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INK vs LAPR: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
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Fee gap
0.44 pts
A year: INK 0.35%, LAPR 0.79%, per filings dated Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

INK costs 0.44 points a year less; LAPR is 2.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

INK vs LAPR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureINKLAPR
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+6.0%
Price changefell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026)fell 0.3% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate57% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026$5.3m$11m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
0.0%
INK cash paid, since launch, Nov 4, 2026
6.1%
LAPR cash paid, 1 year
−1.2%
INK total return, since launch, Nov 4, 2026
+6.0%
LAPR total return, 1 year
INK · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
INK
−1.2%
none

Not measured

INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

INK

−1.2%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

INK

−1.2%

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
LAPR · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 6.1 pts behind VOO
LAPR
+6.0%
VOO
+12.1%

6.1 pts behind VOO

LAPR over 1 year: paid 6.1%, price −0.3%, total +6.0%, VOO +12.1%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

VOO

+12.1%

LAPR

+6.0%

6.1% of it arrived as cash

6.1 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind VOO

LAPR over 1 year: paid 6.1%, price −0.3%, total +6.0%, VOO +12.1%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

VOO

+12.1%

LAPR

+6.0%

6.1 pts behind VOO

6.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. LAPR over 1 year: paid 6.1%, price −0.3%, total +6.0%, VOO +12.1%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

INK AB Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call LAPR Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy covered call buffer with income
Benchmark not set Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays not established monthly
Payout rate, annualized not published 6.7%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 0.0% (since launch, Nov 4, 2026) 6.1%
Price change, 1 year −1.2% (since launch, Nov 4, 2026) −0.3%
Total return, 1 year −1.2% (since launch, Nov 4, 2026) +6.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.1%
Ahead or behind not available −6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 57%
Age 8 days 2.6 years
Net assets, INK as of Nov 11, 2026 and LAPR as of Nov 12, 2026 $5.3m $11m

As of Nov 12, 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: INK vs LAPR: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowINKLAPRINKLAPRINKLAPR
3 months–+0.9%–1.7%–+3.3 pts
6 months–+2.3%–3.3%–+0.5 pts
1 year–+6.0%–6.1%–−6.1 pts
Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · LAPR Apr 2024−1.2%+16.8%0.0%15.0%not measured−32.7 pts

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About each fund
INK

Over the period from its first trade on Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, INK paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.2%.

LAPR

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, LAPR paid 6.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.0%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +12.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.7%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 57% of the distribution paid Nov 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 is cheaper, INK or LAPR?
INK charges 0.35% a year and LAPR charges 0.79%, so INK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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