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APRJ vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its price in cash against APRJ’s 6.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $27m on Nov 3, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April, and $380m on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF.

APRJ on its own →IQQQ on its own →
At a glance
6.2%
APRJ cash paid, 1 year
6.8%
IQQQ cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%
APRJ total return, 1 year
+7.4%
IQQQ total return, 1 year
APRJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.6 pts behind SPY
APRJ
+6.2%
SPY
+14.8%

8.6 pts behind SPY

APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.1%, total +6.2%, SPY +14.8%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

APRJ

+6.2%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

8.6 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.6 pts behind SPY

APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.1%, total +6.2%, SPY +14.8%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

APRJ

+6.2%

8.6 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. APRJ over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price −0.1%, total +6.2%, SPY +14.8%, −8.6 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
IQQQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.9 pts behind QQQ
IQQQ
+7.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

6.8% of it arrived as cash

4.9 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.9 pts behind QQQ

IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

IQQQ

+7.4%

4.9 pts behind QQQ

6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. IQQQ over 1 year: paid 6.8%, price +0.5%, total +7.4%, QQQ +12.3%, −4.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IQQQ costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; IQQQ is 13.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

APRJ vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPRJIQQQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+6.2%+7.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.1%rose 0.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment93% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.55%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$27m$376m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · IQQQ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score56.6APRJ64.4IQQQ

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, APRJ and IQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APRJ IQQQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APRJ
Only in IQQQ
NVIDIA Corp. 7.26%
Apple, Inc. 6.32%
Microsoft Corp. 5.12%
Micron Technology, Inc. 4.06%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.80%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 2.88%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.69%
Tesla, Inc. 2.50%
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Side by side

APRJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly IQQQ ProShares Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF · Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator ProShares
Strategy defined income option income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.9% 6.1%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 6.8%
Price change, 1 year −0.1% +0.5%
Total return, 1 year +6.2% +7.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −8.6 pts −4.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 93%
Age 3.6 years 2.6 years
Net assets, APRJ as of Nov 3, 2026 and IQQQ as of Nov 4, 2026 $27m $380m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: APRJ vs IQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAPRJIQQQAPRJIQQQAPRJIQQQ
3 months+1.0%−4.4%1.7%1.5%+1.2 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+2.5%−2.6%3.4%3.4%−2.5 pts−2.3 pts
1 year+6.2%+7.4%6.2%6.8%−8.6 pts−4.9 pts
3 years+19.2%–17.7%–−63.7 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: APRJ Apr 2023 · IQQQ Mar 2024+24.5%+44.2%21.1%25.6%−70.4 pts−13.8 pts

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About each fund
APRJ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.9%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 53% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

IQQQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IQQQ paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.1%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRJ or IQQQ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and IQQQ paid 6.8%, so IQQQ 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 IQQQ?
With every distribution reinvested, APRJ returned +6.2% and IQQQ +7.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, APRJ or IQQQ?
APRJ charges 0.79% a year and IQQQ charges 0.55%, so IQQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
APRJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
APRJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
APRJ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for APRJ ↗
IQQQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IQQQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
IQQQ 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
ProShares page for IQQQ ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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