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

Over the year JEPI paid 8.1% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9% and the two finished level on total return.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
8.1%JEPI cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+7.0%JEPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46JEPI 40.93.8, 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
JEPI9.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JEPI+7.0%8.1% of it arrived as cash9.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JEPI+7.0%9.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in JEPI
TREASURY BILL 94.03%AbbVie, Inc. 1.74%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 1.70%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%Johnson & Johnson 1.68%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%Eaton Corp. plc 1.64%
Trane Technologies plc 1.62%
Lam Research Corp. 1.57%
Apple, Inc. 1.53%
NVIDIA Corp. 1.53%

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 JEPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHJEPIAPRHJEPIAPRHJEPI
3 months+1.3%+2.3%2.1%2.0%−0.9 pts0.0 pts
6 months+5.1%+4.6%3.7%4.3%−12.9 pts−13.5 pts
1 year+6.5%+7.0%5.9%8.1%−10.1 pts−9.5 pts
3 years+22.5%+29.4%19.7%24.6%−55.9 pts−49.0 pts
Since launch+28.3%+92.6%22.2%60.9%−65.3 pts−89.9 pts
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APRH and JEPI 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
JEPI
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorJPMorgan
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%7.9%
Expense ratio0.79%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%8.1%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−1.2%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+7.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−9.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days2311 days
Net assets$25m$45.3bn

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.

JEPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JEPI paid 8.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or JEPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and JEPI paid 8.1%, so JEPI 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 JEPI?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and JEPI returned +7.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JEPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or JEPI?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and JEPI charges 0.35%, so JEPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against JEPI, 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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