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LAPR vs SIXH: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year LAPR paid 5.9% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

5.9%LAPR cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+6.1%LAPR total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

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

LAPR 42.6SIXH 81.83.8, 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

LAPR10.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%LAPR+6.1%5.9% of it arrived as cash10.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%LAPR+6.1%10.5 pts behind SPY
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in LAPROnly in SIXH
TREASURY BILL 94.62%Altria Group, Inc. 4.83%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%Philip Morris International Inc. 4.07%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%AT&T INC. 3.59%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%

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 May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

LAPR and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
LAPRSIXHLAPRSIXHLAPRSIXH
3 months+1.3%+4.5%1.7%0.5%−0.9 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+3.8%+7.4%3.3%0.9%−14.2 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+6.1%+16.3%5.9%2.0%−10.5 pts−0.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published6.6%not published−34.6 pts
Since launch+16.1%+96.3%13.8%16.0%−34.1 pts−88.5 pts
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LAPR and SIXH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
LAPR
Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April
Buffer with income on SPY, paying monthly
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorExchange Traded Concepts
Strategybuffer with incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.7%0.4%
Expense ratio0.79%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%2.0%
Price change, 1 year0.0%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+6.1%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.5 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age900 days2321 days
Net assets$11m$543m

LAPR in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LAPR paid 5.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.7%, paid monthly.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, LAPR or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LAPR paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, so LAPR paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, LAPR or SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, LAPR returned +6.1% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.
Which is cheaper, LAPR or SIXH?
LAPR charges 0.79% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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LAPR against SIXH, 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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