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JOYT vs OEI: which paid, and which earned it?

JOYT and OEI both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and Optimized Equity Income ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
8.6%OEI cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+14.4%OEI total return, 1 year
JOYT0.7 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPY
OEI0.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%8.6% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+15.3%OEI+14.4%8.6% cash0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and OEI hold 58% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JOYT and OEI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJOYTOEI
NVIDIA Corp.8.64%8.32%
Microsoft Corp.5.68%5.99%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.78%4.56%
Apple, Inc.6.51%4.28%
Alphabet, Inc.5.94%3.48%
Broadcom, Inc.2.98%3.04%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.73%2.18%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.78%2.57%
Mastercard, Inc.1.59%1.57%
Tesla, Inc.1.45%1.46%
Bank of America Corp.1.28%1.38%
AbbVie, Inc.1.27%1.57%
Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in OEI
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.91%Alphabet Inc 2.79%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.37%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.07%
CSX Corp. 1.19%Booking Holdings Inc 1.89%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 1.00%JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.65%
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.97%Cisco Systems Inc 1.54%
Lowe's Cos., Inc. 0.97%General Electric Co 1.41%
ConocoPhillips 0.94%Chevron Corp 1.31%
EOG Resources, Inc. 0.90%Home Depot Inc/The 1.17%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JOYT and OEI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTOEIJOYTOEIJOYTOEI
3 months+3.8%+4.8%0.2%2.3%+1.5 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+11.9%+12.5%0.4%4.9%−6.1 pts−5.6 pts
1 year+15.9%not published0.7%not published−0.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+19.6%+14.4%0.7%8.6%−1.1 pts−0.9 pts
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JOYT and OEI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JOYT
JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
OEI
Optimized Equity Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganCore Alternative
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%9.2%
Expense ratio0.35%1.02%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%8.6% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+5.2%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+14.4% (since launch on Oct 22, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+15.3%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days331 days
Net assets$108m$46m

JOYT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

OEI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 22, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, OEI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JOYT or OEI?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and OEI charges 1.02%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JOYT against OEI, 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, JOYT against OEI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/joyt-vs-oei Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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