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

ROCY and YLDE both write options for income.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF and Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
7.6%YLDE cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+10.5%YLDE 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
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, ROCY and YLDE hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCY and YLDE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCYYLDE
Alphabet, Inc.5.33%3.60%
NVIDIA Corp.8.37%3.03%
Microsoft Corp.4.97%2.67%
Broadcom, Inc.2.61%2.25%
Apple, Inc.6.71%1.91%
Exxon Mobil Corp.1.63%4.05%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.43%1.63%
RTX Corp.1.07%1.00%
Walt Disney Co. (The)0.59%0.67%
Comcast Corp.0.42%2.23%
MetLife, Inc.0.41%1.96%
Johnson & Johnson0.39%1.99%
Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in YLDE
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15%WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00%NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15%AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83%
Lam Research Corp. 1.76%APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.69%UNILEVER PLC 2.64%
Mastercard, Inc. 1.57%PUBLIC STORAGE 2.59%
Tesla, Inc. 1.55%MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC 2.52%
Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47%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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ROCY and YLDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYYLDEROCYYLDEROCYYLDE
3 months+2.6%+2.5%1.7%2.3%+0.3 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+14.8%+8.4%3.7%4.1%−3.3 pts−9.6 pts
1 yearnot published+10.5%not published7.6%not published−6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+51.1%not published16.8%not published−27.3 pts
Since launch+13.5%+181.4%3.6%42.1%−2.9 pts−86.6 pts
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ROCY and YLDE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
YLDE
Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganFranklin
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%7.0%
Expense ratio0.35%0.48%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)7.6%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−6.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days3405 days
Net assets$726m$170m

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.

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 is cheaper, ROCY or YLDE?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, 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 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.

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

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