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KIQQ vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $2.4m for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF and $15m for Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October.

At a glance
6.9%
KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
5.3%
OCTJ cash paid, 1 year
+0.9%
KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
+5.8%
OCTJ total return, 1 year
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.
OCTJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9 pts behind SPY
OCTJ
+5.8%
SPY
+14.8%

9 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTJ

+5.8%

5.3% of it arrived as cash

9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9 pts behind SPY

OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

OCTJ

+5.8%

9 pts behind SPY

5.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OCTJ over 1 year: paid 5.3%, price +0.3%, total +5.8%, SPY +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.79% a year; OCTJ is 6.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KIQQ vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKIQQOCTJ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.8%
Price changefell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)rose 0.3% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment36% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500, measured through SPY
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 10.4 ptsbehind by 9.0 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Net assets$2.4m$15m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, KIQQ and OCTJ 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 KIQQ OCTJ
Only in one fund ↓
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%
Only in OCTJ
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Side by side

KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF · Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly OCTJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Strategy buffer with income defined income
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 7.5% 5.3%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) 5.3%
Price change, 1 year −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +0.3%
Total return, 1 year +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +14.8%
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) −9.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 36%
Age 301 days 3.1 years
Net assets $2.4m $15m

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: KIQQ vs OCTJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKIQQOCTJKIQQOCTJKIQQOCTJ
3 months−3.7%+1.0%1.7%1.3%−0.2 pts+1.2 pts
6 months−4.4%+2.4%3.7%2.6%−4.0 pts−2.7 pts
1 year–+5.8%–5.3%–−9.0 pts
3 years–+18.1%–17.0%–−64.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KIQQ Jan 2026 · OCTJ Oct 2023+0.9%+19.6%6.9%17.2%−10.4 pts−66.5 pts

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About each fund
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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

OCTJ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OCTJ paid 5.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 36% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, KIQQ or OCTJ?
KIQQ and OCTJ both charge 0.79% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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