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OCTH vs YLDE: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year YLDE paid 7.6% of its price in cash against OCTH’s 6.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October and Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF.

6.3%OCTH cash paid, 1 year
7.6%YLDE cash paid, 1 year
+6.7%OCTH total return, 1 year
+10.5%YLDE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YLDE scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

OCTH 45.2YLDE 56.23.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

OCTH9.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%OCTH+6.7%6.3% of it arrived as cash9.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%OCTH+6.7%9.9 pts behind SPY
YLDE6 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%7.6% of it arrived as cash6 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%YLDE+10.5%6 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, OCTH and YLDE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in OCTHOnly in YLDE
TREASURY BILL 98.41%WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC (THE) 4.63%
TREASURY BILL 1.59%EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 4.05%
ALPHABET INC 3.60%
NVIDIA CORP 3.03%
NESTLE' SA/AG 2.94%
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC 2.83%
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.78%
MICROSOFT CORP 2.67%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

OCTH and YLDE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
OCTHYLDEOCTHYLDEOCTHYLDE
3 months+1.3%+2.5%1.6%2.3%−1.0 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+5.5%+8.4%3.3%4.1%−12.5 pts−9.6 pts
1 year+6.7%+10.5%6.3%7.6%−9.9 pts−6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+51.1%not published16.8%not published−27.3 pts
Since launch+22.9%+181.4%19.1%42.1%−61.9 pts−86.6 pts
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OCTH and YLDE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
OCTH
Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October
Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
YLDE
Franklin ClearBridge Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInnovatorFranklin
Strategydefined incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysquarterlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized6.4%7.0%
Expense ratio0.79%0.48%
Cash paid, 1 year6.3%7.6%
Price change, 1 year0.0%+2.6%
Total return, 1 year+6.7%+10.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−9.9 pts−6.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age1082 days3405 days
Net assets$16m$170m

OCTH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OCTH paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid quarterly.

YLDE in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YLDE paid 7.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.0%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, OCTH or YLDE?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OCTH paid 6.3% of its starting price in cash and YLDE paid 7.6%, so YLDE paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, OCTH or YLDE?
With every distribution reinvested, OCTH returned +6.7% and YLDE returned +10.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so YLDE returned more.
Which is cheaper, OCTH or YLDE?
OCTH charges 0.79% a year and YLDE charges 0.48%, so YLDE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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OCTH against YLDE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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