JEPI vs VONG: 19% overlap

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF and Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth 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 3 months apart — JEPI as of 2026-03-31, the rest through 2026-06-30. 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%
JEPI expense ratio
0.35%
VONG expense ratio
0.06%

Top shared holdings

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

Holdingin JEPIin VONGΔ
NVDA1.4%13.8%12.4%
AAPL1.4%6.7%5.3%
GOOGL1.4%6.2%4.8%
AVGO1.3%5.2%3.9%
V1.3%1.6%0.3%
MSFT1.3%4.1%2.8%
MA1.4%1.2%0.1%
META1.2%3.0%1.8%
NFLX0.9%0.9%0.0%
LLY0.8%2.8%2.0%

Where JEPI and VONG 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.

SectorJEPIVONGΔ
Information Technology13.5%54.3%40.8pp
Unclassified19.6%0.0%+19.6pp
Communication Services5.2%16.1%10.9pp
Consumer Staples7.8%1.3%+6.5pp
Health Care11.6%5.4%+6.2pp
Utilities5.4%0.3%+5.1pp
Financials8.5%4.3%+4.2pp
Energy3.3%0.4%+2.9pp

Δ is JEPI minus VONG, 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
78 positions

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

Only in VONG
328 positions

46.1% of VONG 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

JEPIVONG
Top 10 holdings15.7%54.3%
Positions held120370
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$35$6

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 VONG overlap?

JEPI and VONG overlap 19.2% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 42 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (JEPI as of 2026-03-31, VONG as of 2026-06-30).

How is the overlap between JEPI and VONG 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 VONG 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 VONG?

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

What does JEPI own that VONG doesn't?

JEPI holds 120 positions and VONG holds 370; 78 of JEPI's positions don't appear in VONG at all, and they are 59.9% of JEPI by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, JEPI as of 2026-03-31, VONG as of 2026-06-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.