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APRJ vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% 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 $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

APRJ on its own →QYLD on its own →
At a glance
6.2%
APRJ cash paid, 1 year
12.3%
QYLD cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%
APRJ total return, 1 year
+16.5%
QYLD 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.
QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLD
+16.5%
QQQ
+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; QYLD is far larger, $8.5bn against $27m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

APRJ vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPRJQYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+6.2%+16.5%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.1%rose 3.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$27m$8.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score56.6APRJ72.8QYLD

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 QYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first APRJ QYLD
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APRJ
Only in QYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20%
APPLE INC. 7.65%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%
ALPHABET INC. 3.50%
ALPHABET INC. 3.28%
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Side by side

APRJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator Global X
Strategy defined income covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.9% 12.2%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 12.3%
Price change, 1 year −0.1% +3.3%
Total return, 1 year +6.2% +16.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −8.6 pts +4.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 99%
Age 3.6 years 12.9 years
Net assets, APRJ as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $27m $8.5bn

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 QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAPRJQYLDAPRJQYLDAPRJQYLD
3 months+1.0%+2.4%1.7%3.0%+1.2 pts+5.9 pts
6 months+2.5%+5.4%3.4%6.0%−2.5 pts+5.8 pts
1 year+6.2%+16.5%6.2%12.3%−8.6 pts+4.2 pts
3 years+19.2%+52.7%17.7%37.9%−63.7 pts−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: APRJ Apr 2023 · QYLD Dec 2013+24.5%+194.8%21.1%117.5%−70.4 pts−610.5 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.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRJ or QYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, APRJ returned +6.2% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, APRJ or QYLD?
APRJ charges 0.79% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD 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 ↗
QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for QYLD ↗

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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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