Which resets first, ARLU or BAPR?

ARLU ends its outcome period on Mar 31, 2027 and BAPR on Mar 31, 2027. New terms are set the day after each.

Which is cheaper, ARLU or BAPR?

ARLU charges 0.74% a year and BAPR charges 0.79%, so ARLU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ARLU vs BAPR: Cap, Buffer & Days Left

As of Oct 13, 2026 ARLU can fall 13.4% before its buffer engages and BAPR 11.5%. Net assets on Oct 12, 2026: $56m for AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Apr and $417m for Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Apr.

ARLU costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.9 points; BAPR is 7.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARLU vs BAPR: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
	ARLU	BAPR
Expense ratio	0.74%	0.79%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$56m	$417m
Total return, 1 year	+12.4%	+18.3%
What it tracks	SPY	SPY
Holdings in common	not published
Index fall to the buffer	16.3%

13.4%

ARLU can fall this far before its buffer

11.5%

BAPR can fall this far before its buffer

uncapped

ARLU can still gain

5.0%

BAPR can still gain

ARLUNo cap

ARLU: reference +19.5% since period start, fund +14.5%; buffer 0 to −15; no cap; No cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.

BAPRAt its cap

BAPR: reference +19.5% since period start, fund +12.4%; buffer 0 to −9; cap +18.5%; At its cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.

ETFIQ Downside Cover Score · BAPR scores higherIf the market falls into a bear market from here, how much does the buffer absorb?

ARLU 5.1

BAPR 15.2

0.2, the lowest in this set99.8, the highest

A percentile among the 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period. Today's position against one 20% fall; it ignores smaller falls, and stock buffers are never ranked against bond or commodity ones. All buffer ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

BAPR is already at its cap, so more rise in the index adds nothing to it before the period ends.

Where each one stands today

ARLU resets first, on Mar 31, 2027, 169 days from now; BAPR runs to Mar 31, 2027, 169 days. A fall from here reaches ARLU’s buffer after 13.4% and BAPR’s after 11.5%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: ARLU vs BAPR: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
	Total return		Gap to the reference's price return
Window	ARLU	BAPR	ARLU	BAPR
3 months	+2.8%	+3.2%	−1.0 pts	−0.6 pts
6 months	+10.6%	+8.3%	−2.9 pts	−5.1 pts
1 year	+12.4%	+18.3%	−6.7 pts	−0.8 pts
3 years	not published	+56.3%	not published	−24.0 pts
Since launch Not the same days: ARLU Apr 2024 · BAPR Apr 2019	+31.6%	+118.0%	−17.4 pts	−54.2 pts

Each fund's gap is to its reference's price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Source: ETFIQ. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

ARLU

AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Apr · Absorbs the first 15% of loss on SPY and does not cap the gain, over a period ending Mar 31, 2027

BAPR

Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Apr · Absorbs the first 9% of loss on SPY and caps the gain at 18.5%, over a period ending Mar 31, 2027

Issuer AllianzIM Innovator

Reference index SPY SPY

Buffer 15% 9%

Outcome period Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027 Mar 31, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027

Days left 169 169

Starting cap uncapped +18.5%

Can still gain uncapped 5.0%

Fall before buffer 13.4% 11.5%

Protection left, index points 15.0% of 15.0% 9.0% of 9.0%

Index return this period +19.5% +19.5%

Fund return this period +14.5% +12.4%

State today Uncapped At cap

Expense ratio 0.74% 0.79%

Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $56m $417m

As of Oct 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ARLU

This fund has no cap. It takes a share of any further rise in SPY. The fund's price can fall 13.4% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 16.3% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 169 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Mar 31, 2027 the period ends and new terms are set.

About BAPR

SPY had already risen past this fund's cap of +18.5% for the period on Oct 13, 2026, so in index terms there is no more upside to collect. The fund's own price can still drift up to about 5.0% as the period runs out. The fund's price can fall 11.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. Protection left, in index points: 9.0% of the 9.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. On Mar 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

Questions people ask

Which resets first, ARLU or BAPR?: ARLU ends its outcome period on Mar 31, 2027 and BAPR on Mar 31, 2027. New terms are set the day after each.
Which is cheaper, ARLU or BAPR?: ARLU charges 0.74% a year and BAPR charges 0.79%, so ARLU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ARLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AllianzIM page for ARLU ↗BAPR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Innovator page for BAPR ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

ETFIQ calculates every figure from each issuer’s published outcome-period terms. Buffer ETFs hold options on an index, not shares, so there is no holdings overlap to report.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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