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JEPQ vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $42.1bn for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF and $69m for Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF.

JEPQ on its own →WDTE on its own →
At a glance
11.9%
JEPQ cash paid, 1 year
27.9%
WDTE cash paid, 1 year
+10.4%
JEPQ total return, 1 year
+14.1%
WDTE 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.
WDTE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.7 pts behind SPY
WDTE
+14.1%
SPY
+14.8%

0.7 pts behind SPY

WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

WDTE

+14.1%

27.9% of it arrived as cash

0.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts behind SPY

WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

WDTE

+14.1%

27.9% as cash

0.7 pts behind SPY

27.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. WDTE over 1 year: paid 27.9%, price −15.9%, total +14.1%, SPY +14.8%, −0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JEPQ costs 0.68 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; JEPQ is far larger, $42.1bn against $69m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJEPQWDTE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+10.4%+14.1%
Price change, 1 yearfell 1.9%fell 15.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%1.03%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$42.1bn$69m
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 Score50JEPQ35.6WDTE

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 WDTE 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 WDTE
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 WDTE
Spx Us 12/18/26 C600 95.18%
Spx 11/05/2026 7710.15 C 0.14%
Spx 11/05/2026 7688.62 C -0.28%
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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 WDTE Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF · Option income on SPY, paying weekly
Issuer JPMorgan Defiance
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 30.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 1.03%
Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 27.9%
Price change, 1 year −1.9% −15.9%
Total return, 1 year +10.4% +14.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.9 pts −0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%
Age 4.5 years 3.1 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $42.1bn $69m

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 WDTE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJEPQWDTEJEPQWDTEJEPQWDTE
3 months−0.9%−0.4%3.0%7.3%+2.6 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+2.3%+4.6%6.2%14.4%+2.6 pts−0.4 pts
1 year+10.4%+14.1%11.9%27.9%−1.8 pts−0.7 pts
3 years+66.7%+50.8%38.3%78.5%−24.7 pts−32.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · WDTE Sep 2023+85.2%+49.2%51.4%79.5%−30.6 pts−30.4 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.

WDTE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, WDTE paid 27.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 15.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.3%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 WDTE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and WDTE paid 27.9%, so WDTE 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 WDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and WDTE +14.1% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or WDTE?
JEPQ charges 0.35% a year and WDTE charges 1.03%, so JEPQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →S&P 500 (SPY) →JEPQ on its own →WDTE on its own →JEPQ dividend history →JEPQ holdings →WDTE dividend history →WDTE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
JPMorgan website ↗
WDTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
WDTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
WDTE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Defiance page for WDTE ↗

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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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