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PBP vs SPUT: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against SPUT’s 5.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.

Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF and Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
+11.5%SPUT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP scores higher

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

PBP 80.6SPUT 633.8, 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

PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY
SPUT5.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.2% as cash5.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PBP and SPUT hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PBP and SPUT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBPSPUT
NVIDIA Corp8.18%3.85%
Apple Inc7.50%3.22%
Microsoft Corp5.57%2.47%
Amazon.com Inc3.77%2.09%
Alphabet Inc3.11%1.84%
Broadcom Inc2.57%1.60%
Alphabet Inc2.47%1.59%
Meta Platforms Inc2.22%1.10%
Tesla Inc1.56%0.91%
JPMorgan Chase & Co1.42%0.70%
Eli Lilly & Co1.38%0.65%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp1.03%0.54%
Only in each
Only in PBPOnly in SPUT
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.42%TREASURY BILL 49.24%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The 0.16%Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T 0.08%
NXP Semiconductors NV 0.09%MercadoLibre Inc 0.07%
Moderna Inc 0.08%Spotify Technology SA 0.06%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.08%Cloudflare Inc 0.05%
Vivmark Residential 0.07%Bloom Energy Corp 0.05%
M&T Bank Corp 0.05%Cheniere Energy Inc 0.05%
F5 Inc 0.04%Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.04%

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 Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBP and SPUT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
PBPSPUTPBPSPUTPBPSPUT
3 months+5.0%+2.4%2.8%1.1%+2.7 pts+0.1 pts
6 months+13.0%+11.5%5.7%2.5%−5.0 pts−6.5 pts
1 year+18.5%+11.5%11.8%5.2%+1.9 pts−5.1 pts
3 years+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+199.0%+22.4%101.2%8.5%−604.5 pts−15.6 pts
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PBP and SPUT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SPUT
Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerInvescoInnovator
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized11.3%4.7%
Expense ratio0.29%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year11.8%5.2%
Price change, 1 year+5.5%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+18.5%+11.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind+1.9 pts−5.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age6101 days553 days
Net assets$386m$17m

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

SPUT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, PBP or SPUT?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 5.2%, so PBP paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, PBP or SPUT?
With every distribution reinvested, PBP returned +18.5% and SPUT returned +11.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
Which is cheaper, PBP or SPUT?
PBP charges 0.29% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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PBP against SPUT, 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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