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APRJ vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% 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 $183m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF.

APRJ on its own →QYLG on its own →
At a glance
6.2%
APRJ cash paid, 1 year
16.7%
QYLG cash paid, 1 year
+6.2%
APRJ total return, 1 year
+14.4%
QYLG 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.
QYLG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.1 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLG
+14.4%
QQQ
+12.3%

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% of it arrived as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLG

+14.4%

16.7% as cash

2.1 pts ahead of QQQ

16.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QYLG over 1 year: paid 16.7%, price −3.9%, total +14.4%, QQQ +12.3%, +2.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLG costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; QYLG is 6.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

APRJ vs QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureAPRJQYLG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+6.2%+14.4%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.1%fell 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate53% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment93% 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%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$27m$183m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · APRJ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score56.6APRJ49.4QYLG

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 QYLG 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 QYLG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in APRJ
Only in QYLG
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.13%
APPLE INC. 7.59%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.78%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.89%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.29%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.59%
ALPHABET INC. 3.47%
ALPHABET INC. 3.25%
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Side by side

APRJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - April · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly QYLG Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth 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% 7.1%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 16.7%
Price change, 1 year −0.1% −3.9%
Total return, 1 year +6.2% +14.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −8.6 pts +2.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 53% 93%
Age 3.6 years 6.1 years
Net assets, APRJ as of Nov 3, 2026 and QYLG as of Oct 12, 2026 $27m $183m

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 QYLG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowAPRJQYLGAPRJQYLGAPRJQYLG
3 months+1.0%−0.8%1.7%1.6%+1.2 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+2.5%+2.5%3.4%4.0%−2.5 pts+2.8 pts
1 year+6.2%+14.4%6.2%16.7%−8.6 pts+2.1 pts
3 years+19.2%+72.0%17.7%52.1%−63.7 pts−19.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: APRJ Apr 2023 · QYLG Sep 2020+24.5%+116.2%21.1%76.4%−70.4 pts−46.8 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.

QYLG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLG paid 16.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, APRJ or QYLG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, APRJ paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and QYLG paid 16.7%, so QYLG 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 QYLG?
With every distribution reinvested, APRJ returned +6.2% and QYLG +14.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, APRJ or QYLG?
APRJ charges 0.79% a year and QYLG charges 0.35%, so QYLG 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 ↗
QYLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QYLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
QYLG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for QYLG ↗

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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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