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

Over the year YLDE paid 7.6% 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 Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
7.6%YLDE cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+10.5%YLDE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: JOYT scores higher

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

JOYT 79.8YLDE 56.23.8, 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
YLDE6 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%7.6% of it arrived as cash6 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%6 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and YLDE hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JOYT and YLDE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJOYTYLDE
Alphabet, Inc.5.94%3.60%
NVIDIA Corp.8.64%3.03%
Microsoft Corp.5.68%2.67%
Broadcom, Inc.2.98%2.25%
Exxon Mobil Corp.1.91%4.05%
Apple, Inc.6.51%1.91%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.73%1.63%
RTX Corp.1.02%1.00%
Walt Disney Co. (The)0.66%0.67%
Comcast Corp.0.48%2.23%
MetLife, Inc.0.40%1.96%
Vulcan Materials Co.0.39%1.72%
Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in YLDE
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83%
Mastercard, Inc. 1.59%APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78%
Tesla, Inc. 1.45%UNILEVER PLC 2.64%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.37%PUBLIC STORAGE 2.59%
Bank of America Corp. 1.28%MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC 2.52%
AbbVie, Inc. 1.27%JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 2.51%

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 YLDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTYLDEJOYTYLDEJOYTYLDE
3 months+3.8%+2.5%0.2%2.3%+1.5 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+11.9%+8.4%0.4%4.1%−6.1 pts−9.6 pts
1 year+15.9%+10.5%0.7%7.6%−0.7 pts−6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+51.1%not published16.8%not published−27.3 pts
Since launch+19.6%+181.4%0.7%42.1%−1.1 pts−86.6 pts
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JOYT and YLDE 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
YLDE
Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganFranklin
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%7.0%
Expense ratio0.35%0.48%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%7.6%
Price change, 1 year+15.2%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−6.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days3405 days
Net assets$108m$170m

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.

YLDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or YLDE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, so YLDE 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 YLDE?
With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +15.9% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JOYT returned more.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or YLDE?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, 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 YLDE, 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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