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JEPIJPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF

Get income6y track recordRanked #162 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation.

By JPMorgan · Launched 2020

Annual Cost

0.35%

#1,706 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$44.6B

#76 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

8.45%

Track Record

6 years

#2,112 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,902+9.0%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Option income

Index tracked

Standard & Poor’s 500 Total Return Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 16.0% of fundwell diversified

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund
1.9%
Alphabet, Inc.
1.7%
Johnson & Johnson
1.7%
AbbVie, Inc.
1.6%
Amazon.com, Inc.
1.6%
Analog Devices, Inc.
1.5%
Mastercard, Inc.
1.5%
NVIDIA Corp.
1.5%
Visa, Inc.
1.5%
Ross Stores, Inc.
1.5%

Asset allocation

Stocks
86.2%
Convertible
13.0%
Cash
0.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
8.0%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-13.7%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.56Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.81Moderate downside risk

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation.
Strategy
Creates an actively managed portfolio of equity securities and equity-linked notes (ELNs), selling call options on the S&P 500 Total Return Index. Aims for total return through capital appreciation and income, with lower volatility than the broad U.S. large cap market.
Inception date
May 20, 2020
Fund family
JPMorgan

Our take

Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.

Covered call
Warning

Covered call ETF — yield ≠ total return

The high distribution yield is not free income — it comes from selling upside via call options. Research finds these strategies systematically underperform their underlying index over full cycles, typically by 100–300 basis points per year depending on the option-overlay design. The monthly distributions make the shortfall hard to see in return summaries.

Source: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)

Why we flagged this: strategy=option_income + option_income_strategy

Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More

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Data updated on 2026-06-19