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

Over the year APRH paid 5.9% of its price in cash against JULJ’s 5.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
5.5%JULJ cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+5.1%JULJ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46JULJ 36.43.8, 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
JULJ11.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JULJ+5.1%5.5% of it arrived as cash11.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JULJ+5.1%11.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, APRH and JULJ hold 94% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions APRH and JULJ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAPRHJULJ
TREASURY BILL94.03%100.00%
Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in JULJ
TREASURY BILL 2.00%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%

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 JULJ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHJULJAPRHJULJAPRHJULJ
3 months+1.3%+1.5%2.1%1.3%−0.9 pts−0.7 pts
6 months+5.1%+3.1%3.7%2.6%−12.9 pts−14.9 pts
1 year+6.5%+5.1%5.9%5.5%−10.1 pts−11.5 pts
3 years+22.5%+18.8%19.7%17.4%−55.9 pts−59.6 pts
Since launch+28.3%+20.4%22.2%17.6%−65.3 pts−58.1 pts
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APRH and JULJ 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
JULJ
Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerInnovatorInnovator
Strategydefined incomedefined income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlyquarterly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%5.2%
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%5.5%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−0.6%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+5.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−11.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days1173 days
Net assets$25m$14m

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.

JULJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JULJ paid 5.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.2%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or JULJ?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and JULJ paid 5.5%, 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 JULJ?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and JULJ returned +5.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so APRH returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or JULJ?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and JULJ charges 0.79%, 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 JULJ, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, APRH against JULJ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/aprh-vs-julj Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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