Which is cheaper, ROCQ or SPUT?

ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

ROCQ vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

ROCQ and SPUT both write options for income.

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Net assets: $770m on Nov 3, 2026 for JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF, and $17m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

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At a glance

7.8%

ROCQ cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

4.8%

SPUT cash paid, 1 year

+11.9%

ROCQ total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+10.7%

SPUT total return, 1 year

ROCQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ

+11.9%

QQQ

+17.1%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

7.8% of it arrived as cash

5.2 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.2 pts behind QQQ

ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+17.1%

ROCQ

+11.9%

5.2 pts behind QQQ

7.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ROCQ since launch: paid 7.8%, price +4.3%, total +11.9%, QQQ +17.1%, −5.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPUT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT

+10.7%

SPY

+14.8%

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.8% as cash

4.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.1 pts behind SPY

SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPUT

+10.7%

4.1 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. SPUT over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price +5.7%, total +10.7%, SPY +14.8%, −4.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +17.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCQ costs 0.44 points a year less; ROCQ is far larger, $770m against $17m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROCQ vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	ROCQ	SPUT
Paid and earned
Measure	ROCQ	SPUT
Total return, 1 year	not published	+10.7%
Price change	rose 4.3% (since Mar 19, 2026)	rose 5.7% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		58% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROCQ	SPUT
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	ROCQ	SPUT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$770m	$17m
Holdings
Measure	ROCQ	SPUT
Holdings in common	27%

Method

What they share

27%

By the books each fund has filed, ROCQ and SPUT hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROCQ SPUT

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.94% 3.71%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 8.27% 3.50%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 7.25% 2.70%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.95% 2.06%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.71% 1.43%

ALPHABET INC-CL C 5.12% 1.43%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 3.36% 0.97%

TESLA INC COMMON STOCK 2.99% 0.82%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.12% 0.74%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.10% 0.61%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMON 1.00% 0.49%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.43% 0.51%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROCQ

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 2.02%

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG 1.31%

SHOPIFY INC COMMON STOCK 1.00%

ARM HOLDINGS PLC ADR USD 0.26%

NEBIUS GROUP NV COMMON 0.21%

MODERNA INC COMMON STOCK 0.20%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.10%

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES 0.10%

Only in SPUT

Alphabet Inc 1.64%

Eli Lilly & Co 0.77%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.75%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.56%

Visa Inc 0.49%

Cisco Systems Inc 0.36%

Costco Wholesale Corp 0.33%

Applied Materials Inc 0.32%

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Side by side

ROCQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF · Sells puts on the S&P 500, paying monthly

Issuer JPMorgan Innovator

Strategy covered call put-selling overlay

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 11.6% 3.6%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) 4.8%

Price change, 1 year +4.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +5.7%

Total return, 1 year +11.9% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +10.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) +14.8%

Ahead or behind −5.2 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026) −4.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%

Age 230 days 1.6 years

Net assets, ROCQ as of Nov 3, 2026 and SPUT as of Nov 4, 2026 $770m $17m

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

Window by window: ROCQ vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	ROCQ	SPUT	ROCQ	SPUT	ROCQ	SPUT
3 months	−3.5%	+0.9%	2.7%	1.0%	−0.1 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	−1.2%	+3.4%	5.8%	1.9%	−0.8 pts	−1.6 pts
1 year	–	+10.7%	–	4.8%	–	−4.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ROCQ Mar 2026 · SPUT Mar 2025	+11.9%	+23.3%	7.8%	9.1%	−5.2 pts	−15.6 pts

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About each fund

ROCQ

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCQ paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.6%, paid monthly.

SPUT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPUT paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.6%, paid monthly. Innovator estimates that 58% 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.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, ROCQ or SPUT?: ROCQ charges 0.35% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so ROCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →ROCQ on its own →SPUT on its own →ROCQ dividend history →ROCQ holdings →SPUT dividend history →SPUT holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ROCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

SPUT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPUT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPUT 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Innovator page for SPUT ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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