IWD vs JEPI: 28% overlap

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF share 27.7% 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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1.7Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.7. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
27.7%
IWD expense ratio
0.19%
JEPI expense ratio
0.35%

Top shared holdings

IWD and JEPI hold 79 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin IWDin JEPIΔ
JNJ1.7%1.7%0.0%
AMZN5.7%1.4%4.3%
AAPL5.9%1.4%4.5%
MSFT3.9%1.3%2.6%
WMT1.2%1.4%0.2%
ABBV1.2%1.6%0.4%
XOM1.8%0.9%0.9%
PM0.8%1.2%0.4%
MRK0.9%0.8%0.1%
RTX0.8%1.5%0.7%

Where IWD 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.

SectorIWDJEPIΔ
Unclassified0.0%19.6%19.6pp
Financials19.6%8.5%+11.1pp
Information Technology18.0%13.5%+4.6pp
Energy6.1%3.3%+2.7pp
Industrials11.3%8.9%+2.4pp
Materials3.7%1.5%+2.1pp
Communication Services3.3%5.2%1.8pp
Utilities3.9%5.4%1.5pp

Δ is IWD 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 IWD
792 positions

55.4% of IWD by weight, held in no part of JEPI.

Only in JEPI
41 positions

37.1% of JEPI by weight, held in no part of IWD.

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

Concentration and cost

IWDJEPI
Top 10 holdings27.8%15.7%
Positions held872120
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$19$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 IWD and JEPI overlap?

IWD and JEPI overlap 27.7% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 79 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (IWD as of 2026-07-23, JEPI as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between IWD and JEPI calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If IWD 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 IWD and JEPI?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 27.7% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does IWD own that JEPI doesn't?

IWD holds 872 positions and JEPI holds 120; 792 of IWD's positions don't appear in JEPI at all, and they are 55.4% of IWD by weight.

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