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

JOYT and TPAY both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
5.8%TPAY cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+11.0%TPAY 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
TPAY0.8 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%5.8% of it arrived as cash0.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+11.8%TPAY+11.0%0.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in TPAY
NVIDIA Corp. 8.64%SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 61.75%
Apple, Inc. 6.51%SPY 04/16/2027 33.18 C 33.20%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%SPYM 03/12/2027 3.33 C 5.05%
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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JOYT and TPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTTPAYJOYTTPAYJOYTTPAY
3 months+3.8%+1.5%0.2%2.4%+1.5 pts−0.8 pts
6 months+11.9%+17.3%0.4%5.3%−6.1 pts−0.7 pts
1 year+15.9%not published0.7%not published−0.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+19.6%+11.0%0.7%5.8%−1.1 pts−0.8 pts
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JOYT and TPAY 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
TPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganRoundhill
Strategyoption incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%9.5%
Expense ratio0.35%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%5.8% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+4.9%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+11.0% (since launch on Feb 18, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+11.8%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−0.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days212 days
Net assets$108m$2m

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.

TPAY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Feb 18, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, TPAY paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +11.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, JOYT or TPAY?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and TPAY charges 0.49%, 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 TPAY, 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 TPAY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/joyt-vs-tpay Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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