ACRT vs APRJ: which paid, and which earned it?

ACRT and APRJ both write options for income. ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April.

0.0%
ACRT cash paid, since launch
6.2%
APRJ cash paid, 1 year
−8.7%
ACRT total return, since launch
+6.1%
APRJ total return, 1 year
ACRT · since launch to Sep 30, 2026About even with IWM
ACRT
−8.7%
IWM
−8.7%

About even with IWM

ACRT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −8.7%, total −8.7%, IWM −8.7%, 0.0 pts.

IWM

−8.7%

ACRT

−8.7%

about even with IWM

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with IWM

ACRT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −8.7%, total −8.7%, IWM −8.7%, 0.0 pts.

IWM

−8.7%

ACRT

−8.7%

about even with IWM

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ACRT since launch: paid 0.0%, price −8.7%, total −8.7%, IWM −8.7%, 0.0 pts.

APRJ · 1 year to Sep 30, 20269.6 pts behind SPY
APRJ
+6.1%
SPY
+15.7%

9.6 pts behind SPY

APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.2%, total +6.1%, SPY +15.7%, −9.6 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

APRJ

+6.1%

6.2% as cash

9.6 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.6 pts behind SPY

APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.2%, total +6.1%, SPY +15.7%, −9.6 pts.

SPY

+15.7%

APRJ

+6.1%

9.6 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.2%, total +6.1%, SPY +15.7%, −9.6 pts.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACRT and APRJ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ACRT APRJ
Only in ACRT
RU2K LADDERED AUTOCALL SWAP BANK OF AMERICA NA 100.00%
Only in APRJ
TREASURY BILL 95.06%
TREASURY BILL 1.66%
TREASURY BILL 1.65%
TREASURY BILL 1.64%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Performance, window by window

Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowACRTAPRJACRTAPRJACRTAPRJ
3 monthsnot published+1.1%not published1.7%not published−1.4 pts
6 monthsnot published+3.9%not published3.5%not published−13.1 pts
1 yearnot published+6.1%not published6.2%not published−9.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+19.5%not published17.8%not published−65.5 pts
Since launch
ACRT Aug 2026 · APRJ Apr 2023
−8.7%+23.8%0.0%21.1%0.0 pts−70.0 pts

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

On the same fields

ACRT
ProShares Russell 2000 Autocallable Income ETF · Autocallable on IWM
APRJ
Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Issuer ProShares Innovator
Strategy autocallable defined income
Benchmark Russell 2000 (IWM) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays not established quarterly
Payout rate, annualized not published 6.9%
Expense ratio 0.72% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) 6.2%
Price change, 1 year −8.7% −0.2%
Total return, 1 year −8.7% (since launch on Aug 14, 2026) +6.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year −8.7% +15.7%
Ahead or behind 0.0 pts −9.6 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published not published
Age 47 days 1276 days
Net assets $1m $28m

ACRT and APRJ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACRT in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 14, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, ACRT paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −8.7%. Russell 2000 (IWM) returned −8.7% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

APRJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.6 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.9%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ACRT or APRJ?
ACRT charges 0.72% a year and APRJ charges 0.79%, so ACRT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, ACRT against APRJ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/acrt-vs-aprj

Open data

Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.