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ISPY vs JULH: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year ISPY paid 5.6% of its price in cash against JULH’s 4.7%, and returned more with it reinvested.

ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July.

5.6%ISPY cash paid, 1 year
4.7%JULH cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ISPY total return, 1 year
+4.5%JULH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: ISPY scores higher

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

ISPY 66.8JULH 35.93.8, 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

ISPY3.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ISPY+13.5%5.6% of it arrived as cash3.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ISPY+13.5%3.1 pts behind SPY
JULH12.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JULH+4.5%4.7% as cash12.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JULH+4.5%12.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ISPYOnly in JULH
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56%TREASURY BILL 100.00%
NVIDIA Corp. 7.07%
Apple, Inc. 6.31%
Microsoft Corp. 4.60%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.64%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.05%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.92%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.42%

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

ISPY and JULH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ISPYJULHISPYJULHISPYJULH
3 months+1.4%+1.8%1.5%1.1%−0.8 pts−0.4 pts
6 months+14.7%+4.0%3.6%2.7%−3.3 pts−14.0 pts
1 year+13.5%+4.5%5.6%4.7%−3.1 pts−12.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+20.7%not published18.4%not published−57.7 pts
Since launch+53.4%+22.7%25.8%18.6%−14.5 pts−55.9 pts
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ISPY and JULH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ISPY
ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
JULH
Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerProSharesInnovator
Strategyoption incomedefined income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlyquarterly
Payout rate, annualized5.8%4.2%
Expense ratio0.56%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year5.6%4.7%
Price change, 1 year+7.6%−0.4%
Total return, 1 year+13.5%+4.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.1 pts−12.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1003 days1173 days
Net assets$1.2bn$17m

ISPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ISPY paid 5.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.8%, paid monthly.

JULH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JULH paid 4.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.2%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ISPY or JULH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ISPY paid 5.6% of its starting price in cash and JULH paid 4.7%, so ISPY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ISPY or JULH?
With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +13.5% and JULH returned +4.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so ISPY returned more.
Which is cheaper, ISPY or JULH?
ISPY charges 0.56% a year and JULH charges 0.79%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ISPY against JULH, 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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