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JULH vs XIJN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XIJN paid 6.9% of its price in cash against JULH’s 4.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $18m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July, and $50m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - June.

JULH on its own →XIJN on its own →
At a glance
4.8%
JULH cash paid, 1 year
6.9%
XIJN cash paid, 1 year
+4.9%
JULH total return, 1 year
+6.8%
XIJN total return, 1 year
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
XIJN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8 pts behind VOO
XIJN
+6.8%
VOO
+14.8%

8 pts behind VOO

XIJN over 1 year: paid 6.9%, price −0.3%, total +6.8%, VOO +14.8%, −8.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIJN

+6.8%

6.9% of it arrived as cash

8 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

8 pts behind VOO

XIJN over 1 year: paid 6.9%, price −0.3%, total +6.8%, VOO +14.8%, −8.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIJN

+6.8%

8 pts behind VOO

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XIJN over 1 year: paid 6.9%, price −0.3%, total +6.8%, VOO +14.8%, −8.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JULH costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; XIJN is 2.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JULH vs XIJN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJULHXIJN
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+4.9%+6.8%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.0%fell 0.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate51% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment95% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 9.9 ptsbehind by 8.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$17m$50m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JULH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score58.4JULH55.4XIJN

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, JULH and XIJN hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JULH XIJN
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JULH
Only in XIJN
2027-06-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07 100.31%
2027-06-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 746.73 3.98%
2027-06-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 672.06 -1.97%
2027-06-17 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 746.73 -7.46%
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Side by side

JULH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly XIJN FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - June · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator First Trust
Strategy defined income buffer with income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.5% 6.7%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 4.8% 6.9%
Price change, 1 year 0.0% −0.3%
Total return, 1 year +4.9% +6.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.9 pts −8.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 51% 95%
Age 3.3 years 2.4 years
Net assets, JULH as of Nov 4, 2026 and XIJN as of Nov 3, 2026 $18m $50m

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: JULH vs XIJN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJULHXIJNJULHXIJNJULHXIJN
3 months+1.4%+1.4%1.6%1.7%+1.5 pts+1.6 pts
6 months+3.2%+3.2%2.7%3.4%−1.8 pts−1.8 pts
1 year+4.9%+6.8%4.8%6.9%−9.9 pts−8.0 pts
3 years+20.9%–18.4%–−62.0 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: JULH Jul 2023 · XIJN Jun 2024+23.7%+17.7%20.3%15.8%−56.1 pts−27.5 pts

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About each fund
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.

XIJN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XIJN paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.8%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.7%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JULH or XIJN?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JULH paid 4.8% of its starting price in cash and XIJN paid 6.9%, so XIJN paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JULH or XIJN?
With every distribution reinvested, JULH returned +4.9% and XIJN +6.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JULH or XIJN?
JULH charges 0.79% a year and XIJN charges 0.85%, so JULH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
JULH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JULH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
JULH 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for JULH ↗
XIJN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XIJN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XIJN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
First Trust page for XIJN ↗

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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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