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

Over the year APRH paid 5.9% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

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

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: JOYT scores higher

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

APRH 46JOYT 79.83.8, 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
JOYT0.7 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in JOYT
TREASURY BILL 94.03%NVIDIA Corp. 8.64%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%Apple, Inc. 6.51%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%Microsoft Corp. 5.68%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.98%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%

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 JOYT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHJOYTAPRHJOYTAPRHJOYT
3 months+1.3%+3.8%2.1%0.2%−0.9 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+5.1%+11.9%3.7%0.4%−12.9 pts−6.1 pts
1 year+6.5%+15.9%5.9%0.7%−10.1 pts−0.7 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+19.6%22.2%0.7%−65.3 pts−1.1 pts
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APRH and JOYT 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
JOYT
JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerInnovatorJPMorgan
Strategydefined incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlyquarterly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%0.7%
Expense ratio0.79%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%0.7%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+15.2%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days395 days
Net assets$25m$108m

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.

JOYT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or JOYT?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.7%, so APRH 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 JOYT?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and JOYT returned +15.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JOYT returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or JOYT?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against JOYT, 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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