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APRH vs DYLG: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year DYLG paid 9.5% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
9.5%DYLG cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+13.8%DYLG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: DYLG scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

APRH 46DYLG 72.33.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

APRH10.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%APRH+6.5%5.9% of it arrived as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%APRH+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY
DYLGAbout even with DIA · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
DIA+13.5%DYLG+13.8%9.5% of it arrived as cashabout even with DIATotal return, distributions reinvestedDIA+13.5%DYLG+13.8%9.5% cashabout even with DIA

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, APRH and DYLG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in DYLG
TREASURY BILL 94.03%GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 10.88%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%CATERPILLAR INC 9.35%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%MICROSOFT CORP 5.70%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%AMGEN INC 4.46%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 4.35%
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE 4.33%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 4.25%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.04%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

APRH and DYLG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHDYLGAPRHDYLGAPRHDYLG
3 months+1.3%+1.9%2.1%0.8%−0.9 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+5.1%+13.0%3.7%2.1%−12.9 pts−0.9 pts
1 year+6.5%+13.8%5.9%9.5%−10.1 pts+0.3 pts
3 years+22.5%+47.0%19.7%30.8%−55.9 pts−9.8 pts
Since launch+28.3%+44.7%22.2%30.7%−65.3 pts−8.3 pts
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APRH and DYLG on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
APRH
Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
DYLG
Global X Dow 30 Covered Call & Growth ETF
Covered call on DIA, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorGlobal X
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%3.1%
Expense ratio0.79%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%9.5%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+3.5%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+13.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+13.5%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts+0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published59%
Age1264 days1150 days
Net assets$25m$6m

APRH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid quarterly.

DYLG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, DYLG paid 9.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.8%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 59% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or DYLG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and DYLG paid 9.5%, so DYLG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, APRH or DYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and DYLG returned +13.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so DYLG returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or DYLG?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and DYLG charges 0.35%, so DYLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against DYLG, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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