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CVRD vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its price in cash against OCTJ’s 5.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $32m on Jun 30, 2026 for Madison Covered Call ETF, and $15m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October.

At a glance
7.7%
CVRD cash paid, 1 year
5.3%
OCTJ cash paid, 1 year
+12.7%
CVRD total return, 1 year
+5.8%
OCTJ total return, 1 year
CVRD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind its own stocks
CVRD
+12.7%
Own
+23.1%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

7.7% of it arrived as cash

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own stocks

+23.1%

CVRD

+12.7%

10.4 pts behind its own stocks

7.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CVRD over 1 year: paid 7.7%, price +4.3%, total +12.7%, its own stocks +23.1%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
OCTJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9 pts behind SPY
OCTJ
+5.8%
SPY
+14.8%

9 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTJ

+5.8%

5.3% as cash

9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTJ

+5.8%

9 pts behind SPY

5.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.1%. OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

OCTJ costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CVRD vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureCVRDOCTJ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+5.8%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.3%rose 0.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate36% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksS&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 10.4 ptsbehind by 9.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.90%0.79%
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and OCTJ as of Nov 4, 2026$32m$15m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · CVRD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score80.5CVRD65OCTJ

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, CVRD and OCTJ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CVRD OCTJ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in CVRD
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.80%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 4.54%
Danaher Corp 4.29%
Amazon.com Inc 4.03%
Agilent Technologies Inc 3.95%
Microsoft Corp 3.85%
Visa Inc 3.65%
Broadcom Inc 3.55%
Only in OCTJ
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Side by side

CVRD Madison Covered Call ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying quarterly OCTJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Strategy covered call defined income
Benchmark CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays quarterly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 6.3% 5.3%
Expense ratio 0.90% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.7% 5.3%
Price change, 1 year +4.3% +0.3%
Total return, 1 year +12.7% +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +23.1% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts −9.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 36%
Age 3.2 years 3.1 years
Net assets, CVRD as of Jun 30, 2026 and OCTJ as of Nov 4, 2026 $32m $15m

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: CVRD vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowCVRDOCTJCVRDOCTJCVRDOCTJ
3 months+5.7%+1.0%1.6%1.3%−0.8 pts+1.2 pts
6 months+5.8%+2.4%3.2%2.6%−3.8 pts−2.7 pts
1 year+12.7%+5.8%7.7%5.3%−10.4 pts−9.0 pts
3 years+26.9%+18.1%27.7%17.0%not measured−64.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: CVRD Aug 2023 · OCTJ Oct 2023+27.2%+19.6%27.8%17.2%not measured−66.5 pts

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About each fund
CVRD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. CVRD's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jun 30, 2026) returned +23.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.3%, paid quarterly.

OCTJ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 36% 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.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, CVRD or OCTJ?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CVRD paid 7.7% of its starting price in cash and OCTJ paid 5.3%, so CVRD paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, CVRD or OCTJ?
With every distribution reinvested, CVRD returned +12.7% and OCTJ +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, CVRD or OCTJ?
CVRD charges 0.90% a year and OCTJ charges 0.79%, so OCTJ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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