JEPI vs MDY: 1% overlap

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF and SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust share 0.6% 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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2.0Effective Funds

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

Overlap
0.6%
JEPI expense ratio
0.35%
MDY expense ratio
0.23%

Top shared holdings

JEPI and MDY hold 1 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin JEPIin MDYΔ
BURL0.6%0.6%0.0%

Where JEPI and MDY 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.

SectorJEPIMDYΔ
Unclassified19.6%0.0%+19.6pp
Industrials8.9%25.4%16.4pp
Financials8.5%14.8%6.3pp
Consumer Staples7.8%3.1%+4.7pp
Real Estate2.9%6.9%4.0pp
Materials1.5%5.4%3.9pp
Communication Services5.2%1.5%+3.6pp
Utilities5.4%3.1%+2.3pp

Δ is JEPI minus MDY, 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 JEPI
119 positions

99.0% of JEPI by weight, held in no part of MDY.

Only in MDY
398 positions

98.3% of MDY by weight, held in no part of JEPI.

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

Concentration and cost

JEPIMDY
Top 10 holdings15.7%7.6%
Positions held120400
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$35$23

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 JEPI and MDY overlap?

JEPI and MDY overlap 0.6% by portfolio weight — largely distinct portfolios. They share 1 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (JEPI as of 2026-03-31, MDY as of 2026-07-23).

How is the overlap between JEPI and MDY calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If JEPI holds a stock at 6% and MDY 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 JEPI and MDY?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 0.6% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does JEPI own that MDY doesn't?

JEPI holds 120 positions and MDY holds 400; 119 of JEPI's positions don't appear in MDY at all, and they are 99.0% of JEPI by weight.

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