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LJUL vs XIDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XIDE paid 6.3% of its price in cash against LJUL’s 5.2%, and 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 $20m on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December.

LJUL on its own →XIDE on its own →
At a glance
5.2%
LJUL cash paid, 1 year
6.3%
XIDE cash paid, 1 year
+5.3%
LJUL total return, 1 year
+6.6%
XIDE 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.
XIDE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 8.2 pts behind VOO
XIDE
+6.6%
VOO
+14.8%

8.2 pts behind VOO

XIDE over 1 year: paid 6.3%, price +0.1%, total +6.6%, VOO +14.8%, −8.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIDE

+6.6%

6.3% of it arrived as cash

8.2 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

8.2 pts behind VOO

XIDE over 1 year: paid 6.3%, price +0.1%, total +6.6%, VOO +14.8%, −8.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

XIDE

+6.6%

8.2 pts behind VOO

6.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. XIDE over 1 year: paid 6.3%, price +0.1%, total +6.6%, VOO +14.8%, −8.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

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

Pair scorecard

LJUL costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.3 points; XIDE is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

LJUL vs XIDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureLJULXIDE
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+5.3%+6.6%
Price change, 1 yearfell 0.0%rose 0.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate40% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment61% of the Nov 3, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.85%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$8.9m$20m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XIDE scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score57.8LJUL61.1XIDE

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 XIDE 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 XIDE
Only in one fund ↓
Only in LJUL
Only in XIDE
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 0.07 110.10%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 680.58 0.51%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust P 612.52 -0.21%
2026-12-18 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust C 680.58 -11.83%
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Side by side

LJUL Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - July · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly XIDE FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF - December · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly
Issuer Innovator First Trust
Strategy buffer with income buffer with income
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.3% 6.2%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.85%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.2% 6.3%
Price change, 1 year 0.0% +0.1%
Total return, 1 year +5.3% +6.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.5 pts −8.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 40% 61%
Age 2.3 years 2.9 years
Net assets, LJUL as of Nov 4, 2026 and XIDE as of Nov 3, 2026 $9.0m $20m

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 XIDE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowLJULXIDELJULXIDELJULXIDE
3 months+1.1%+1.3%1.3%1.5%+1.3 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+2.8%+3.1%2.6%3.1%−2.3 pts−1.9 pts
1 year+5.3%+6.6%5.2%6.3%−9.5 pts−8.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: LJUL Jul 2024 · XIDE Dec 2023+14.0%+20.7%12.6%18.4%−30.5 pts−47.4 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.

XIDE

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XIDE paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 61% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, LJUL or XIDE?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LJUL paid 5.2% of its starting price in cash and XIDE paid 6.3%, so XIDE 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 XIDE?
With every distribution reinvested, LJUL returned +5.3% and XIDE +6.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, LJUL or XIDE?
LJUL charges 0.79% a year and XIDE charges 0.85%, so LJUL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) →LJUL on its own →XIDE on its own →LJUL dividend history →XIDE dividend history →XIDE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
LJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
LJUL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
LJUL 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for LJUL ↗
XIDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XIDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
XIDE 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
First Trust page for XIDE ↗

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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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