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APRJ vs OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% 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 $427m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF.

At a glance
6.2%
APRJ cash paid, 1 year
9.9%
OVL cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%
APRJ total return, 1 year
+17.2%
OVL 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.
OVL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.4 pts ahead of VOO
OVL
+17.2%
VOO
+14.8%

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% of it arrived as cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

9.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.79% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

APRJ vs OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPRJOVL
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+6.2%+17.2%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.1%rose 6.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Net assets, APRJ as of Nov 3, 2026 and OVL as of Aug 31, 2026$27m$427m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVL scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score56.6APRJ81.7OVL

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

Risk and return

Apr 14, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026 · 185 weekly returns
APRJ OVL
Return
Total return edge OVL +24.0% +99.7%
Annualized edge OVL +6.2% +21.5%
Price return edge OVL +0.6% +67.1%
Risk
Volatility edge APRJ 2.5% 16.0%
Max drawdown edge APRJ −3.3% −19.1%
Downside capture 3.9% 108.9%
Beta 0.13 1.13
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge OVL 0.60 1.01
Sortino edge OVL 0.75 1.56
Treynor 0.113 0.130
Calmar edge APRJ 1.87 1.12
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.4% a year −0.6% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.48 −0.66
Information ratio −1.08 0.34
Tracking error 12.1% 3.4%

Each against its own benchmark: APRJ against SPY, Apr 14, 2023 to Oct 30, 2026; OVL against VOO, Oct 11, 2019 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Apr 2023 to Oct 2026, OVL returned more: +99.7% to +24.0%. APRJ swung less: 2.5% to 16.0%. APRJ fell less at its worst: −3.3% to −19.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: APRJ vs OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPRJOVLEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+24.0%+99.7%OVLPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+6.2%+21.5%OVLTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+0.6%+67.1%OVLPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility2.5%16.0%APRJSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation2.0%10.3%APRJLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−3.3%−19.1%APRJDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture10.0%121.3%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture3.9%108.9%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.131.13Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.530.99Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.601.01OVLReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.751.56OVLReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1130.130Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.871.12APRJAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYVOOThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.4% a year−0.6% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.48−0.66Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−2.2% to +1.4%−2.4% to +1.2%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.080.34Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error12.1%3.4%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 185 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, APRJ and OVL 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 OVL
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Only in APRJ
Only in OVL
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 99.97%
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Side by side

APRJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy defined income put-selling overlay
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.9% 10.6%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 9.9%
Price change, 1 year −0.1% +6.6%
Total return, 1 year +6.2% +17.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −8.6 pts +2.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 100%
Age 3.6 years 7.1 years
Net assets, APRJ as of Nov 3, 2026 and OVL as of Aug 31, 2026 $27m $427m

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 OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAPRJOVLAPRJOVLAPRJOVL
3 months+1.0%−0.5%1.7%2.6%+1.2 pts−0.4 pts
6 months+2.5%+4.4%3.4%5.2%−2.5 pts−0.6 pts
1 year+6.2%+17.2%6.2%9.9%−8.6 pts+2.4 pts
3 years+19.2%+92.6%17.7%23.9%−63.7 pts+9.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: APRJ Apr 2023 · OVL Oct 2019+24.5%+204.4%21.1%51.2%−70.4 pts+14.4 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.

OVL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Overlay Shares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRJ or OVL?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and OVL paid 9.9%, so OVL 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 OVL?
With every distribution reinvested, APRJ returned +6.2% and OVL +17.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, APRJ or OVL?
APRJ and OVL both charge 0.79% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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