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OCTH vs OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap
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Fee gap
0.18 pts
A year: OCTH 0.79%, OVQ 0.97%, per filings dated Oct 1, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026
Overlap
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Net flow
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Pair scorecard

OCTH costs 0.18 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

OCTH vs OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureOCTHOVQ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+6.5%not published
Price changefell 0.2% (1 year)fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate51% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.97%
Net assets$16mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Key numbers
6.5%
OCTH cash paid, 1 year
0.0%
OVQ cash paid, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
+6.5%
OCTH total return, 1 year
−2.9%
OVQ total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
OCTH · 1 year to Nov 12, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY
OCTH
+6.5%
SPY
+12.0%

5.5 pts behind SPY

OCTH over 1 year: paid 6.5%, price −0.2%, total +6.5%, SPY +12.0%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

OCTH

+6.5%

6.5% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

OCTH over 1 year: paid 6.5%, price −0.2%, total +6.5%, SPY +12.0%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

SPY

+12.0%

OCTH

+6.5%

5.5 pts behind SPY

6.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. OCTH over 1 year: paid 6.5%, price −0.2%, total +6.5%, SPY +12.0%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.
OVQ · since launch to Nov 12, 2026 Not measured
OVQ
−2.9%
none

Not measured

OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OVQ

−2.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

OVQ

−2.9%

0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Data to Nov 12, 2026.

Side by side

OCTH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly OVQ Overlay Shares Nasdaq 100 Income ETF · Put-selling overlay
Strategy defined income put-selling overlay
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) not set
Pays quarterly not established
Payout rate, annualized 6.5% not published
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.97%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.5% 0.0% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −0.2% −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +6.5% −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.0% not published
Ahead or behind −5.5 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 51% not published
Age 3.1 years 20 days
Net assets $16m not read by ETFIQ

As of Nov 12, 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: OCTH vs OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowOCTHOVQOCTHOVQOCTHOVQ
3 months+0.9%–1.6%–+3.3 pts–
6 months+2.4%–3.2%–+0.7 pts–
1 year+6.5%–6.5%–−5.5 pts–
3 years+21.3%–20.3%–−57.0 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: OCTH Oct 2023 · OVQ Oct 2026+23.5%−2.9%20.7%0.0%−60.2 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
OCTH

Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, OCTH paid 6.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +12.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 51% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

OVQ

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 23, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, OVQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, OCTH or OVQ?
OCTH charges 0.79% a year and OVQ charges 0.97%, so OCTH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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