APRJ vs CAGE: which paid, and which earned it?
APRJ and CAGE both write options for income. Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April and Calamos Autocallable Growth ETF.
9.6 pts behind SPY
APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.2%, total +6.1%, SPY +15.7%, −9.6 pts.
SPY
+15.7%
APRJ
+6.1%
6.2% of it arrived as cash
9.6 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
9.6 pts behind SPY
APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.2%, total +6.1%, SPY +15.7%, −9.6 pts.
SPY
+15.7%
APRJ
+6.1%
9.6 pts behind SPY
6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.2%, total +6.1%, SPY +15.7%, −9.6 pts.
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.
SPY
+9.2%
CAGE
+14.4%
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.
SPY
+9.2%
CAGE
+14.4%
5.2 pts ahead of SPY
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. CAGE since launch: paid 0.0%, price +14.4%, total +14.4%, SPY +9.2%, +5.2 pts.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, APRJ and CAGE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.
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0% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | APRJ | CAGE | APRJ | CAGE | APRJ | CAGE |
| 3 months | +1.1% | +3.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | −1.4 pts | +1.1 pts |
| 6 months | +3.9% | not published | 3.5% | not published | −13.1 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +6.1% | not published | 6.2% | not published | −9.6 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +19.5% | not published | 17.8% | not published | −65.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch APRJ Apr 2023 · CAGE Apr 2026 | +23.8% | +14.4% | 21.1% | 0.0% | −70.0 pts | +5.2 pts |
APRJ and CAGE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
APRJ and CAGE on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
APRJ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.6 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.9%, paid quarterly.
CAGE in plain words
Over the period since launch on Apr 16, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, CAGE paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +9.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.2 pts.
Questions people ask
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