Which paid more, JEPQ or XYLG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?

With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JEPQ or XYLG?

JEPQ and XYLG both charge 0.35% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JEPQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% 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 $72m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

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At a glance

11.9%

JEPQ cash paid, 1 year

12.7%

XYLG cash paid, 1 year

+10.4%

JEPQ total return, 1 year

+15.6%

XYLG 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.

XYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG

+15.6%

SPY

+14.8%

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% of it arrived as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLG

+15.6%

12.7% as cash

0.8 pts ahead of SPY

12.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XYLG over 1 year: paid 12.7%, price +1.5%, total +15.6%, SPY +14.8%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.35% a year; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points; JEPQ is far larger, $44.6bn against $72m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JEPQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPQ	XYLG
Paid and earned
Measure	JEPQ	XYLG
Total return, 1 year	+10.4%	+15.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 1.9%	rose 1.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		80% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JEPQ	XYLG
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	JEPQ	XYLG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$44.6bn	$72m
Holdings
Measure	JEPQ	XYLG
Holdings in common	50%

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

IQ Income Score50JEPQ70.4XYLG

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

XYLG 70.4

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 XYLG

Return

Total return edge JEPQ +95.6% +72.5%

Annualized edge JEPQ +16.2% +12.9%

Price return edge JEPQ +19.2% +6.0%

Risk

Volatility edge XYLG 15.6% 12.6%

Max drawdown edge XYLG −18.5% −15.6%

Downside capture 79.0% 81.6%

Beta 0.71 0.78

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge JEPQ (slight) 0.76 0.68

Sortino edge JEPQ 1.12 0.97

Treynor 0.168 0.124

Calmar edge JEPQ (slight) 0.87 0.83

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.1% a year −0.3% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.06 −0.29

Information ratio −0.67 −0.71

Tracking error 7.7% 4.5%

Each against its own benchmark: JEPQ against QQQ, May 13, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026; XYLG against SPY, Oct 2, 2020 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From May 2022 to Oct 2026, JEPQ returned more: +95.6% to +72.5%. XYLG swung less: 12.6% to 15.6%. XYLG fell less at its worst: −15.6% to −18.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: JEPQ vs XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JEPQ	XYLG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+95.6%	+72.5%	JEPQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.2%	+12.9%	JEPQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+19.2%	+6.0%	JEPQ	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.6%	12.6%	XYLG	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.6%	8.8%	XYLG	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.5%	−15.6%	XYLG	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	56.8%	67.5%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	79.0%	81.6%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.71	0.78	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.92	0.95	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.76	0.68	JEPQ (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.12	0.97	JEPQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.168	0.124		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.87	0.83	JEPQ (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	QQQ	SPY		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.1% a year	−0.3% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.06	−0.29	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−4.3% to +4.1%	−2.5% to +1.9%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.67	−0.71		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	7.7%	4.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

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

50%

By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and XYLG hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

50% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JEPQ XYLG

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 7.09% 7.60%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 6.76% 7.09%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 5.61% 5.39%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 3.98% 4.15%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.10% 2.63%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 1.95% 2.88%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.70% 1.91%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.19% 1.45%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.40% 1.36%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.31% 1.21%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK 2.03% 0.76%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC COMMON 1.17% 0.71%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JEPQ

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 1.61%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 12 1.17%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 13 1.17%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 14 1.17%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 15 1.16%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 17 1.16%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 11 1.15%

Nasdaq-100 equity-linked note 16 1.15%

Only in XYLG

ALPHABET INC. 3.26%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.47%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.46%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.41%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.00%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.96%

VISA INC. 0.94%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.63%

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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 XYLG Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.3% 4.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.9% 12.7%

Price change, 1 year −1.9% +1.5%

Total return, 1 year +10.4% +15.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −1.9 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 80%

Age 4.5 years 6.1 years

Net assets, JEPQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and XYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $42.1bn $72m

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 XYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JEPQ	XYLG	JEPQ	XYLG	JEPQ	XYLG
3 months	−0.9%	+1.4%	3.0%	1.1%	+2.6 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+2.3%	+6.7%	6.2%	2.5%	+2.6 pts	+1.7 pts
1 year	+10.4%	+15.6%	11.9%	12.7%	−1.8 pts	+0.8 pts
3 years	+66.7%	+65.6%	38.3%	44.3%	−24.7 pts	−17.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · XYLG Sep 2020	+85.2%	+116.0%	51.4%	69.8%	−30.6 pts	−38.4 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.

XYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLG paid 12.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.4%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 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 XYLG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JEPQ paid 11.9% of its starting price in cash and XYLG paid 12.7%, so XYLG 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 XYLG?: With every distribution reinvested, JEPQ returned +10.4% and XYLG +15.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JEPQ or XYLG?: JEPQ and XYLG both charge 0.35% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →S&P 500 (SPY) →JEPQ on its own →XYLG on its own →JEPQ dividend history →JEPQ holdings →XYLG dividend history →XYLG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

JEPQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JEPQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

XYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XYLG ↗

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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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