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EGGY vs LOCT: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year EGGY paid 28.1% of its price in cash against LOCT’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

NestYield Dynamic Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October.

28.1%EGGY cash paid, 1 year
5.2%LOCT cash paid, 1 year
+15.3%EGGY total return, 1 year
+5.4%LOCT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: LOCT scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

EGGY 38.4LOCT 42.23.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

EGGY1.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%EGGY+15.3%28.1% of it arrived as cash1.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%EGGY+15.3%28.1% as cash1.2 pts behind SPY
LOCT11.2 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%LOCT+5.4%5.2% of it arrived as cash11.2 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%LOCT+5.4%11.2 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and LOCT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in EGGYOnly in LOCT
Seagate Technology Holdings PL 12.31%TREASURY BILL 98.30%
Bloom Energy Corp 10.77%TREASURY BILL 0.43%
Micron Technology Inc 7.95%TREASURY BILL 0.43%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 6.86%TREASURY BILL 0.42%
Astera Labs Inc 6.85%TREASURY BILL 0.42%
Coherent Corp 5.81%
Vertiv Holdings Co 5.60%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.86%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

EGGY and LOCT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
EGGYLOCTEGGYLOCTEGGYLOCT
3 months−15.1%+1.0%7.1%1.3%−17.3 pts−1.2 pts
6 months+27.6%+3.9%19.4%2.6%+9.6 pts−14.1 pts
1 year+15.3%+5.4%28.1%5.2%−1.2 pts−11.2 pts
Since launch+42.3%+18.5%45.5%16.5%+11.8 pts−66.4 pts
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EGGY and LOCT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EGGY
NestYield Dynamic Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
LOCT
Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerNest EggInnovator
Strategyoption incomebuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized34.8%5.2%
Expense ratio0.92%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year28.1%5.2%
Price change, 1 year−16.2%+0.1%
Total return, 1 year+15.3%+5.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−1.2 pts−11.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age630 days1082 days
Net assets$126m$11m

EGGY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 16.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.8%, paid monthly.

LOCT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LOCT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EGGY or LOCT?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EGGY paid 28.1% of its starting price in cash and LOCT paid 5.2%, so EGGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or LOCT?
With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned +15.3% and LOCT returned +5.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so EGGY returned more.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or LOCT?
EGGY charges 0.92% a year and LOCT charges 0.79%, so LOCT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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EGGY against LOCT, 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.

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