Which paid more, JOYT or SPUT?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, so SPUT 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 SPUT?

With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JOYT or SPUT?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPUT 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 $17m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

SPUT cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

+10.7%

SPUT 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.

SPUT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT

+10.7%

SPY

+14.8%

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.8% of it arrived as cash

4.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.1 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 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 3.9 points; JOYT is 7.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	SPUT
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	SPUT
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	+10.7%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	rose 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		58% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	SPUT
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	SPUT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.79%
Net assets	$119m	$17m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	SPUT
Holdings in common	31%

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

IQ Income Score99.1JOYT88.9SPUT

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

SPUT 88.9

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

31%

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and SPUT hold 31% 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

31% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT SPUT

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18% 3.71%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29% 3.50%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57% 2.70%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 2.06%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 1.64%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17% 1.43%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53% 0.97%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 1.39% 0.82%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.63% 0.77%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10% 0.74%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.33% 0.61%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 0.77% 0.56%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JOYT

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG 0.42%

PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP CO 0.41%

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB 0.34%

AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS 0.33%

ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC 0.31%

TEXTRON INC COMMON STOCK 0.25%

FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES INC 0.16%

SPY CALL USD 11/06/2026 0.00%

Only in SPUT

Alphabet Inc 1.43%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.75%

Visa Inc 0.49%

Cisco Systems Inc 0.36%

Applied Materials Inc 0.32%

Caterpillar Inc 0.30%

General Electric Co 0.30%

Chevron Corp 0.29%

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF · Sells puts on the S&P 500, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Innovator

Strategy option income put-selling overlay

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

Pays quarterly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 3.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 4.8%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% +5.7%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% +10.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts −4.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%

Age 1.2 years 1.6 years

Net assets, JOYT as of Nov 3, 2026 and SPUT as of Nov 4, 2026 $117m $17m

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 SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	SPUT	JOYT	SPUT	JOYT	SPUT
3 months	+2.0%	+0.9%	0.2%	1.0%	+2.2 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+7.8%	+3.4%	0.4%	1.9%	+2.8 pts	−1.6 pts
1 year	+14.6%	+10.7%	0.9%	4.8%	−0.1 pts	−4.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · SPUT Mar 2025	+21.6%	+23.3%	0.9%	9.1%	+0.1 pts	−15.6 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.

SPUT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPUT paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.6%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 58% of the distribution paid Nov 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 SPUT?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, so SPUT 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 SPUT?: With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or SPUT?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SPUT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPUT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPUT 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Innovator page for SPUT ↗

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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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