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

Over the year QRMI paid 11.8% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
11.8%QRMI cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+8.5%QRMI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46QRMI 28.43.8, 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% as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%APRH+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY
QRMI13.3 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash13.3 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QRMI+8.5%13.3 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in QRMI
TREASURY BILL 94.03%NVIDIA CORP 8.49%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%APPLE INC 7.78%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%MICROSOFT CORP 5.81%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.02%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.33%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.00%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.25%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.13%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

APRH and QRMI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHQRMIAPRHQRMIAPRHQRMI
3 months+1.3%+0.6%2.1%3.0%−0.9 pts+3.1 pts
6 months+5.1%+7.3%3.7%6.1%−12.9 pts−17.0 pts
1 year+6.5%+8.5%5.9%11.8%−10.1 pts−13.3 pts
3 years+22.5%+26.7%19.7%33.5%−55.9 pts−71.5 pts
Since launch+28.3%+10.4%22.2%40.8%−65.3 pts−89.1 pts
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APRH and QRMI 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
QRMI
Global X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorGlobal X
Strategydefined incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%12.0%
Expense ratio0.79%0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%11.8%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−3.8%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+8.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−13.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published100%
Age1264 days1849 days
Net assets$25m$15m

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.

QRMI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QRMI paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.0%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Aug 27, 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 QRMI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and QRMI paid 11.8%, so QRMI 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 QRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and QRMI returned +8.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QRMI returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or QRMI?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and QRMI charges 0.60%, so QRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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APRH against QRMI, 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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