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

Over the year GPIQ paid 11.0% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
11.0%GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+21.4%GPIQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: GPIQ scores higher

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

APRH 46GPIQ 78.63.8, 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
GPIQAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%GPIQ+21.4%11.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%GPIQ+21.4%about even with QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in GPIQ
TREASURY BILL 94.03%NVIDIA CORP 7.48%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%APPLE INC 6.59%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%AMAZON.COM INC 4.20%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.11%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.96%
ALPHABET INC 3.54%
TESLA INC 3.17%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

APRH and GPIQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHGPIQAPRHGPIQAPRHGPIQ
3 months+1.3%−1.7%2.1%2.5%−0.9 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+5.1%+20.5%3.7%5.9%−12.9 pts−3.7 pts
1 year+6.5%+21.4%5.9%11.0%−10.1 pts−0.4 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+98.3%22.2%38.2%−65.3 pts−15.0 pts
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APRH and GPIQ 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
GPIQ
Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorGoldman Sachs
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%10.5%
Expense ratio0.79%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%11.0%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+9.3%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+21.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−0.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days1058 days
Net assets$25m$5.8bn

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.

GPIQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or GPIQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and GPIQ paid 11.0%, so GPIQ 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 GPIQ?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and GPIQ returned +21.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so GPIQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or GPIQ?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and GPIQ charges 0.29%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against GPIQ, 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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