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JEPQ vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% 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 $41m on Oct 27, 2026 for YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

At a glance
11.6%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
24.6%
SDTY cash paid, 1 year
+14.2%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
+13.4%
SDTY 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.
SDTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 About even with VOO
SDTY
+13.4%
VOO
+13.7%

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with VOO

SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

VOO

+13.7%

SDTY

+13.4%

24.6% as cash

about even with VOO

24.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SDTY over 1 year: paid 24.6%, price −13.3%, total +13.4%, VOO +13.7%, −0.3 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.73 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; JEPQ is far larger, $43.8bn against $41m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQSDTY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+14.2%+13.4%
Price change, 1 yearrose 1.6%fell 13.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate58% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$43.8bn$41m
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 Score72.3JEPQ39.9SDTY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 164 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

A percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and SDTY 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 SDTY
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 SDTY
SPX 12/18/2026 1200.26 C 85.46%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 1.61%
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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 SDTY YieldMax S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF · 0DTE covered call on VOO, paying weekly
Strategy covered call 0DTE covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 23.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.08%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.6% 24.6%
Price change, 1 year +1.6% −13.3%
Total return, 1 year +14.2% +13.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +15.2% +13.7%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%
Age 4.5 years 1.7 years
Net assets, JEPQ as of Oct 28, 2026 and SDTY as of Oct 27, 2026 $44.2bn $41m

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 SDTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJEPQSDTYJEPQSDTYJEPQSDTY
3 months+10.5%+5.8%3.5%5.7%+0.8 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+8.4%+9.7%6.3%12.1%−1.5 pts+0.6 pts
1 year+14.2%+13.4%11.6%24.6%−1.0 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+83.5%–39.9%–−30.2 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · SDTY Feb 2025+92.9%+23.9%50.3%37.5%−33.4 pts−6.1 pts

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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.

SDTY

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SDTY paid 24.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.4%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +13.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 23.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 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 SDTY?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.6% of its starting price in cash and SDTY paid 24.6%, so SDTY 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 SDTY?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +14.2% and SDTY +13.4% over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or SDTY?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and SDTY charges 1.08%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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