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ROCY vs XPAY: which paid, and which earned it?

ROCY and XPAY both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF.

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
19.9%XPAY cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+15.7%XPAY total return, 1 year
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY
XPAY0.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%XPAY+15.7%19.9% of it arrived as cash0.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%XPAY+15.7%19.9% as cash0.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in XPAY
NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%SPY 02/12/2027 33.47 C 13.75%
Apple, Inc. 6.71%SPY 07/16/2027 36.7 C 11.79%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.33%SPY 03/12/2027 33.67 C 11.51%
Microsoft Corp. 4.97%SPY 04/16/2027 33.87 C 11.49%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15%SPY 06/11/2027 37.11 C 10.07%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%SPY 01/15/2027 33.21 C 6.96%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.61%SPY 12/11/2026 33.1 C 6.40%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43%SPY 09/10/2027 37.99 C 5.57%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ROCY and XPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYXPAYROCYXPAYROCYXPAY
3 months+2.6%+2.0%1.7%5.0%+0.3 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+14.8%+17.8%3.7%11.1%−3.3 pts−0.2 pts
1 yearnot published+15.7%not published19.9%not published−0.9 pts
Since launch+13.5%+34.7%3.6%37.5%−2.9 pts−2.3 pts
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ROCY and XPAY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
XPAY
Roundhill S&P 500 Target 20 Managed Distribution ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganRoundhill
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%20.8%
Expense ratio0.35%0.49%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)19.9%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%−5.8%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−0.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days687 days
Net assets$726m$179m

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

XPAY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, XPAY paid 19.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCY or XPAY?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and XPAY charges 0.49%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ROCY against XPAY, 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, ROCY against XPAY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rocy-vs-xpay Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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