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JANH vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its price in cash against JANH’s 6.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $12m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - January, and $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

JANH on its own →XYLD on its own →
At a glance
6.2%
JANH cash paid, 1 year
10.7%
XYLD cash paid, 1 year
+6.5%
JANH total return, 1 year
+15.9%
XYLD total return, 1 year
JANH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.3 pts behind SPY
JANH
+6.5%
SPY
+14.8%

8.3 pts behind SPY

JANH over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +0.1%, total +6.5%, SPY +14.8%, −8.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JANH

+6.5%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

8.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.3 pts behind SPY

JANH over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +0.1%, total +6.5%, SPY +14.8%, −8.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JANH

+6.5%

8.3 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JANH over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +0.1%, total +6.5%, SPY +14.8%, −8.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD
+15.9%
SPY
+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.9%. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; XYLD is far larger, $3.4bn against $12m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JANH vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJANHXYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+6.5%+15.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.1%rose 4.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate50% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$12m$3.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score61.1JANH77.5XYLD

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JANH and XYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JANH XYLD
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JANH
Only in XYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.64%
APPLE INC. 7.13%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.18%
ALPHABET INC. 3.28%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%
ALPHABET INC. 2.65%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.92%
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Side by side

JANH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - January · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator Global X
Strategy defined income covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.2% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 10.7%
Price change, 1 year +0.1% +4.4%
Total return, 1 year +6.5% +15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −8.3 pts +1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 50% 93%
Age 2.8 years 13.4 years
Net assets, JANH as of Nov 4, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $12m $3.4bn

As of Nov 4, 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: JANH vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJANHXYLDJANHXYLDJANHXYLD
3 months+1.3%+2.4%1.6%2.2%+1.4 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+3.3%+7.9%3.1%5.1%−1.7 pts+2.9 pts
1 year+6.5%+15.9%6.2%10.7%−8.3 pts+1.1 pts
3 years–+48.4%–34.0%–−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JANH Jan 2024 · XYLD Jun 2013+20.6%+194.8%17.7%114.5%−47.0 pts−316.0 pts

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About each fund
JANH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JANH paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 50% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JANH or XYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JANH paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD 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 XYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, JANH returned +6.5% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JANH or XYLD?
JANH charges 0.79% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
JANH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JANH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
JANH 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for JANH ↗
XYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Global X page for XYLD ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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