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JEPQ vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.9%, 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 $311m on Jun 30, 2026 for TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

At a glance
11.9%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
14.0%
TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+10.4%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
+13.3%
TSPY 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.
TSPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.5 pts behind VOO
TSPY
+13.3%
VOO
+14.8%

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% of it arrived as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.5 pts behind VOO

TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

TSPY

+13.3%

14.0% as cash

1.5 pts behind VOO

14.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. TSPY over 1 year: paid 14.0%, price −1.6%, total +13.3%, VOO +14.8%, −1.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQTSPY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.4%+13.3%
Price change, 1 yearfell 1.9%fell 1.6%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.68%
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026$42.1bn$311m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · TSPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score50JEPQ53.6TSPY

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

Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 114 weekly returns
JEPQ TSPY
Return
Total return edge JEPQ (slight) +36.8% +34.2%
Annualized edge JEPQ (slight) +15.4% +14.3%
Price return edge JEPQ +6.8% +0.1%
Risk
Volatility edge TSPY (slight) 14.8% 14.1%
Max drawdown edge TSPY −18.5% −16.5%
Downside capture 79.0% 95.3%
Beta 0.71 0.92
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge JEPQ (slight) 0.77 0.73
Sortino edge JEPQ (slight) 1.10 1.08
Treynor 0.168 0.112
Calmar edge TSPY (slight) 0.83 0.87
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.1% a year −0.5% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.06 −0.25
Information ratio −0.67 −0.43
Tracking error 7.7% 3.4%

Each against its own benchmark: JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026; TSPY against VOO, Aug 23, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Aug 2024 to Oct 2026, JEPQ returned slightly more: +36.8% to +34.2%. TSPY swung slightly less: 14.1% to 14.8%. TSPY fell less at its worst: −16.5% to −18.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: JEPQ vs TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQTSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+36.8%+34.2%JEPQ (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+15.4%+14.3%JEPQ (slight)Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return+6.8%+0.1%JEPQPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility14.8%14.1%TSPY (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation10.3%9.6%TSPY (slight)Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−18.5%−16.5%TSPYDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture56.8%89.2%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture79.0%95.3%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.710.92Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.920.95Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.770.73JEPQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.101.08JEPQ (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1680.112Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.830.87TSPY (slight)Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkQQQVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.1% a year−0.5% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.06−0.25Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−4.3% to +4.1%−4.9% to +3.8%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.67−0.43Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.7%3.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 114 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and TSPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ TSPY
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 TSPY
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.57%
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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 TSPY TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF · Option income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 14.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 14.0%
Price change, 1 year −1.9% −1.6%
Total return, 1 year +10.4% +13.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.9 pts −1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 4.5 years 2.2 years
Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSPY as of Jun 30, 2026 $42.1bn $311m

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 TSPY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJEPQTSPYJEPQTSPYJEPQTSPY
3 months−0.9%+0.7%3.0%3.5%+2.6 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+2.3%+5.2%6.2%7.0%+2.6 pts+0.2 pts
1 year+10.4%+13.3%11.9%14.0%−1.8 pts−1.5 pts
3 years+66.7%–38.3%–−24.7 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · TSPY Aug 2024+85.2%+38.7%51.4%31.2%−30.6 pts−3.7 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.

TSPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, TSPY paid 14.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.3%, paid monthly. TappAlpha estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 4, 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 TSPY?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and TSPY paid 14.0%, so TSPY 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 TSPY?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and TSPY +13.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or TSPY?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and TSPY charges 0.68%, 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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