Which is cheaper, ACII or MPDY?

ACII charges 0.79% a year and MPDY charges 0.70%, so MPDY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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ACII vs MPDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+10.2 pts

3 months to Nov 12, 2026: ACII ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.09 pts

A year: ACII 0.79%, MPDY 0.70%, per filings dated Feb 27, 2026 and Aug 7, 2026

Overlap

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No book read for both funds

Net flow

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Needs daily flows for both funds

Pair scorecard

MPDY costs 0.09 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ACII vs MPDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ACII	MPDY
Paid and earned
Measure	ACII	MPDY
Price change, since Aug 12, 2026		fell 11.2%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	74% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Cost and size
Measure	ACII	MPDY
Expense ratio	0.79%	0.70%
Net assets	$195m	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Measure	ACII	MPDY
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

ACII Innovator Index Autocallable Income Strategy ETF · Autocallable, paying monthly MPDY m+ DualYield Autocall ETF · Autocallable

Issuer Innovator m+

Strategy autocallable autocallable

Benchmark not set not set

Pays monthly not established

Payout rate, annualized 9.9% 13.3%

Expense ratio 0.79% 0.70%

Cash paid, 1 year not available 2.3% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)

Price change, 1 year not available −11.2% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)

Total return, 1 year not available −9.1% (since launch, Aug 12, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year not available not published

Ahead or behind not available not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 74% not published

Age not stated 92 days

Net assets $195m not read by ETFIQ

As of Nov 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: ACII vs MPDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ACII	MPDY	ACII	MPDY	ACII	MPDY
3 months	−0.1%	−10.3%	2.4%	2.3%	not measured	not measured
Since launch	–	−9.1%	–	2.3%	–	not measured

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About each fund

ACII

At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.9%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 74% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

MPDY

Over the period from its first trade on Aug 12, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, MPDY paid 2.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 11.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −9.1%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACII or MPDY?: ACII charges 0.79% a year and MPDY charges 0.70%, so MPDY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ACII on its own →MPDY on its own →ACII dividend history →MPDY dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ACII filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACII prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ACII 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Innovator page for ACII ↗

MPDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MPDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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ACII and MPDY

Total return, distributions reinvested, 3 months.

ACII −0.1%MPDY −10.3%

Aug 13, 2026Nov 12, 2026

ACII −0.1%, MPDY −10.3%: ACII +10.2 pts ahead, 3 months, Aug 13, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026.