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JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF Overview

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) is an actively managed Nontraditional Equity Derivative Income exchange-traded fund (ETF). JPMorgan launched the ETF in 2020.

The investment seeks current income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve this objective by (1) creating an actively managed portfolio of equity securities and (2) through equity-linked notes (ELNs),selling call options with exposure to the fund’s primary benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Total Return Index (the Benchmark). The resulting Fund is designed to provide investors with total return through capital appreciation and income, while exposing investors to lower volatility than the broad U.S. large cap market and also providing incremental income.

About JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI)

There are 4 members of the management team with an average tenure of 3.89 years: Hamilton Reiner (2020), Raffaele Zingone (2020), Judy Jansen (2024) and Matthew Bensen (2024). Management tenure is more important for actively managed ETFs than passive index ETFs.

The ETF has 2 primary benchmarks: S&P 500 (TR) index with a weighting of 100% and ICE BofA US 3M Trsy Bill TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF has 129 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 16.0% of the ETF’s assets. The ETF meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The ETF is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the Nontraditional Equity ETF group. JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF has 0.4% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 85.2% There is 0.4% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 13.7% convertible bond). JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF has 0.7% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $44 billion in total assets, which is above the $727 million average for the Derivative Income category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

JEPI Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF expense ratio is below average compared to funds in the Derivative Income category. JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF has an expense ratio of 0.35%, which is 58% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a A. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 172%, which indicates that it holds its assets around / 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 68% for the Derivative Income category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF returned 1.5%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Derivative Income category had an average return of -2.1%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all ETFs in that category.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF has a trailing yield of 8.11%, which is below the 16.43% category average. The fund normally distributes its income monthly.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF Grades

Year to date, the ETF has returned 2.2%, 1.8 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 7.8% over the past year (grade of D), 9.0% over the past three years (grade of D) and 7.5% per year over the past five years (grade of D).

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