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BIGY vs LJUL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its price in cash against LJUL’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $31m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF, and $9.0m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July.

BIGY on its own →LJUL on its own →
At a glance
13.1%
BIGY cash paid, 1 year
5.2%
LJUL cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
BIGY total return, 1 year
+5.3%
LJUL total return, 1 year
BIGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind SPY
BIGY
+7.4%
SPY
+14.8%

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

13.1% of it arrived as cash

7.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

7.4 pts behind SPY

13.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
LJUL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.5 pts behind VOO
LJUL
+5.3%
VOO
+14.8%

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

9.5 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

LJUL costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; BIGY is 3.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs LJUL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYLJUL
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%+5.3%
Price change, 1 yearfell 6.1%fell 0.0%
Return of capital, issuer estimate29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment40% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$31m$8.9m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · LJUL scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score38BIGY57.8LJUL

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, BIGY and LJUL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY LJUL
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BIGY
Microsoft Corp 9.51%
Apple Inc 9.15%
NVIDIA Corp 7.62%
Alphabet Inc 7.37%
Amazon.com Inc 6.70%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.69%
Tesla Inc 3.63%
Only in LJUL
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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly LJUL Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Issuer YieldMax Innovator
Strategy synthetic covered call buffer with income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 5.3%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 5.2%
Price change, 1 year −6.1% 0.0%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% +5.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −7.4 pts −9.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 29% 40%
Age 2.0 years 2.3 years
Net assets, BIGY as of Nov 3, 2026 and LJUL as of Nov 4, 2026 $31m $9.0m

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: BIGY vs LJUL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBIGYLJULBIGYLJULBIGYLJUL
3 months−1.2%+1.1%3.0%1.3%−1.1 pts+1.3 pts
6 months+2.1%+2.8%6.4%2.6%−2.9 pts−2.3 pts
1 year+7.4%+5.3%13.1%5.2%−7.4 pts−9.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · LJUL Jul 2024+26.8%+14.0%23.9%12.6%−5.3 pts−30.5 pts

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About each fund
BIGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

LJUL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or LJUL?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and LJUL paid 5.2%, so BIGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BIGY or LJUL?
With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and LJUL +5.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or LJUL?
BIGY charges 1.09% a year and LJUL charges 0.79%, so LJUL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
S&P 500 (SPY) →Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →BIGY on its own →LJUL on its own →BIGY dividend history →BIGY holdings →LJUL dividend history →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
BIGY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
BIGY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
BIGY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
YieldMax page for BIGY ↗
LJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
LJUL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
LJUL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for LJUL ↗

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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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