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JANH vs QDTE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QDTE paid 36.1% of its price in cash against JANH’s 6.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - January and Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF.

6.1%JANH cash paid, 1 year
36.1%QDTE cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%JANH total return, 1 year
+21.1%QDTE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: JANH scores higher

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

JANH 44.4QDTE 39.93.8, 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

JANH10.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JANH+6.5%6.1% as cash10.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JANH+6.5%10.1 pts behind SPY
QDTE0.7 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QDTE+21.1%36.1% of it arrived as cash0.7 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QDTE+21.1%36.1% as cash0.7 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in JANHOnly in QDTE
TREASURY BILL 96.95%NDX 03/19/2027 2510.15 C 25.90%
TREASURY BILL 1.53%QQQ 11/19/2027 70.11 C 24.77%
TREASURY BILL 1.52%NDX 06/11/2027 3059.42 C 22.64%
QQQ 09/17/2027 70.69 C 17.82%
Roundhill Weekly T-Bill ETF 4.97%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 3.90%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JANH and QDTE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JANHQDTEJANHQDTEJANHQDTE
3 months+1.6%−0.9%1.6%7.6%−0.6 pts+1.6 pts
6 months+6.9%+19.7%3.2%16.2%−11.1 pts−4.5 pts
1 year+6.5%+21.1%6.1%36.1%−10.1 pts−0.7 pts
Since launch+19.8%+59.9%16.1%74.1%−46.6 pts−4.3 pts
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JANH and QDTE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JANH
Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - January
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
QDTE
Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF
0DTE covered call on QQQ, paying weekly
IssuerInnovatorRoundhill
Strategydefined income0DTE covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysquarterlyweekly
Payout rate, annualized6.2%20.8%
Expense ratio0.79%0.96%
Cash paid, 1 year6.1%36.1%
Price change, 1 year0.0%−19.2%
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+21.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−10.1 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age990 days925 days
Net assets$14m$967m

JANH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JANH paid 6.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid quarterly.

QDTE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QDTE paid 36.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.8%, paid weekly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JANH or QDTE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JANH paid 6.1% of its starting price in cash and QDTE paid 36.1%, so QDTE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JANH or QDTE?
With every distribution reinvested, JANH returned +6.5% and QDTE returned +21.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QDTE returned more.
Which is cheaper, JANH or QDTE?
JANH charges 0.79% a year and QDTE charges 0.96%, so JANH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JANH against QDTE, 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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