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JULJ vs LJAN: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year JULJ paid 5.5% of its price in cash against LJAN’s 4.9% and the two finished level on total return.

Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July and Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - January.

5.5%JULJ cash paid, 1 year
4.9%LJAN cash paid, 1 year
+5.1%JULJ total return, 1 year
+5.1%LJAN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: LJAN scores higher

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

JULJ 36.4LJAN 40.83.8, 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

JULJ11.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JULJ+5.1%5.5% of it arrived as cash11.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JULJ+5.1%11.5 pts behind SPY
LJAN11.4 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%LJAN+5.1%4.9% as cash11.4 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%LJAN+5.1%11.4 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JULJ and LJAN hold 97% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JULJ and LJAN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJULJLJAN
TREASURY BILL100.00%97.22%
Only in each
Only in JULJOnly in LJAN
TREASURY BILL 0.40%
TREASURY BILL 0.40%
TREASURY BILL 0.40%
TREASURY BILL 0.40%
TREASURY BILL 0.40%
TREASURY BILL 0.40%
TREASURY BILL 0.40%

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

JULJ and LJAN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JULJLJANJULJLJANJULJLJAN
3 months+1.5%+1.3%1.3%1.2%−0.7 pts−1.0 pts
6 months+3.1%+4.8%2.6%2.5%−14.9 pts−13.2 pts
1 year+5.1%+5.1%5.5%4.9%−11.5 pts−11.4 pts
3 years+18.8%not published17.4%not published−59.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+20.4%+16.1%17.6%13.9%−58.1 pts−50.4 pts
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JULJ and LJAN on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JULJ
Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
LJAN
Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - January
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorInnovator
Strategydefined incomebuffer with income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.2%4.8%
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year5.5%4.9%
Price change, 1 year−0.6%+0.1%
Total return, 1 year+5.1%+5.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.5 pts−11.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1173 days990 days
Net assets$14m$12m

JULJ in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JULJ paid 5.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.2%, paid quarterly.

LJAN in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LJAN paid 4.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.8%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JULJ or LJAN?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JULJ paid 5.5% of its starting price in cash and LJAN paid 4.9%, so JULJ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JULJ or LJAN?
With every distribution reinvested, JULJ returned +5.1% and LJAN returned +5.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so LJAN returned more.
Which is cheaper, JULJ or LJAN?
JULJ charges 0.79% a year and LJAN charges 0.79%, so JULJ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JULJ against LJAN, 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.

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