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

Over the year LAPR paid 5.9% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 5.6%, though ISPY returned more with it reinvested.

ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF and Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April.

5.6%ISPY cash paid, 1 year
5.9%LAPR cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ISPY total return, 1 year
+6.1%LAPR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: ISPY scores higher

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

ISPY 66.8LAPR 42.63.8, 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
LAPR10.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%LAPR+6.1%5.9% of it arrived as cash10.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%LAPR+6.1%10.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in ISPYOnly in LAPR
ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56%TREASURY BILL 94.62%
NVIDIA Corp. 7.07%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Apple, Inc. 6.31%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Microsoft Corp. 4.60%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.64%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.05%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.92%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.42%TREASURY BILL 0.54%

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 LAPR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ISPYLAPRISPYLAPRISPYLAPR
3 months+1.4%+1.3%1.5%1.7%−0.8 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+14.7%+3.8%3.6%3.3%−3.3 pts−14.2 pts
1 year+13.5%+6.1%5.6%5.9%−3.1 pts−10.5 pts
Since launch+53.4%+16.1%25.8%13.8%−14.5 pts−34.1 pts
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ISPY and LAPR 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
LAPR
Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerProSharesInnovator
Strategyoption incomebuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.8%6.7%
Expense ratio0.56%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year5.6%5.9%
Price change, 1 year+7.6%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+13.5%+6.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.1 pts−10.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1003 days900 days
Net assets$1.2bn$11m

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.

LAPR in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LAPR paid 5.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ISPY or LAPR?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ISPY paid 5.6% of its starting price in cash and LAPR paid 5.9%, so LAPR 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 LAPR?
With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +13.5% and LAPR returned +6.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so ISPY returned more.
Which is cheaper, ISPY or LAPR?
ISPY charges 0.56% a year and LAPR 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 LAPR, 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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