Data as of .
APRJ vs FTHI: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against APRJ’s 5.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTHI scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, APRJ and FTHI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in APRJ | Only in FTHI |
|---|---|
| TREASURY BILL 95.06% | Apple Inc. 7.75% |
| TREASURY BILL 1.66% | NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% |
| TREASURY BILL 1.65% | US Dollar 5.90% |
| TREASURY BILL 1.64% | Microsoft Corporation 2.94% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.53% | |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APRJ | FTHI | APRJ | FTHI | APRJ | FTHI | |
| 3 months | +1.3% | +1.7% | 1.7% | 2.2% | −1.0 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +3.8% | +9.8% | 3.0% | 4.6% | −14.2 pts | −8.2 pts |
| 1 year | +6.0% | +9.7% | 5.7% | 8.9% | −10.5 pts | −6.9 pts |
| 3 years | +19.3% | +47.9% | 17.4% | 28.9% | −59.1 pts | −30.5 pts |
| Since launch | +23.7% | +156.3% | 19.4% | 82.6% | −69.9 pts | −257.8 pts |
| APRJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly | FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Innovator | First Trust |
| Strategy | defined income | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | quarterly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 6.8% | 9.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 5.7% | 8.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.1% | +0.3% |
| Total return, 1 year | +6.0% | +9.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −10.5 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1264 days | 4637 days |
| Net assets | $31m | $2.5bn |
APRJ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRJ paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.0%. 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 6.8%, paid quarterly.
FTHI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, APRJ or FTHI?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, APRJ paid 5.7% of its starting price in cash and FTHI paid 8.9%, so FTHI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, APRJ or FTHI?
- With every distribution reinvested, APRJ returned +6.0% and FTHI returned +9.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTHI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, APRJ or FTHI?
- APRJ charges 0.79% a year and FTHI charges 0.75%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, APRJ against FTHI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/aprj-vs-fthi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.