Which is cheaper, AHD or JANQ?

AHD charges 1.07% a year and JANQ charges 0.79%, so JANQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

AHD and JANQ both write options for income. GraniteShares Autocallable HOOD ETF and Innovator Premium Income 40 Barrier ETF - January.

10.1%

AHD cash paid, since launch

0.0%

JANQ cash paid, since launch

+17.7%

AHD total return, since launch

0.0%

JANQ total return, since launch

AHD · since launch to Sep 30, 202634 pts behind HOOD

AHD

+17.7%

HOOD

+51.7%

34 pts behind HOOD

AHD since launch: paid 10.1%, price +6.9%, total +17.7%, HOOD +51.7%, −34.0 pts.

HOOD

+51.7%

AHD

+17.7%

10.1% as cash

34 pts behind HOOD

Total return, distributions reinvested

34 pts behind HOOD

AHD since launch: paid 10.1%, price +6.9%, total +17.7%, HOOD +51.7%, −34.0 pts.

HOOD

+51.7%

AHD

+17.7%

34 pts behind HOOD

10.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. AHD since launch: paid 10.1%, price +6.9%, total +17.7%, HOOD +51.7%, −34.0 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 +51.7%. 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	AHD	JANQ	AHD	JANQ	AHD	JANQ
3 months	+9.1%	not published	5.1%	not published	+5.5 pts	not published
Since launch AHD May 2026 · JANQ Sep 2026	+17.7%	0.0%	10.1%	0.0%	−34.0 pts	−0.9 pts

AHD 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

AHD

GraniteShares Autocallable HOOD ETF · Autocallable on HOOD, paying monthly

JANQ

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

Issuer GraniteShares Innovator

Strategy autocallable defined income

Benchmark Robinhood (HOOD) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly not established

Payout rate, annualized 32.6% not published

Expense ratio 1.07% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 10.1% (since launch on May 19, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +6.9% 0.0%

Total return, 1 year +17.7% (since launch on May 19, 2026) 0.0% (since launch on Sep 10, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +51.7% +0.9%

Ahead or behind −34.0 pts −0.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 17% not published

Age 134 days 20 days

Net assets $3m not published

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

AHD in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 19, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, AHD paid 10.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Robinhood (HOOD) returned +51.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 34.0 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 32.6%, paid monthly. GraniteShares estimates that 17% of the distribution paid Aug 14, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

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, AHD or JANQ?: AHD charges 1.07% a year and JANQ charges 0.79%, so JANQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

AHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗AHD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗GraniteShares page for AHD ↗JANQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JANQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Innovator website ↗

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

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