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

Over the year PAPI paid 7.9% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
7.9%PAPI cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+12.8%PAPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: JOYT scores higher

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

JOYT 79.8PAPI 62.83.8, 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
PAPI3.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%7.9% of it arrived as cash3.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%3.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and PAPI hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JOYT and PAPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJOYTPAPI
AbbVie, Inc.1.27%0.64%
Analog Devices, Inc.0.69%0.63%
Alphabet, Inc.5.94%0.59%
Southern Co. (The)0.79%0.54%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.1.00%0.52%
RTX Corp.1.02%0.52%
TJX Cos., Inc. (The)0.58%0.51%
EOG Resources, Inc.0.90%0.49%
Stryker Corp.0.71%0.49%
Exxon Mobil Corp.1.91%0.47%
PepsiCo, Inc.0.56%0.46%
ConocoPhillips0.94%0.43%
Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in PAPI
NVIDIA Corp. 8.64%Corning, Inc. 1.01%
Apple, Inc. 6.51%TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.77%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.98%Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73%Royalty Pharma plc 0.73%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%Avnet, Inc. 0.71%
Mastercard, Inc. 1.59%Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.71%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JOYT and PAPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTPAPIJOYTPAPIJOYTPAPI
3 months+3.8%+4.7%0.2%2.0%+1.5 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+11.9%+5.6%0.4%4.0%−6.1 pts−12.4 pts
1 year+15.9%+12.8%0.7%7.9%−0.7 pts−3.8 pts
Since launch+19.6%+35.6%0.7%22.5%−1.1 pts−49.6 pts
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JOYT and PAPI 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
PAPI
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganParametric
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%7.2%
Expense ratio0.35%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%7.9%
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+12.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days1065 days
Net assets$108m$400m

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.

PAPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or PAPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting price in cash and PAPI paid 7.9%, so PAPI 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 PAPI?
With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +15.9% and PAPI returned +12.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JOYT returned more.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or PAPI?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and PAPI charges 0.29%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JOYT against PAPI, 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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