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JEPQ vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.9% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $42.1bn for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF and $37m for YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

JEPQ on its own →QDTY on its own →
At a glance
11.9%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
30.7%
QDTY cash paid, 1 year
+10.4%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
+10.1%
QDTY 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.
QDTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.2 pts behind QQQ
QDTY
+10.1%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% of it arrived as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.2 pts behind QQQ

QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QDTY

+10.1%

30.7% as cash

2.2 pts behind QQQ

30.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QDTY over 1 year: paid 30.7%, price −21.9%, total +10.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.82 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; JEPQ is far larger, $42.1bn against $37m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQQDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.4%+10.1%
Price change, 1 yearfell 1.9%fell 21.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate75% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.17%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$42.1bn$37m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JEPQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score50JEPQ27.8QDTY

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

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and QDTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ QDTY
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 QDTY
NDX 12/18/2026 1001.26 C 95.10%
XND 12/18/2026 10.02 C 0.73%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 0.05%
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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 QDTY YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
Issuer JPMorgan YieldMax
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 30.9%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.17%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 30.7%
Price change, 1 year −1.9% −21.9%
Total return, 1 year +10.4% +10.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −1.9 pts −2.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 75%
Age 4.5 years 1.7 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $42.1bn $37m

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 QDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJEPQQDTYJEPQQDTYJEPQQDTY
3 months−0.9%−2.6%3.0%7.4%+2.6 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+2.3%+0.6%6.2%15.2%+2.6 pts+1.0 pts
1 year+10.4%+10.1%11.9%30.7%−1.8 pts−2.2 pts
3 years+66.7%–38.3%–−24.7 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · QDTY Feb 2025+85.2%+21.7%51.4%45.1%−30.6 pts−8.5 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.

QDTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QDTY paid 30.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 75% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 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 QDTY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and QDTY paid 30.7%, so QDTY 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 QDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and QDTY +10.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or QDTY?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and QDTY charges 1.17%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →JEPQ on its own →QDTY on its own →JEPQ dividend history →JEPQ holdings →QDTY dividend history →QDTY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
JPMorgan website ↗
QDTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QDTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QDTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for QDTY ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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