IVW vs JEPI: 22% overlap

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF share 21.7% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

Different holding dates. These holdings were published about 4 months apart — JEPI as of 2026-03-31, the rest through 2026-07-23. Each fund is compared using its most recent file, so any trading in between shows up as a difference.

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1.8Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.8. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
21.7%
IVW expense ratio
0.18%
JEPI expense ratio
0.35%

Top shared holdings

IVW and JEPI hold 41 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin IVWin JEPIΔ
NVDA14.7%1.4%13.3%
AMZN3.5%1.4%2.1%
AAPL6.9%1.4%5.5%
GOOGL5.4%1.4%4.0%
AVGO5.4%1.3%4.1%
MSFT8.2%1.3%6.9%
META3.9%1.2%2.7%
JNJ1.1%1.7%0.7%
V0.9%1.3%0.4%
NFLX0.8%0.9%0.0%

Where IVW and JEPI differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorIVWJEPIΔ
Information Technology52.5%13.5%+39.1pp
Unclassified0.0%19.6%19.6pp
Communication Services14.7%5.2%+9.6pp
Consumer Staples1.2%7.8%6.7pp
Health Care6.3%11.6%5.3pp
Utilities0.4%5.4%5.0pp
Energy0.0%3.3%3.3pp
Industrials6.6%8.9%2.3pp

Δ is IVW minus JEPI, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in IVW
107 positions

35.1% of IVW by weight, held in no part of JEPI.

Only in JEPI
79 positions

59.8% of JEPI by weight, held in no part of IVW.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

IVWJEPI
Top 10 holdings58.2%15.7%
Positions held149120
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$18$35

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do IVW and JEPI overlap?

IVW and JEPI overlap 21.7% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 41 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (IVW as of 2026-07-23, JEPI as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between IVW and JEPI calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If IVW holds a stock at 6% and JEPI holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both IVW and JEPI?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 21.7% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does IVW own that JEPI doesn't?

IVW holds 149 positions and JEPI holds 120; 107 of IVW's positions don't appear in JEPI at all, and they are 35.1% of IVW by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, IVW as of 2026-07-23, JEPI as of 2026-03-31. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.