Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
LJAN vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against LJAN’s 4.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $12m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - January, and $4.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.
9.7 pts behind VOO
LJAN over 1 year: paid 4.9%, price +0.1%, total +5.1%, VOO +14.8%, −9.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+14.8%
LJAN
+5.1%
4.9% of it arrived as cash
9.7 pts behind VOO
Total return, distributions reinvested
9.7 pts behind VOO
LJAN over 1 year: paid 4.9%, price +0.1%, total +5.1%, VOO +14.8%, −9.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOO
+14.8%
LJAN
+5.1%
9.7 pts behind VOO
4.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. LJAN over 1 year: paid 4.9%, price +0.1%, total +5.1%, VOO +14.8%, −9.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% of it arrived as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
LJAN costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; LJAN is 2.5 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | LJAN | RNTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +5.1% | +10.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 0.1% | fell 2.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 47% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment | 92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $12m | $4.8m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, LJAN and RNTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | LJAN | RNTY | LJAN | RNTY | LJAN | RNTY |
| 3 months | +1.1% | −0.2% | 1.2% | 2.9% | +1.2 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +2.6% | +1.7% | 2.4% | 5.8% | −2.4 pts | +0.9 pts |
| 1 year | +5.1% | +10.7% | 4.9% | 13.0% | −9.7 pts | −2.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: LJAN Jan 2024 · RNTY Apr 2025 | +16.7% | +13.7% | 14.8% | 17.7% | −51.3 pts | not measured |
LJAN
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJAN paid 4.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.1%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.9%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 47% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
RNTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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