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LJUL vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its price in cash against SPIN’s 5.1%, though SPIN returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $9.0m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July, and $45m on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

LJUL on its own →SPIN on its own →
At a glance
5.2%
LJUL cash paid, 1 year
5.1%
SPIN cash paid, 1 year
+5.3%
LJUL total return, 1 year
+9.3%
SPIN total return, 1 year
LJUL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.5 pts behind VOO
LJUL
+5.3%
VOO
+14.8%

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9.5 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.5 pts behind VOO

LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LJUL

+5.3%

9.5 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. LJUL over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price 0.0%, total +5.3%, VOO +14.8%, −9.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY
SPIN
+9.3%
SPY
+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; SPIN is 5.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

LJUL vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureLJULSPIN
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+5.3%+9.3%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.0%rose 3.9%
Return of capital, issuer estimate40% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.25%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$8.9m$45m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SPIN scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score57.8LJUL84.1SPIN

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, LJUL and SPIN hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first LJUL SPIN
Only in one fund ↓
Only in LJUL
Only in SPIN
NVIDIA CORP 9.22%
MICROSOFT CORP 7.47%
APPLE INC 6.03%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.87%
ALPHABET INC CL A 4.59%
BROADCOM INC 3.37%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.93%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.50%
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Side by side

LJUL Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator State Street
Strategy buffer with income covered call
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.3% 5.5%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.25%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.2% 5.1%
Price change, 1 year 0.0% +3.9%
Total return, 1 year +5.3% +9.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.5 pts −5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 97%
Age 2.3 years 2.2 years
Net assets, LJUL as of Nov 4, 2026 and SPIN as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.0m $45m

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: LJUL vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowLJULSPINLJULSPINLJULSPIN
3 months+1.1%+0.8%1.3%0.9%+1.3 pts+0.9 pts
6 months+2.8%+6.0%2.6%1.9%−2.3 pts+1.0 pts
1 year+5.3%+9.3%5.2%5.1%−9.5 pts−5.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: LJUL Jul 2024 · SPIN Sep 2024+14.0%+30.3%12.6%16.0%−30.5 pts−12.9 pts

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About each fund
LJUL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.3%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.3%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 40% 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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, LJUL or SPIN?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting price in cash and SPIN paid 5.1%, so LJUL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, LJUL or SPIN?
With every distribution reinvested, LJUL returned +5.3% and SPIN +9.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, LJUL or SPIN?
LJUL charges 0.79% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
LJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
LJUL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
LJUL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for LJUL ↗
SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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