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

Over the year LAPR paid 5.9% 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 Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
5.9%LAPR cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+6.1%LAPR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46LAPR 42.63.8, 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% of it arrived as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%APRH+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY
LAPR10.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%LAPR+6.1%5.9% of it arrived as cash10.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%LAPR+6.1%10.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, APRH and LAPR hold 96% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions APRH and LAPR both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAPRHLAPR
TREASURY BILL94.03%94.62%
TREASURY BILL2.00%0.54%
TREASURY BILL1.99%0.54%
TREASURY BILL1.98%0.54%
Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in LAPR
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.53%
TREASURY BILL 0.53%

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.

Performance, window by window

APRH and LAPR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHLAPRAPRHLAPRAPRHLAPR
3 months+1.3%+1.3%2.1%1.7%−0.9 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+5.1%+3.8%3.7%3.3%−12.9 pts−14.2 pts
1 year+6.5%+6.1%5.9%5.9%−10.1 pts−10.5 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+16.1%22.2%13.8%−65.3 pts−34.1 pts
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APRH and LAPR 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
LAPR
Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorInnovator
Strategydefined incomebuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%6.7%
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%5.9%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+6.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−10.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days900 days
Net assets$25m$11m

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.

LAPR in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LAPR paid 5.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or LAPR?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and LAPR paid 5.9%, so LAPR 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 LAPR?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and LAPR returned +6.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so APRH returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or LAPR?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and LAPR 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 LAPR, 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 LAPR, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/aprh-vs-lapr Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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