IACL vs JANJ: which paid, and which earned it?
IACL and JANJ both write options for income. GraniteShares US 100 Autocallable Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - January.
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
IACL since launch: paid 0.4%, price +0.7%, total +1.1%, SPY −0.4%, +1.4 pts.
SPY
−0.4%
IACL
+1.1%
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
IACL since launch: paid 0.4%, price +0.7%, total +1.1%, SPY −0.4%, +1.4 pts.
SPY
−0.4%
IACL
+1.1%
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
0.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. IACL since launch: paid 0.4%, price +0.7%, total +1.1%, SPY −0.4%, +1.4 pts.
10.5 pts behind SPY
JANJ over 1 year: paid 5.0%, price 0.0%, total +5.2%, SPY +15.7%, −10.5 pts.
SPY
+15.7%
JANJ
+5.2%
5.0% of it arrived as cash
10.5 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
10.5 pts behind SPY
JANJ over 1 year: paid 5.0%, price 0.0%, total +5.2%, SPY +15.7%, −10.5 pts.
SPY
+15.7%
JANJ
+5.2%
10.5 pts behind SPY
5.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.7%. JANJ over 1 year: paid 5.0%, price 0.0%, total +5.2%, SPY +15.7%, −10.5 pts.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | IACL | JANJ | IACL | JANJ | IACL | JANJ |
| 3 months | not published | +1.5% | not published | 1.3% | not published | −1.1 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +4.3% | not published | 2.5% | not published | −12.7 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +5.2% | not published | 5.0% | not published | −10.5 pts |
| Since launch IACL Aug 2026 · JANJ Jan 2024 | +1.1% | +16.2% | 0.4% | 14.5% | +1.4 pts | −50.5 pts |
IACL and JANJ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
IACL and JANJ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IACL in plain words
Over the period since launch on Aug 18, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, IACL paid 0.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.1%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned −0.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.0%, paid periodically. GraniteShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).
JANJ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 30, 2026, JANJ paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.0%, paid quarterly.
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