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JEPQ vs TPAY: which paid, and which earned it?

JEPQ and TPAY both write options for income.

JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF.

11.9%JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
5.8%TPAY cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%JEPQ total return, 1 year
+11.0%TPAY total return, 1 year
JEPQ3.2 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%JEPQ+18.5%11.9% of it arrived as cash3.2 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%JEPQ+18.5%11.9% cash3.2 pts behind QQQ
TPAY0.8 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%5.8% as cash0.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%0.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and TPAY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in JEPQOnly in TPAY
NVIDIA Corp. 6.68%SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 61.75%
Apple, Inc. 5.83%SPY 04/16/2027 33.18 C 33.20%
Micron Technology, Inc. 5.58%SPYM 03/12/2027 3.33 C 5.05%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.05%
Microsoft Corp. 3.90%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.87%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.67%
Lam Research Corp. 2.89%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JEPQ and TPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JEPQTPAYJEPQTPAYJEPQTPAY
3 months+1.6%+1.5%3.3%2.4%+4.1 pts−0.8 pts
6 months+15.1%+17.3%6.7%5.3%−9.2 pts−0.7 pts
1 year+18.5%not published11.9%not published−3.2 ptsnot published
3 years+73.0%not published37.2%not published−25.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+91.7%+11.0%49.2%5.8%−33.0 pts−0.8 pts
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JEPQ and TPAY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JEPQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
TPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganRoundhill
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized13.6%9.5%
Expense ratio0.35%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year11.9%5.8% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+5.7%+4.9%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+11.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.8%+11.8%
Ahead or behind−3.2 pts−0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1598 days212 days
Net assets$43.0bn$2m

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.

TPAY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPAY paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JEPQ or TPAY?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and TPAY charges 0.49%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JEPQ against TPAY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, JEPQ against TPAY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/jepq-vs-tpay Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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