Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
LOCT vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% 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 $12.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF.
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, 2026.0.8 pts behind SPY
SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SPYI
+14.0%
12.1% of it arrived as cash
0.8 pts behind SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.8 pts behind SPY
SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
SPYI
+14.0%
12.1% as cash
0.8 pts behind SPY
12.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SPYI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +1.1%, total +14.0%, SPY +14.8%, −0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SPYI costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.2 points; SPYI is far larger, $12.7bn against $11m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | LOCT | SPYI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +5.8% | +14.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 0.4% | rose 1.1% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 35% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment | 99% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, measured through VOO | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 9.0 pts | behind by 0.8 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.68% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 | $11m | $12.7bn |
| 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, LOCT and SPYI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 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 | LOCT | SPYI | LOCT | SPYI | LOCT | SPYI |
| 3 months | +1.2% | +1.1% | 1.3% | 2.9% | +1.3 pts | +1.3 pts |
| 6 months | +2.4% | +5.8% | 2.6% | 6.0% | −2.6 pts | +0.7 pts |
| 1 year | +5.8% | +14.0% | 5.2% | 12.1% | −9.0 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 3 years | +17.9% | +62.0% | 16.8% | 39.3% | −65.4 pts | −20.9 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: LOCT Oct 2023 · SPYI Aug 2022 | +19.3% | +78.5% | 17.5% | 51.3% | −67.1 pts | −25.2 pts |
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.
SPYI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.0%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.5%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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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