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

Over the year OVL paid 8.9% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
8.9%OVL cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+19.2%OVL total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: OVL scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

JOYT 79.8OVL 88.83.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

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
OVL2.6 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OVL+19.2%8.9% of it arrived as cash2.6 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OVL+19.2%2.6 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and OVL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in OVL
NVIDIA Corp. 8.64%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
Apple, Inc. 6.51%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%
Microsoft Corp. 5.68%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.98%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JOYT and OVL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTOVLJOYTOVLJOYTOVL
3 months+3.8%+2.3%0.2%2.6%+1.5 pts0.0 pts
6 months+11.9%+18.8%0.4%5.7%−6.1 pts+0.7 pts
1 year+15.9%+19.2%0.7%8.9%−0.7 pts+2.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+86.2%not published21.1%not published+7.8 pts
Since launch+19.6%+203.4%0.7%47.2%−1.1 pts+16.1 pts
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JOYT and OVL 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
OVL
Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF
Put-selling overlay on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganOverlay Shares
Strategyoption incomeput-selling overlay
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%10.4%
Expense ratio0.35%not published
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%8.9%
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+9.4%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+19.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts+2.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days2544 days
Net assets$108m$276m

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.

OVL in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OVL paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or OVL?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting price in cash and OVL paid 8.9%, so OVL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or OVL?
With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +15.9% and OVL returned +19.2% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so OVL returned more.

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Where these figures came from

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JOYT against OVL, 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.

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