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CDPI vs OCTH: which paid, and which earned it?

CDPI and OCTH both write options for income.

Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October.

0.7%CDPI cash paid, 1 year
6.3%OCTH cash paid, 1 year
+0.5%CDPI total return, 1 year
+6.7%OCTH total return, 1 year
CDPI4.1 pts behind SCHD · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SCHD+4.6%CDPI+0.5%4.1 pts behind SCHDTotal return, distributions reinvestedSCHD+4.6%CDPI+0.5%4.1 pts behind SCHD
OCTH9.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OCTH+6.7%6.3% of it arrived as cash9.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OCTH+6.7%9.9 pts behind SPY

Performance, window by window

CDPI and OCTH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
CDPIOCTHCDPIOCTHCDPIOCTH
3 monthsnot published+1.3%not published1.6%not published−1.0 pts
6 monthsnot published+5.5%not published3.3%not published−12.5 pts
1 yearnot published+6.7%not published6.3%not published−9.9 pts
Since launch+0.5%+22.9%0.7%19.1%−4.1 pts−61.9 pts
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CDPI and OCTH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CDPI
Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SCHD
OCTH
Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerColumbiaInnovator
Strategycovered calldefined income
BenchmarkUS dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysnot establishedquarterly
Payout rate, annualized8.2%6.4%
Expense ratio0.45%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026)6.3%
Price change, 1 year−0.2%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+0.5% (since launch on Jul 14, 2026)+6.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+4.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−4.1 pts−9.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age66 days1082 days
Net assetsnot published$16m

CDPI in plain words

Over the period since launch on Jul 14, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, CDPI paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.5%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid periodically.

OCTH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OCTH paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, CDPI or OCTH?
CDPI charges 0.45% a year and OCTH charges 0.79%, so CDPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CDPI against OCTH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, CDPI against OCTH, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/cdpi-vs-octh Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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