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

Over the year FEPI paid 23.4% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
23.4%FEPI cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+15.7%FEPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46FEPI 33.53.8, 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% as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%APRH+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY
FEPI6.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FEPI+15.7%23.4% of it arrived as cash6.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FEPI+15.7%23.4% as cash6.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in FEPI
TREASURY BILL 94.03%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%ALPHABET INC. 8.83%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%BROADCOM INC. 8.05%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.76%
TESLA, INC. 7.47%
INTEL CORPORATION 5.24%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 5.21%

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.

Performance, window by window

APRH and FEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHFEPIAPRHFEPIAPRHFEPI
3 months+1.3%+2.9%2.1%6.0%−0.9 pts+5.4 pts
6 months+5.1%+17.2%3.7%12.8%−12.9 pts−7.1 pts
1 year+6.5%+15.7%5.9%23.4%−10.1 pts−6.1 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+69.0%22.2%66.8%−65.3 pts−28.5 pts
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APRH and FEPI 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
FEPI
REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerInnovatorREX
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy
Paysquarterlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%24.9%
Expense ratio0.79%0.65%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%23.4%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−10.0%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+15.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days1073 days
Net assets$25m$713m

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.

FEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FEPI paid 23.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 24.9%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or FEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and FEPI paid 23.4%, so FEPI 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 FEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and FEPI returned +15.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FEPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or FEPI?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and FEPI charges 0.65%, so FEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against FEPI, 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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