Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
JEPQ vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its price in cash against JEPQ’s 11.9%, though JEPQ 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 $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.
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.Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
JEPQ costs 2.88 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.5 points; JEPQ is far larger, $42.1bn against $674m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | JEPQ | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +10.4% | +1.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 1.9% | fell 10.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 3.23% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $42.1bn | $674m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
May 13, 2022 to Oct 30, 2026 · 233 weekly returnsFrom May 2022 to Oct 2026, JEPQ returned more: +95.6% to +35.7%. YYY swung less: 12.3% to 15.6%. YYY fell less at its worst: −15.6% to −18.5%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | JEPQ | YYY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +95.6% | +35.7% | JEPQ | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +16.2% | +7.1% | JEPQ | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +19.2% | −21.9% | JEPQ | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 15.6% | 12.3% | YYY | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 10.6% | 8.9% | YYY | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −18.5% | −15.6% | YYY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.76 | 0.26 | JEPQ | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.12 | 0.36 | JEPQ | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.87 | 0.45 | JEPQ | 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
By the books each fund has filed, JEPQ and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | JEPQ | YYY | JEPQ | YYY | JEPQ | YYY |
| 3 months | −0.9% | −4.9% | 3.0% | 3.2% | +2.6 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +2.3% | −4.1% | 6.2% | 6.2% | +2.6 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +10.4% | +1.9% | 11.9% | 12.4% | −1.8 pts | not measured |
| 3 years | +66.7% | +35.2% | 38.3% | 38.6% | −24.7 pts | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: JEPQ May 2022 · YYY Jun 2012 | +85.2% | +114.4% | 51.4% | 113.6% | −30.6 pts | not measured |
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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.
No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% 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.
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How this is computed
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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