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JEPQ vs OVLH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its price in cash against OVLH’s 0.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $42.1bn on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF, and $109m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF.

At a glance
11.9%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
0.3%
OVLH cash paid, 1 year
+10.4%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
+7.0%
OVLH total return, 1 year
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% as 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.
OVLH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.8 pts behind VOO
OVLH
+7.0%
VOO
+14.8%

7.8 pts behind VOO

OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVLH

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.8 pts behind VOO

OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVLH

+7.0%

7.8 pts behind VOO

0.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OVLH over 1 year: paid 0.3%, price +6.7%, total +7.0%, VOO +14.8%, −7.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs OVLH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQOVLH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.4%+7.0%
Price change, 1 yearfell 1.9%rose 6.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate38% of the Dec 29, 2023 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.80%
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026$42.1bn$109m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVLH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score50JEPQ99.7OVLH

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

Risk and return

May 13, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026 · 233 weekly returns
JEPQ OVLH
Return
Total return edge JEPQ +95.6% +64.9%
Annualized edge JEPQ +16.2% +11.8%
Price return edge OVLH +19.2% +61.3%
Risk
Volatility edge OVLH 15.6% 10.8%
Max drawdown edge OVLH −18.5% −10.7%
Downside capture 79.0% 79.7%
Beta 0.71 0.67
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPQ (slight) 0.76 0.68
Sortino edge JEPQ (slight) 1.12 1.07
Treynor 0.168 0.094
Calmar edge OVLH 0.87 1.10
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.1% a year −1.0% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.06 −0.85
Information ratio −0.67 −0.78
Tracking error 7.7% 6.0%

Each against its own benchmark: JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026; OVLH against VOO, Jan 22, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From May 2022 to Oct 2026, JEPQ returned more: +95.6% to +64.9%. OVLH swung less: 10.8% to 15.6%. OVLH fell less at its worst: −10.7% to −18.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: JEPQ vs OVLH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQOVLHEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+95.6%+64.9%JEPQPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+16.2%+11.8%JEPQTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+19.2%+61.3%OVLHPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility15.6%10.8%OVLHSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation10.6%6.9%OVLHLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−18.5%−10.7%OVLHDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture56.8%61.5%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture79.0%79.7%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.710.67Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.920.93Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.760.68JEPQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.121.07JEPQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1680.094Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.871.10OVLHAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.1% a year−1.0% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.06−0.85Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.3% to +4.1%−3.5% to +1.4%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.67−0.78Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.7%6.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 233 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and OVLH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ OVLH
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JEPQ
NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 7.09%
APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 6.76%
MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 5.61%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.19%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.10%
AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 3.98%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.31%
META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.70%
Only in OVLH
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 97.79%
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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 OVLH Overlay Shares Hedged Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay, hedged on VOO, paying annually
Strategy covered call put-selling overlay, hedged
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly annual
Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 0.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.80%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 0.3%
Price change, 1 year −1.9% +6.7%
Total return, 1 year +10.4% +7.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.9 pts −7.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 38%
Age 4.5 years 5.8 years
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and OVLH as of Aug 31, 2026 $42.1bn $109m

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 OVLH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJEPQOVLHJEPQOVLHJEPQOVLH
3 months−0.9%−1.4%3.0%0.0%+2.6 pts−1.3 pts
6 months+2.3%+1.6%6.2%0.0%+2.6 pts−3.5 pts
1 year+10.4%+7.0%11.9%0.3%−1.8 pts−7.8 pts
3 years+66.7%+58.6%38.3%1.7%−24.7 pts−24.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · OVLH Jan 2021+85.2%+73.9%51.4%3.2%−30.6 pts−47.2 pts

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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.

OVLH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVLH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.3%, paid annually. Overlay Shares estimates that 38% of the distribution paid Dec 29, 2023 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JEPQ or OVLH?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and OVLH paid 0.3%, so JEPQ 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 OVLH?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and OVLH +7.0% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or OVLH?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and OVLH charges 0.80%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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