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

Over the year TCAL paid 11.4% of its price in cash against APRH’s 5.9%, though APRH returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF -- April and T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF.

5.9%APRH cash paid, 1 year
11.4%TCAL cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%APRH total return, 1 year
+3.0%TCAL total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: APRH scores higher

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

APRH 46TCAL 21.93.8, 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
TCAL13.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%TCAL+3.0%11.4% as cash13.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%TCAL+3.0%13.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in APRHOnly in TCAL
TREASURY BILL 94.03%DANAHER CORP 2.01%
TREASURY BILL 2.00%WATERS CORP 1.97%
TREASURY BILL 1.99%VERALTO CORP 1.87%
TREASURY BILL 1.98%WASTE CONNECTIONS INC 1.80%
YUM BRANDS INC 1.72%
MCDONALD S CORP 1.70%
VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES 1.69%
LINDE PLC 1.63%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

APRH and TCAL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
APRHTCALAPRHTCALAPRHTCAL
3 months+1.3%+4.2%2.1%3.5%−0.9 pts+1.9 pts
6 months+5.1%+5.3%3.7%6.3%−12.9 pts−12.7 pts
1 year+6.5%+3.0%5.9%11.4%−10.1 pts−13.5 pts
3 years+22.5%not published19.7%not published−55.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+28.3%+3.9%22.2%15.2%−65.3 pts−32.7 pts
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APRH and TCAL 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
TCAL
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorT. Rowe Price
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.3%9.4%
Expense ratio0.79%0.34%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%11.4%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−8.6%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+3.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−13.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1264 days540 days
Net assets$25m$276m

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.

TCAL in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TCAL paid 11.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRH or TCAL?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRH paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and TCAL paid 11.4%, so TCAL 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 TCAL?
With every distribution reinvested, APRH returned +6.5% and TCAL returned +3.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so APRH returned more.
Which is cheaper, APRH or TCAL?
APRH charges 0.79% a year and TCAL charges 0.34%, so TCAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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