Which paid more, JEPQ or SIXH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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 SIXH?

With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JEPQ or SIXH?

JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JEPQ vs SIXH: 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 SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH 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 $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

11.9%

JEPQ cash paid, 1 year

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

+10.4%

JEPQ total return, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH 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%

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.

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.1 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPQ	SIXH
Paid and earned
Measure	JEPQ	SIXH
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	+23.5%
Price change, 1 year	fell 1.9%	rose 21.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	JEPQ	SIXH
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	JEPQ	SIXH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.69%
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026	$42.1bn	$603m
Holdings
Measure	JEPQ	SIXH
Holdings in common	22%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score50JEPQ98.5SIXH

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

JEPQ 50

SIXH 98.5

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

Risk and return

May 13, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026 · 233 weekly returns

JEPQ SIXH

Return

Total return edge JEPQ +95.6% +62.8%

Annualized edge JEPQ +16.2% +11.5%

Price return edge SIXH +19.2% +48.5%

Risk

Volatility edge SIXH 15.6% 9.6%

Max drawdown edge SIXH −18.5% −10.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge JEPQ (slight) 0.76 0.73

Sortino edge JEPQ (slight) 1.12 1.08

Calmar edge SIXH 0.87 1.09

Reading

From May 2022 to Oct 2026, JEPQ returned more: +95.6% to +62.8%. SIXH swung less: 9.6% to 15.6%. SIXH fell less at its worst: −10.5% to −18.5%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: JEPQ vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPQ	SIXH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+95.6%	+62.8%	JEPQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.2%	+11.5%	JEPQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+19.2%	+48.5%	SIXH	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.6%	9.6%	SIXH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.6%	6.4%	SIXH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.5%	−10.5%	SIXH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.76	0.73	JEPQ (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.12	1.08	JEPQ (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.87	1.09	SIXH	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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

22%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and SIXH hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ SIXH

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.19% 2.85%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 2.03% 2.31%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 1.58% 2.52%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 7.09% 1.34%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 1.29% 2.42%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.70% 1.26%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 6.76% 1.25%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.25% 1.85%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.31% 1.21%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 3.98% 1.17%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.10% 1.16%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC COMMON 1.17% 1.16%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JEPQ

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 5.61%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.40%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 1.95%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.61%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.28%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 1.20%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY 1.20%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 12 1.17%

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Altria Group, Inc. 4.90%

AT&T INC. 4.08%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.92%

Philip Morris International Inc. 3.60%

PFIZER INC. 2.78%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 2.69%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54%

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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 SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Exchange Traded Concepts

Strategy covered call option income

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 3.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.69%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 2.1%

Price change, 1 year −1.9% +21.2%

Total return, 1 year +10.4% +23.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +18.0%

Ahead or behind −1.9 pts +5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 4.5 years 6.5 years

Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 $42.1bn $603m

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 SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JEPQ	SIXH	JEPQ	SIXH	JEPQ	SIXH
3 months	−0.9%	+6.0%	3.0%	0.5%	+2.6 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+2.3%	+10.3%	6.2%	1.0%	+2.6 pts	+3.5 pts
1 year	+10.4%	+23.5%	11.9%	2.1%	−1.8 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+66.7%	+47.6%	38.3%	6.8%	−24.7 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · SIXH May 2020	+85.2%	+104.1%	51.4%	16.7%	−30.6 pts	not measured

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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.

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JEPQ or SIXH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.1%, 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 SIXH?: With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and SIXH +23.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or SIXH?: JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

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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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