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

Over the year LAPR paid 5.9% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April.

0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
5.9%LAPR cash paid, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
+6.1%LAPR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: JOYT scores higher

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

JOYT 79.8LAPR 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

JOYT0.7 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 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, JOYT and LAPR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in JOYTOnly in LAPR
NVIDIA Corp. 8.64%TREASURY BILL 94.62%
Apple, Inc. 6.51%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Alphabet, Inc. 5.94%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Microsoft Corp. 5.68%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.78%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.98%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73%TREASURY BILL 0.54%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22%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.

Performance, window by window

JOYT and LAPR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JOYTLAPRJOYTLAPRJOYTLAPR
3 months+3.8%+1.3%0.2%1.7%+1.5 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+11.9%+3.8%0.4%3.3%−6.1 pts−14.2 pts
1 year+15.9%+6.1%0.7%5.9%−0.7 pts−10.5 pts
Since launch+19.6%+16.1%0.7%13.8%−1.1 pts−34.1 pts
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JOYT and LAPR on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JOYT
JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
LAPR
Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganInnovator
Strategyoption incomebuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized0.7%6.7%
Expense ratio0.35%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year0.7%5.9%
Price change, 1 year+15.2%0.0%
Total return, 1 year+15.9%+6.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−0.7 pts−10.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age395 days900 days
Net assets$108m$11m

JOYT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% 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 0.7%, paid quarterly.

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, JOYT or LAPR?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% 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, JOYT or LAPR?
With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +15.9% and LAPR returned +6.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JOYT returned more.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or LAPR?
JOYT charges 0.35% a year and LAPR charges 0.79%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JOYT 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, JOYT against LAPR, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/joyt-vs-lapr Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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