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

Over the year IQQQ paid 6.5% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
6.5%IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+17.7%IQQQ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: IQQQ scores higher

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

APRH 46IQQQ 69.73.8, 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
IQQQ4.1 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%6.5% as cash4.1 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%IQQQ+17.7%4.1 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in IQQQ
TREASURY BILL 94.03%ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 7.60%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%NVIDIA Corp. 7.54%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%Apple, Inc. 6.74%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%Microsoft Corp. 4.92%
Micron Technology, Inc. 4.44%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.27%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.41%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

APRH and IQQQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHIQQQAPRHIQQQAPRHIQQQ
3 months+1.3%−3.1%2.1%1.8%−0.9 pts−0.6 pts
6 months+5.1%+19.1%3.7%4.2%−12.9 pts−5.1 pts
1 year+6.5%+17.7%5.9%6.5%−10.1 pts−4.1 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+51.5%22.2%24.4%−65.3 pts−13.0 pts
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APRH and IQQQ 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
IQQQ
ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorProShares
Strategydefined incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%5.7%
Expense ratio0.79%0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%6.5%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+10.8%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+17.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−4.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days912 days
Net assets$25m$405m

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.

IQQQ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.7%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or IQQQ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.5%, so IQQQ 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 IQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and IQQQ returned +17.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so IQQQ returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or IQQQ?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and IQQQ charges 0.97%, so APRH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against IQQQ, 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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