Which paid more, JOYT or JULH?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and JULH paid 4.8%, so JULH paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or JULH?

With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and JULH +4.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JOYT or JULH?

JOYT charges 0.35% a year and JULH charges 0.79%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs JULH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JULH paid 4.8% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $117m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF, and $18m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

JULH cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

+4.9%

JULH total return, 1 year

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JULH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.9 pts behind SPY

JULH

+4.9%

SPY

+14.8%

9.9 pts behind SPY

JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULH

+4.9%

4.8% of it arrived as cash

9.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.9 pts behind SPY

JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULH

+4.9%

9.9 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JOYT costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points; JOYT is 6.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs JULH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	JULH
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	JULH
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+4.9%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	fell 0.0%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		51% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	JULH
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	JULH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.79%
Net assets	$119m	$18m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	JULH
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JOYT scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score99.1JOYT58.4JULH

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

JOYT 99.1

JULH 58.4

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

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and JULH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT JULH

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JOYT

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%

Only in JULH

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly JULH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly

Issuer JPMorgan Innovator

Strategy option income defined income

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays quarterly quarterly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 6.5%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 4.8%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% 0.0%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +4.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −9.9 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 51%

Age 1.2 years 3.3 years

Net assets, JOYT as of Nov 3, 2026 and JULH as of Nov 4, 2026 $117m $18m

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: JOYT vs JULH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	JULH	JOYT	JULH	JOYT	JULH
3 months	+2.0%	+1.4%	0.2%	1.6%	+2.2 pts	+1.5 pts
6 months	+7.8%	+3.2%	0.4%	2.7%	+2.8 pts	−1.8 pts
1 year	+14.6%	+4.9%	0.9%	4.8%	−0.1 pts	−9.9 pts
3 years	–	+20.9%	–	18.4%	–	−62.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · JULH Jul 2023	+21.6%	+23.7%	0.9%	20.3%	+0.1 pts	−56.1 pts

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About each fund

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

JULH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JULH paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 51% 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.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JOYT or JULH?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and JULH paid 4.8%, so JULH paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or JULH?: With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and JULH +4.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or JULH?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and JULH charges 0.79%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

JULH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JULH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JULH 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Innovator page for JULH ↗

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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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