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EOCT

GradeBNew York Stock Exchange Arca

Innovator Emerging Markets Power Buffer ETF

Buffered · Innovator · Inception 2021-10-01 · SEC filings

$35.29+0.01 (+0.02%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT

History starts Oct 1, 2021.
Intraday session: up, 11 prints from 35.28 to 35.29. Range 35.28 to 35.33. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$35.28$35.30$35.3210 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.89%
Fund size
$108M
1Y return
+14.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
6
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$35.24
52W range
low $30.46high $35.34

The ETF.net EOCT Grade

B

54/ 100

Rank 3 of 16 in Emerging Markets Buffer⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for EOCT. Scores out of 100: Cost 37, Risk 66, Mission not scored, Tradability 73, Holdings not scored, Durability 77. Strongest: Durability (77). Weakest: Cost (37). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 54 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    DScore 37
    Category rank13/16 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    BScore 66
    Category rank3/14 · top 21%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 73
    Category rank2/16 · top 13%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    Not scored
    —

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 77
    Category rank4/16 · top 25%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 4 of 6 pillars

Our read on EOCT

ETF.net Research

BBuffer ETFs mostly babysit the S&P 500. EOCT aims the same machinery at emerging markets: upside in the iShares MSCI EM ETF up to a cap, with the first 15% of a drop absorbed, then a reset every October.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks capped exposure to the iShares MSCI EM ETF while protecting against the first 15% of losses during each approximately annual outcome period. It resets at the end of each period and may be held indefinitely.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Downside buffer where it is rare. Defined-outcome funds cluster around US large caps; this one applies a 15% buffer to emerging market stocks via the iShares MSCI EM ETF.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02The rules are fixed, not discretionary: 15% of losses absorbed and upside capped over each roughly one-year period, which resets on October 1. No manager judgment calls mid-period.innovatoretfs.com
  3. 03October is one rung of a ladder. Innovator runs the same emerging markets buffer on January, April and July start dates (EJAN, EAPR, EJUL), so entry points can be staggered.innovatoretfs.cominnovatoretfs.com
  4. 04At 0.89%, the fee sits right at the middle of the buffer-ETF pack, not at the expensive end.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Protection is rented, not free: the cap is reset each October off option prices at that moment. Emerging market swings can be violent, and the buffer sits before fees.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02It tracks the reference ETF's price move, so emerging market dividends are not passed through. The fund has not been paying distributions.
  3. 03Small and lightly traded, and buying mid-period means your own buffer and cap differ from the headline numbers. Limit orders and a look at the issuer's daily figures help.innovatoretfs.com

EOCT Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
6
Top-10 weight
112%
Largest holding
4EEM US 09/30/26 C0.53 FLX112.0%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—4EEM US 09/30/26 C0.53 FLX112.02%17,802$121M1
002—US BANK MMDA - USBGFS 9 09/01/20370.14%148,396$148K161
003—4EEM US 09/30/26 P53.4 FLX0.02%17,802$21K1

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

EOCT Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

EOCT$11,489
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. EOCT $11,489. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for EOCT. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodEOCT
Year to date+11.4%
1 month+1.0%
3 months+2.9%
1 year+14.9%
3 years+15.9%per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for EOCT
YearReturn barEOCT
2026 YTD+11.4%
2025+22.1%
2024+9.6%
2023+6.3%
2022−10.7%
2021−0.5%

Since listing, Oct 1, 2021

EOCT in the news

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EOCT Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

EOCT Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
8.4%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.16
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−20.4%
59 months · trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.45
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

EOCT Cost

Expense ratio0.89%
  • The middle half of Emerging Markets Buffer funds
  • Median 0.89%

5 of the 14 Emerging Markets Buffer funds charge less.

EOCT costs $89.00 a year on $10,000. The median Emerging Markets Buffer fund costs $89.00.