JEPQ vs VUG: how much do they really overlap?
JEPQ (JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF, tracking the Nasdaq-100 (active)) and VUG (Vanguard Growth ETF, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Growth) overlap by roughly 67% by weight. 9 of JEPQ's top 10 holdings also appear in VUG. A 50/50 blend of the two behaves like about 30 equally-weighted bets (diversification grade C). In short, the two funds share most of their weight in the same names; the second fund adds only modest differentiation.
The same companies, in both funds
These 16 holdings appear in both JEPQ and VUG. The weight columns show how much of each fund each name represents.
| Holding | in JEPQ | in VUG |
|---|---|---|
| NVDA NVIDIA Corporation | 6.66% | 13.10% |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 5.80% | 12.32% |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. | 5.03% | 4.68% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation | 3.88% | 8.99% |
| AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.66% | 4.85% |
| TSLA Tesla, Inc. | 2.38% | 3.31% |
| META Meta Platforms, Inc. | 2.37% | 3.73% |
| AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 3.85% | 2.30% |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | 2.15% | 5.17% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1.16% | 1.15% |
| LRCX Lam Research Corporation | 2.88% | 1.09% |
| NFLX Netflix, Inc. | 1.21% | 0.99% |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 1.19% | 0.64% |
| STX Seagate Technology Holdings plc | 1.92% | 0.55% |
| MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. | 1.37% | 0.51% |
+ 1 more shared holdings.
Only in JEPQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF — Nasdaq covered-call income. Its biggest holdings that VUG doesn’t have:
| MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 5.56% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. | 1.78% |
| INTC Intel Corporation | 1.61% |
| CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.34% |
| ASML ASML Holding N.V. | 1.13% |
Only in VUG
Vanguard Growth ETF — US large-cap growth. Its biggest holdings that JEPQ doesn’t have:
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 5.95% |
| LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 2.53% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 1.45% |
| MA Mastercard Inc. Class A | 1.07% |
| ORCL Oracle Corp. | 1.07% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A | 0.93% |
| GEV GE Vernova LLC | 0.72% |
| SNDK Sandisk Corp./DE | 0.71% |
So — heavily overlapping. Should you hold both?
JEPQ and VUG share most of their weight in the same names; the second fund adds only modest differentiation. If you already hold JEPQ, adding VUG mostly increases your bet on the names they share rather than spreading it — a 50/50 blend still behaves like only ~30 equal positions, with the top 10 alone at 50% and the Magnificent Seven at 43%.
Holdings as of — JEPQ: Jun 30, 2026 (J.P. Morgan Asset Management); VUG: May 31, 2026 (Vanguard). Refreshed monthly. Overlap is measured across each fund’s largest holdings (top 50); the diffuse long tail barely moves the math.
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- How much do JEPQ and VUG overlap?
- JEPQ and VUG overlap by approximately 67% measured by portfolio weight — that is the share of the smaller fund's holdings (by weight) that also sit inside the other. 9 of JEPQ's 10 largest holdings are also held by VUG. They share 16 of their listed top holdings in total.
- Is it redundant to hold both JEPQ and VUG?
- Because they share most of their weight in the same names; the second fund adds only modest differentiation, holding both is largely redundant — you mostly duplicate the same megacaps and concentrate rather than diversify. A 50/50 blend has an effective 30 positions and a C diversification grade.
- What does VUG hold that JEPQ doesn't?
- VUG's largest holdings that JEPQ doesn't hold include GOOGL, LLY, V, MA, ORCL. Its category is US large-cap growth, versus JEPQ's Nasdaq covered-call income.
- Which is more concentrated, JEPQ or VUG?
- JEPQ's top 10 holdings are 72% of its listed weight; VUG's are 73%. The more concentrated fund leans harder on its largest names.