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

Over the year SIXH paid 2.0% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7% and the two finished level on total return.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

JOYT 79.8SIXH 81.83.8, 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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and SIXH hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JOYT and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJOYTSIXH
NVIDIA Corp.8.64%2.67%
Exxon Mobil Corp.1.91%2.37%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.78%2.37%
Apple, Inc.6.51%1.45%
Broadcom, Inc.2.98%1.35%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.73%1.30%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.78%1.29%
AbbVie, Inc.1.27%1.30%
Wells Fargo & Co.2.22%1.19%
Eli Lilly & Co.1.18%1.49%
Philip Morris International, Inc.1.16%4.07%
Lam Research Corp.1.08%3.11%
Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in SIXH
Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
Microsoft Corp. 5.68%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
Mastercard, Inc. 1.59%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
Tesla, Inc. 1.45%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.37%COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2.66%
Bank of America Corp. 1.28%PFIZER INC. 2.47%
CSX Corp. 1.19%U.S. BANCORP 2.44%
American Express Co. 1.06%T-MOBILE US, INC. 2.42%

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 SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTSIXHJOYTSIXHJOYTSIXH
3 months+3.8%+4.5%0.2%0.5%+1.5 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+11.9%+7.4%0.4%0.9%−6.1 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+15.9%+16.3%0.7%2.0%−0.7 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 pts
Since launch+19.6%+96.3%0.7%16.0%−1.1 pts−88.5 pts
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JOYT and SIXH 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
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganExchange Traded Concepts
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%0.4%
Expense ratio0.35%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days2321 days
Net assets$108m$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so SIXH 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +15.9% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or SIXH?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, 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 SIXH, 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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