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

Over the year QLDY paid 29.2% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
29.2%QLDY cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+10.6%QLDY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46QLDY 19.13.8, 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
QLDY11.2 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QLDY+10.6%29.2% of it arrived as cash11.2 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QLDY+10.6%11.2 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in QLDY
TREASURY BILL 94.03%Ndx 12/18/2026 2001.44 C 94.80%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 4.77%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%United States Treasury Note/bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 0.53%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%Ndxp Us 09/21/26 P29500 0.08%
Xnd 12/18/2026 10.44 C 0.05%
Cash & Other -0.06%
Nasdaq-1 Put Opt 09/26 29650 -0.16%

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 Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

APRH and QLDY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHQLDYAPRHQLDYAPRHQLDY
3 months+1.3%−6.6%2.1%8.3%−0.9 pts−4.1 pts
6 months+5.1%+20.1%3.7%18.7%−12.9 pts−4.2 pts
1 year+6.5%+10.6%5.9%29.2%−10.1 pts−11.2 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+10.6%22.2%29.2%−65.3 pts−11.2 pts
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APRH and QLDY 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
QLDY
Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread(TM) Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerInnovatorDefiance
Strategydefined incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysquarterlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%19.6%
Expense ratio0.79%1.04%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%29.2%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−20.3%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+10.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−11.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age1264 days365 days
Net assets$25m$52m

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.

QLDY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QLDY paid 29.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.6%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or QLDY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and QLDY paid 29.2%, so QLDY 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 QLDY?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and QLDY returned +10.6% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QLDY returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or QLDY?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and QLDY charges 1.04%, 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 QLDY, 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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