IWD vs JEPQ: 26% overlap

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF share 26.0% 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 — JEPQ 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
26.0%
IWD expense ratio
0.19%
JEPQ expense ratio
0.35%

Top shared holdings

IWD and JEPQ hold 53 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin IWDin JEPQΔ
AAPL5.9%6.4%0.5%
AMZN5.7%4.0%1.7%
MSFT3.9%4.8%0.9%
WMT1.2%2.5%1.3%
CSCO1.2%1.1%0.1%
META0.7%3.0%2.3%
COST0.6%1.6%0.9%
INTC1.2%0.6%0.6%
QCOM0.5%0.5%0.0%
ADI0.5%1.1%0.6%

Where IWD and JEPQ 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.

SectorIWDJEPQΔ
Unclassified0.0%22.3%22.3pp
Information Technology18.0%37.9%19.9pp
Financials19.6%0.5%+19.0pp
Industrials11.3%1.7%+9.6pp
Communication Services3.3%12.0%8.7pp
Health Care12.7%4.2%+8.5pp
Energy6.1%0.4%+5.7pp
Materials3.7%0.0%+3.7pp

Δ is IWD minus JEPQ, 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
818 positions

67.4% of IWD by weight, held in no part of JEPQ.

Only in JEPQ
55 positions

56.6% of JEPQ 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

IWDJEPQ
Top 10 holdings27.8%40.0%
Positions held872108
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 JEPQ overlap?

IWD and JEPQ overlap 26.0% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 53 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (IWD as of 2026-07-23, JEPQ as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between IWD and JEPQ 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 JEPQ 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 JEPQ?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 26.0% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does IWD own that JEPQ doesn't?

IWD holds 872 positions and JEPQ holds 108; 818 of IWD's positions don't appear in JEPQ at all, and they are 67.4% of IWD by weight.

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