Which is cheaper, ACEI or JANQ?

ACEI charges 0.79% a year and JANQ charges 0.79%, so ACEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

ACEI vs JANQ: which paid, and which earned it?

ACEI and JANQ both write options for income. Innovator Equity Autocallable Income Strategy ETF and Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January.

11.1%

ACEI cash paid, 1 year

0.0%

JANQ cash paid, since launch

+5.9%

ACEI total return, 1 year

0.0%

JANQ total return, since launch

ACEI · 1 year to Sep 30, 20269.8 pts behind SPY

ACEI

+5.9%

SPY

+15.7%

9.8 pts behind SPY

ACEI over 1 year: paid 11.1%, price −5.7%, total +5.9%, SPY +15.7%, −9.8 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

ACEI

+5.9%

11.1% of it arrived as cash

9.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.8 pts behind SPY

ACEI over 1 year: paid 11.1%, price −5.7%, total +5.9%, SPY +15.7%, −9.8 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

ACEI

+5.9%

9.8 pts behind SPY

11.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACEI over 1 year: paid 11.1%, price −5.7%, total +5.9%, SPY +15.7%, −9.8 pts.

JANQ · since launch to Sep 30, 20260.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ

0.0%

SPY

+0.9%

0.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

JANQ

0.0%

0.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.9 pts behind SPY

JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

SPY

+0.9%

JANQ

0.0%

0.9 pts behind SPY

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. JANQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price 0.0%, total 0.0%, SPY +0.9%, −0.9 pts.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACEI	JANQ	ACEI	JANQ	ACEI	JANQ
3 months	+5.4%	not published	3.3%	not published	+2.8 pts	not published
6 months	+5.6%	not published	6.5%	not published	−11.4 pts	not published
1 year	+5.9%	not published	11.1%	not published	−9.8 pts	not published
Since launch ACEI Sep 2025 · JANQ Sep 2026	+6.0%	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	−11.2 pts	−0.9 pts

ACEI and JANQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ACEI

Innovator Equity Autocallable Income Strategy ETF · Autocallable on SPY, paying monthly

JANQ

Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January · Defined income on SPY

Issuer Innovator Innovator

Strategy autocallable defined income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly not established

Payout rate, annualized 13.0% not published

Expense ratio 0.79% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 11.1% 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −5.7% 0.0%

Total return, 1 year +5.9% 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +15.7% +0.9%

Ahead or behind −9.8 pts −0.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published

Age 370 days 20 days

Net assets $50m not published

ACEI and JANQ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACEI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, ACEI paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.8 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.0%, paid monthly.

JANQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, JANQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned 0.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +0.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.9 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACEI or JANQ?: ACEI charges 0.79% a year and JANQ charges 0.79%, so ACEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ACEI and JANQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator page for ACEI ↗JANQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator website ↗

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ETFIQ, ACEI against JANQ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acei-vs-janq

Open data

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