IWF vs JEPI: 19% overlap

iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF share 19.2% 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
19.2%
IWF expense ratio
0.19%
JEPI expense ratio
0.35%

Top shared holdings

IWF and JEPI hold 42 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin IWFin JEPIΔ
NVDA15.1%1.4%13.7%
AAPL7.8%1.4%6.4%
GOOGL5.7%1.4%4.4%
MA1.3%1.4%0.0%
AVGO5.7%1.3%4.4%
V1.8%1.3%0.5%
MSFT4.4%1.3%3.1%
META3.4%1.2%2.2%
NFLX0.9%0.9%0.0%
LLY2.9%0.8%2.1%

Where IWF 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.

SectorIWFJEPIΔ
Information Technology55.0%13.5%+41.5pp
Unclassified0.0%19.6%19.6pp
Communication Services15.7%5.2%+10.6pp
Consumer Staples1.3%7.8%6.5pp
Health Care5.6%11.6%6.0pp
Utilities0.3%5.4%5.1pp
Financials4.7%8.5%3.8pp
Energy0.5%3.3%2.8pp

Δ is IWF 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 IWF
327 positions

43.1% of IWF by weight, held in no part of JEPI.

Only in JEPI
78 positions

59.9% of JEPI by weight, held in no part of IWF.

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

Concentration and cost

IWFJEPI
Top 10 holdings56.1%15.7%
Positions held370120
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 IWF and JEPI overlap?

IWF and JEPI overlap 19.2% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 42 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (IWF as of 2026-07-23, JEPI as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between IWF and JEPI calculated?

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

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 19.2% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does IWF own that JEPI doesn't?

IWF holds 370 positions and JEPI holds 120; 327 of IWF's positions don't appear in JEPI at all, and they are 43.1% of IWF by weight.

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