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

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against JULJ’s 5.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

5.5%JULJ cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+5.1%JULJ total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

JULJ 36.4PBP 80.63.8, 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

JULJ11.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JULJ+5.1%5.5% as cash11.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JULJ+5.1%11.5 pts behind SPY
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JULJ and PBP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in JULJOnly in PBP
TREASURY BILL 100.00%NVIDIA Corp 8.18%
Apple Inc 7.50%
Microsoft Corp 5.57%
Amazon.com Inc 3.77%
Alphabet Inc 3.11%
Broadcom Inc 2.57%
Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.22%

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 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JULJ and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
JULJPBPJULJPBPJULJPBP
3 months+1.5%+5.0%1.3%2.8%−0.7 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+3.1%+13.0%2.6%5.7%−14.9 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+5.1%+18.5%5.5%11.8%−11.5 pts+1.9 pts
3 years+18.8%+46.1%17.4%31.8%−59.6 pts−32.3 pts
Since launch+20.4%+199.0%17.6%101.2%−58.1 pts−604.5 pts
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JULJ and PBP 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
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorInvesco
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.2%11.3%
Expense ratio0.79%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year5.5%11.8%
Price change, 1 year−0.6%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+5.1%+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−11.5 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1173 days6101 days
Net assets$14m$386m

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.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, JULJ or PBP?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JULJ paid 5.5% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, so PBP 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 PBP?
With every distribution reinvested, JULJ returned +5.1% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, JULJ or PBP?
JULJ charges 0.79% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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JULJ against PBP, 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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