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DJIA vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its price in cash against SPUT’s 4.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $191m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF, and $17m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

At a glance
10.1%
DJIA cash paid, 1 year
4.8%
SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+13.9%
DJIA total return, 1 year
+10.7%
SPUT total return, 1 year
DJIA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1 pt behind DIA
DJIA
+13.9%
DIA
+14.9%

1 pt behind DIA

DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DJIA

+13.9%

10.1% of it arrived as cash

1 pt behind DIA

Total return, distributions reinvested

1 pt behind DIA

DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

DIA

+14.9%

DJIA

+13.9%

10.1% as cash

1 pt behind DIA

10.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DJIA over 1 year: paid 10.1%, price +2.9%, total +13.9%, DIA +14.9%, −1.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPUT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.1 pts behind SPY
SPUT
+10.7%
SPY
+14.8%

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.8% of it arrived as cash

4.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.1 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.9%. SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DJIA costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; DJIA is 11.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DJIA vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureDJIASPUT
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.9%+10.7%
Price change, 1 yearrose 2.9%rose 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate70% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment58% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial Average, measured through DIAS&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 1.0 ptsbehind by 4.1 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.60%0.79%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$191m$17m
Holdings
Holdings in common18%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SPUT scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score74.6DJIA88.9SPUT

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

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Method

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, DJIA and SPUT hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DJIA SPUT
APPLE INC. 3.54% 3.50%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.33% 2.70%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.30% 3.71%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.11% 2.06%
ALPHABET INC. 4.08% 1.64%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 4.03% 0.75%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.94% 0.49%
VISA INC. 4.20% 0.49%
WALMART INC. 1.27% 0.38%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.33% 0.36%
CATERPILLAR INC. 9.34% 0.30%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 4.75% 0.30%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DJIA
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 11.67%
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 4.29%
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION 2.79%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2.56%
Only in SPUT
Broadcom Inc 1.43%
Alphabet Inc 1.43%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.97%
Tesla Inc 0.82%
Eli Lilly & Co 0.77%
Micron Technology Inc 0.74%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 0.61%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.56%
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Side by side

DJIA Global X Dow 30 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on DIA, paying monthly SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF · Sells puts on the S&P 500, paying monthly
Strategy covered call put-selling overlay
Benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 3.6%
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.1% 4.8%
Price change, 1 year +2.9% +5.7%
Total return, 1 year +13.9% +10.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.9% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −1.0 pts −4.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 70% 58%
Age 4.7 years 1.6 years
Net assets, DJIA as of Oct 12, 2026 and SPUT as of Nov 4, 2026 $191m $17m

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: DJIA vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowDJIASPUTDJIASPUTDJIASPUT
3 months+1.4%+0.9%1.7%1.0%+2.8 pts+1.0 pts
6 months+8.7%+3.4%3.7%1.9%+1.2 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+13.9%+10.7%10.1%4.8%−1.0 pts−4.0 pts
3 years+41.7%–30.4%–−22.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: DJIA Feb 2022 · SPUT Mar 2025+46.0%+23.3%40.8%9.1%−27.9 pts−15.6 pts

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About each fund
DJIA

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +14.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 70% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

SPUT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPUT paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.6%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, DJIA or SPUT?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, DJIA paid 10.1% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, so DJIA paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, DJIA or SPUT?
With every distribution reinvested, DJIA returned +13.9% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, DJIA or SPUT?
DJIA charges 0.60% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so DJIA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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