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

ROCQ and SPUT both write options for income.

JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF and Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
+11.5%SPUT total return, 1 year
ROCQ4 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%5.8% as cash4 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%4 pts behind QQQ
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, ROCQ and SPUT hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCQ and SPUT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCQSPUT
NVIDIA Corp.8.37%3.85%
Apple, Inc.7.12%3.22%
Microsoft Corp.5.03%2.47%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.52%2.09%
Broadcom, Inc.2.93%1.60%
Alphabet, Inc.6.30%1.59%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.94%1.10%
Tesla, Inc.2.94%0.91%
Micron Technology, Inc.6.70%0.48%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.4.74%0.47%
Walmart, Inc.3.50%0.47%
Johnson & Johnson0.95%0.46%
Only in each
Only in ROCQOnly in SPUT
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 2.77%TREASURY BILL 49.24%
ASML Holding NV 1.60%Alphabet Inc 1.84%
NXP Semiconductors NV 0.98%JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.70%
Shopify, Inc. 0.51%Eli Lilly & Co 0.65%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 0.49%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.54%
ARM Holdings plc 0.44%Visa Inc 0.46%
Nebius Group NV 0.36%Costco Wholesale Corp 0.37%
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 0.10%Caterpillar Inc 0.35%

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

ROCQ and SPUT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCQSPUTROCQSPUTROCQSPUT
3 months0.0%+2.4%3.0%1.1%+2.5 pts+0.1 pts
6 months+20.0%+11.5%5.9%2.5%−4.2 pts−6.5 pts
1 yearnot published+11.5%not published5.2%not published−5.1 pts
Since launch+18.0%+22.4%5.8%8.5%−4.0 pts−15.6 pts
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ROCQ and SPUT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
SPUT
Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganInnovator
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkNasdaq-100 (QQQ)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized10.6%4.7%
Expense rationot published0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)5.2%
Price change, 1 year+12.0%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+11.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+21.9%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−4.0 pts−5.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days553 days
Net assets$629m$17m

ROCQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, 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.

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Where these figures came from

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ROCQ 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, ROCQ against SPUT, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/rocq-vs-sput Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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