Which paid more, SIXH or SPUT?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, so SPUT paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, SIXH or SPUT?

With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, SIXH or SPUT?

SIXH charges 0.69% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

SIXH vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPUT paid 4.8% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF, and $17m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

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At a glance

2.1%

SIXH cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

SPUT cash paid, 1 year

+23.5%

SIXH total return, 1 year

+10.7%

SPUT total return, 1 year

SIXH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH

+23.5%

Own

+18.0%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings

SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+18.0%

SIXH

+23.5%

2.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 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 +23.5%. 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 +23.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIXH costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SIXH vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	SIXH	SPUT
Paid and earned
Measure	SIXH	SPUT
Total return, 1 year	+23.5%	+10.7%
Price change, 1 year	rose 21.2%	rose 5.7%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		58% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	SIXH	SPUT
Benchmark	its own holdings	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	SIXH	SPUT
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.79%
Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and SPUT as of Nov 4, 2026	$603m	$17m
Holdings
Measure	SIXH	SPUT
Holdings in common	15%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SIXH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score98.5SIXH88.9SPUT

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

SIXH 98.5

SPUT 88.9

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, SIXH and SPUT hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SIXH SPUT

NVIDIA CORPORATION 1.34% 3.71%

APPLE INC. 1.25% 3.50%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 1.17% 2.06%

ALPHABET INC. 1.16% 1.64%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.26% 0.97%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.46% 0.77%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.85% 0.74%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.21% 0.61%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1.26% 0.51%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.54% 0.49%

WALMART INC. 2.31% 0.38%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.16% 0.36%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SIXH

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 4.95%

Only in SPUT

Microsoft Corp 2.70%

Broadcom Inc 1.43%

Alphabet Inc 1.43%

Tesla Inc 0.82%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.75%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.56%

Visa Inc 0.49%

Mastercard Inc 0.36%

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Side by side

SIXH ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF · Option income on its own holdings, paying monthly SPUT Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF · Sells puts on the S&P 500, paying monthly

Issuer Exchange Traded Concepts Innovator

Strategy option income put-selling overlay

Benchmark SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 3.2% 3.6%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 2.1% 4.8%

Price change, 1 year +21.2% +5.7%

Total return, 1 year +23.5% +10.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +18.0% +14.8%

Ahead or behind +5.5 pts −4.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 58%

Age 6.5 years 1.6 years

Net assets, SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 and SPUT as of Nov 4, 2026 $603m $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: SIXH vs SPUT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	SIXH	SPUT	SIXH	SPUT	SIXH	SPUT
3 months	+6.0%	+0.9%	0.5%	1.0%	+1.8 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+10.3%	+3.4%	1.0%	1.9%	+3.5 pts	−1.6 pts
1 year	+23.5%	+10.7%	2.1%	4.8%	+5.5 pts	−4.0 pts
3 years	+47.6%	–	6.8%	–	not measured	–
Since launchNot the same days: SIXH May 2020 · SPUT Mar 2025	+104.1%	+23.3%	16.7%	9.1%	not measured	−15.6 pts

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About each fund

SIXH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, 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 paid more, SIXH or SPUT?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting price in cash and SPUT paid 4.8%, so SPUT paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, SIXH or SPUT?: With every distribution reinvested, SIXH returned +23.5% and SPUT +10.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, SIXH or SPUT?: SIXH charges 0.69% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SIXH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIXH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Exchange Traded Concepts website ↗

SPUT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPUT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPUT 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Innovator page for SPUT ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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