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

ROCY and SPUT both write options for income.

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

3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY total return, 1 year
+11.5%SPUT total return, 1 year
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY
SPUT5.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.2% of it arrived 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, ROCY and SPUT hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROCY and SPUT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROCYSPUT
NVIDIA Corp.8.37%3.85%
Apple, Inc.6.71%3.22%
Microsoft Corp.4.97%2.47%
Amazon.com, Inc.4.15%2.09%
Alphabet, Inc.5.33%1.84%
Broadcom, Inc.2.61%1.60%
Meta Platforms, Inc.2.43%1.10%
Tesla, Inc.1.55%0.91%
Eli Lilly & Co.1.47%0.65%
Exxon Mobil Corp.1.63%0.54%
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.0.73%0.54%
Micron Technology, Inc.3.00%0.48%
Only in each
Only in ROCYOnly in SPUT
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38%TREASURY BILL 49.24%
NXP Semiconductors NV 0.69%Alphabet Inc 1.59%
ASML Holding NV 0.57%JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.70%
Performance Food Group Co. 0.50%Visa Inc 0.46%
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 0.34%Caterpillar Inc 0.35%
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. 0.33%Chevron Corp 0.30%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. 0.29%Cisco Systems Inc 0.30%
Textron, Inc. 0.27%Home Depot Inc/The 0.27%

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

ROCY and SPUT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ROCYSPUTROCYSPUTROCYSPUT
3 months+2.6%+2.4%1.7%1.1%+0.3 pts+0.1 pts
6 months+14.8%+11.5%3.7%2.5%−3.3 pts−6.5 pts
1 yearnot published+11.5%not published5.2%not published−5.1 pts
Since launch+13.5%+22.4%3.6%8.5%−2.9 pts−15.6 pts
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ROCY and SPUT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SPUT
Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerJPMorganInnovator
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized5.7%4.7%
Expense ratio0.35%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)5.2%
Price change, 1 year+9.7%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)+11.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.4%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−2.9 pts−5.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age183 days553 days
Net assets$726m$17m

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, 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 is cheaper, ROCY or SPUT?
ROCY charges 0.35% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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