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JULJ vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $14m for Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July and $2.4m for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF.

At a glance
5.6%
JULJ cash paid, 1 year
6.9%
KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
+5.4%
JULJ total return, 1 year
+0.9%
KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
JULJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.4 pts behind SPY
JULJ
+5.4%
SPY
+14.8%

9.4 pts behind SPY

JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.6%, price −0.4%, total +5.4%, SPY +14.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULJ

+5.4%

5.6% of it arrived as cash

9.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.4 pts behind SPY

JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.6%, price −0.4%, total +5.4%, SPY +14.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULJ

+5.4%

9.4 pts behind SPY

5.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.6%, price −0.4%, total +5.4%, SPY +14.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KIQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind QQQ
KIQQ
+0.9%
QQQ
+11.3%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.79% a year; JULJ is 5.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JULJ vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureJULJKIQQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+5.4%not published
Price changefell 0.4% (1 year)fell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate39% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Net assets$14m$2.4m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JULJ and KIQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JULJ KIQQ
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JULJ
Only in KIQQ
+NDXDBHIO/-FED FUNDS 97.94%
APPLE INC 9.00%
NVIDIA CORP 8.54%
MICROSOFT CORP 7.18%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.97%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.32%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.92%
TESLA INC 3.55%
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Side by side

JULJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF · Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly
Strategy defined income buffer with income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays quarterly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.4% 7.5%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.6% 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −0.4% −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +5.4% +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)
Ahead or behind −9.4 pts −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026)
Return of capital, latest estimate 39% 99%
Age 3.3 years 301 days
Net assets $14m $2.4m

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: JULJ vs KIQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowJULJKIQQJULJKIQQJULJKIQQ
3 months+1.3%−3.7%1.3%1.7%+1.5 pts−0.2 pts
6 months+2.6%−4.4%2.7%3.7%−2.4 pts−4.0 pts
1 year+5.4%–5.6%–−9.4 pts–
3 years+18.6%–17.3%–−64.3 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: JULJ Jul 2023 · KIQQ Jan 2026+21.3%+0.9%19.0%6.9%−58.5 pts−10.4 pts

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About each fund
JULJ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JULJ paid 5.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.4%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 39% 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.

KIQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

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