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

Over the year TSPY paid 14.1% of its price in cash against LAPR’s 5.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - April and TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF.

5.9%LAPR cash paid, 1 year
14.1%TSPY cash paid, 1 year
+6.1%LAPR total return, 1 year
+15.1%TSPY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: TSPY scores higher

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

LAPR 42.6TSPY 563.8, 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
TSPY1.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%TSPY+15.1%14.1% of it arrived as cash1.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%TSPY+15.1%14.1% as cash1.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

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

Only in each
Only in LAPROnly in TSPY
TREASURY BILL 94.62%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%
TREASURY BILL 0.54%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

LAPR and TSPY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
LAPRTSPYLAPRTSPYLAPRTSPY
3 months+1.3%+2.3%1.7%3.5%−0.9 pts0.0 pts
6 months+3.8%+16.4%3.3%7.6%−14.2 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+6.1%+15.1%5.9%14.1%−10.5 pts−1.5 pts
Since launch+16.1%+37.3%13.8%28.7%−34.1 pts−4.0 pts
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LAPR and TSPY 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
TSPY
TappAlpha S&P 500 Growth & Daily Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorTappAlpha
Strategybuffer with incomeoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.7%14.0%
Expense ratio0.79%0.77%
Cash paid, 1 year5.9%14.1%
Price change, 1 year0.0%−0.1%
Total return, 1 year+6.1%+15.1%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.5 pts−1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age900 days764 days
Net assets$11m$311m

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.

TSPY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, TSPY paid 14.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, LAPR or TSPY?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, LAPR paid 5.9% of its starting price in cash and TSPY paid 14.1%, so TSPY 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 TSPY?
With every distribution reinvested, LAPR returned +6.1% and TSPY returned +15.1% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so TSPY returned more.
Which is cheaper, LAPR or TSPY?
LAPR charges 0.79% a year and TSPY charges 0.77%, so TSPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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LAPR against TSPY, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, LAPR against TSPY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/lapr-vs-tspy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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