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LOCT vs OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its price in cash against LOCT’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $11m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October, and $427m on Aug 31, 2026 for Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF.

At a glance
5.2%
LOCT cash paid, 1 year
9.9%
OVL cash paid, 1 year
+5.8%
LOCT total return, 1 year
+17.2%
OVL total return, 1 year
LOCT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9 pts behind VOO
LOCT
+5.8%
VOO
+14.8%

9 pts behind VOO

LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LOCT

+5.8%

5.2% of it arrived as cash

9 pts behind VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

9 pts behind VOO

LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

LOCT

+5.8%

9 pts behind VOO

5.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. LOCT over 1 year: paid 5.2%, price +0.4%, total +5.8%, VOO +14.8%, −9.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
OVL · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 2.4 pts ahead of VOO
OVL
+17.2%
VOO
+14.8%

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% of it arrived as cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOO

+14.8%

OVL

+17.2%

9.9% cash

2.4 pts ahead of VOO

9.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.2%. OVL over 1 year: paid 9.9%, price +6.6%, total +17.2%, VOO +14.8%, +2.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.79% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

LOCT vs OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureLOCTOVL
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+5.8%+17.2%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.4%rose 6.6%
Return of capital, issuer estimate35% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 9.0 ptsahead by 2.4 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.79%
Net assets, LOCT as of Nov 4, 2026 and OVL as of Aug 31, 2026$11m$427m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · OVL scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score65.6LOCT81.7OVL

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

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Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, LOCT and OVL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first LOCT OVL
Only in one fund ↓
Only in LOCT
Only in OVL
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 99.97%
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Side by side

LOCT Innovator Premium Income 15 Buffer ETF - October · Buffer with income on VOO, paying monthly OVL Overlay Shares Large Cap Equity ETF · Put-selling overlay on VOO, paying monthly
Strategy buffer with income put-selling overlay
Benchmark Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 5.8% 10.6%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 5.2% 9.9%
Price change, 1 year +0.4% +6.6%
Total return, 1 year +5.8% +17.2%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −9.0 pts +2.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 35% 100%
Age 3.1 years 7.1 years
Net assets, LOCT as of Nov 4, 2026 and OVL as of Aug 31, 2026 $11m $427m

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: LOCT vs OVL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowLOCTOVLLOCTOVLLOCTOVL
3 months+1.2%−0.5%1.3%2.6%+1.3 pts−0.4 pts
6 months+2.4%+4.4%2.6%5.2%−2.6 pts−0.6 pts
1 year+5.8%+17.2%5.2%9.9%−9.0 pts+2.4 pts
3 years+17.9%+92.6%16.8%23.9%−65.4 pts+9.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: LOCT Oct 2023 · OVL Oct 2019+19.3%+204.4%17.5%51.2%−67.1 pts+14.4 pts

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About each fund
LOCT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LOCT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.8%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 35% 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.

OVL

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, OVL paid 9.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.2%. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 2.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Overlay Shares estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, LOCT or OVL?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LOCT paid 5.2% of its starting price in cash and OVL paid 9.9%, so OVL paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, LOCT or OVL?
With every distribution reinvested, LOCT returned +5.8% and OVL +17.2% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, LOCT or OVL?
LOCT and OVL both charge 0.79% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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