. | 1.62% | 1.34% |
| Only in JEPQ | Only in OEI |
|---|---|
| Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.93% | Alphabet Inc 3.48% |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. 1.38% | Johnson & Johnson 2.10% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.19% | ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.07% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc. 1.14% | Eli Lilly & Co 1.80% |
| Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 1.14% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65% |
| BNP Paribas Issuance BV 1.14% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.60% |
| Royal Bank of Canada 1.13% | General Electric Co 1.41% |
| ASML Holding NV 1.13% | Bank of America Corp 1.38% |
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 Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEPQ | OEI | JEPQ | OEI | JEPQ | OEI | |
| 3 months | +1.6% | +4.8% | 3.3% | 2.3% | +4.1 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 6 months | +15.1% | +12.5% | 6.7% | 4.9% | −9.2 pts | −5.6 pts |
| 1 year | +18.5% | not published | 11.9% | not published | −3.2 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +73.0% | not published | 37.2% | not published | −25.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +91.7% | +14.4% | 49.2% | 8.6% | −33.0 pts | −0.9 pts |
| JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | OEI Optimized Equity Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | JPMorgan | Core Alternative |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 13.6% | 9.2% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 1.02% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 11.9% | 8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | +5.7% | +5.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +18.5% | +14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +15.3% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.2 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1598 days | 331 days |
| Net assets | $43.0bn | $46m |
JEPQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.6%, paid monthly.
OEI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, JEPQ or OEI?
- JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and OEI charges 1.02%, so JEPQ 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, JEPQ against OEI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/jepq-vs-oei Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.