JEPQ vs VFIFX: 26% overlap

JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF and Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 share 25.9% 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 — JEPQ, VFIFX 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.

Hold both, 50/50
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
25.9%
JEPQ expense ratio
0.35%
VFIFX expense ratio
0.08%

Top shared holdings

JEPQ and VFIFX hold 86 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin JEPQin VFIFXΔ
NVDA7.3%3.3%4.0%
AAPL6.4%3.1%3.3%
MSFT4.8%2.0%2.8%
CASH1.8%1.9%0.0%
AMZN4.0%1.7%2.4%
AVGO2.2%1.3%0.9%
GOOG5.1%1.2%3.9%
MU2.0%0.9%1.1%
META3.0%0.9%2.1%
TSLA2.6%0.9%1.7%

Where JEPQ and VFIFX 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.

SectorJEPQVFIFXΔ
Unclassified22.3%6.3%+16.0pp
Financials0.5%14.1%13.5pp
Information Technology37.9%26.1%+11.8pp
Industrials1.7%10.5%8.8pp
Communication Services12.0%5.9%+6.1pp
Treasuries0.0%3.6%3.6pp
Materials0.0%3.0%3.0pp
Health Care4.2%6.9%2.7pp

Δ is JEPQ minus VFIFX, 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 JEPQ
22 positions

21.8% of JEPQ by weight, held in no part of VFIFX.

Only in VFIFX
16,596 positions

73.7% of VFIFX by weight, held in no part of JEPQ.

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

Concentration and cost

JEPQVFIFX
Top 10 holdings40.0%19.3%
Positions held1086
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$35$8

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 JEPQ and VFIFX overlap?

JEPQ and VFIFX overlap 25.9% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 86 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (JEPQ as of 2026-03-31, VFIFX as of 2026-03-31).

How is the overlap between JEPQ and VFIFX calculated?

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

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 25.9% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does JEPQ own that VFIFX doesn't?

JEPQ holds 108 positions and VFIFX holds 6; 22 of JEPQ's positions don't appear in VFIFX at all, and they are 21.8% of JEPQ by weight.

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