Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF
$39.31−0.15 (−0.38%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.89%
- Fund size
- $2.2B
- 1Y return
- +9.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.27%
- Holdings
- 191
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $39.38
- 52W range
The ETF.net SFLR Grade
Score 52 of 100 sits in the C 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.FScore 24Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 61Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 77Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 70Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 87Category rank
Our read on SFLR
CMost protected-equity funds run on a calendar: show up on reset day or take what's left. SFLR ladders one-year options so the hedge is always rolling, and sells short-dated calls to pay for it, on top of a basket of US large caps.
The fund seeks risk-managed exposure to U.S. large-cap companies through a hedging strategy. It uses laddered one-year Flex Options and systematic short-dated call selling to pursue equity-market upside while mitigating losses.
Why people hold it
- The ladder is the whole idea: staggered one-year FLEX options keep the hedge rolling, so there is no single outcome-period start date to time your entry around.innovatoretfs.com
- You own the shares, not a synthetic stand-in. Roughly 200 US large caps sit underneath, referenced to the Solactive GBS United States 500 Index, with options layered on top.innovatoretfs.com
- Systematic call selling funds the hedge instead of a fixed upfront drag, and the fund makes distributions on a quarterly schedule.innovatoretfs.com
- Live since 2022 and one of the larger funds in the floor-and-protection aisle, which shows up as steady day-to-day tradability. Standing sits in the upper half of that peer group.
Worth knowing
- Those calls get paid for somewhere: upside in a fast rally is trimmed. This is a smoother ride than the index, not a full share of it.innovatoretfs.com
- 0.89% a year lands at the floor cohort's median, not the front of it. CPRY, CPRJ and CPRO run 0.69%, FLJJ 0.74%.
- The floor is an objective pursued with options, not a guarantee, and the record since the 2022 launch is short by full-market-cycle standards.
SFLR Holdings
- Stocks
- 191
- 40%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology38.7%
- Financials11.5%
- Communication9.9%
- Consumer Discr.9.5%
- Health Care9.1%
- Industrials7.8%
- Cons. Staples4.5%
- Energy3.5%
- Utilities2.2%
- Materials2.0%
- Real Estate1.4%
Geography
- United States98.21%
- Ireland0.69%
- United Kingdom0.59%
- Australia0.21%
- Bermuda0.13%
- Uruguay0.10%
- Switzerland0.04%
- Cayman Islands0.03%
SFLR Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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.
| Period | SFLR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.2% |
| 1 month | +1.6% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +9.9% |
| 3 years | +15.9% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SFLR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.2% | |
| 2025 | +13.3% | |
| 2024 | +20.0% | |
| 2023 | +21.2% | |
| 2022 | +1.3% |
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SFLR Dividends
- 0.27%
- $0.11
- $0.02 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.02 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.03 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.02 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.04 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.04 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 4, 2024 | $0.04 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.03 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 | $0.03 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 2, 2024 | $0.17 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.03 |
SFLR Risk
- 9.3%
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.
- 1.00
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.
- −12.1%
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.
- 0.68
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SFLR Cost
- The middle half of Managed Floor funds
- Median 0.89%
2 of the 5 Managed Floor funds charge less.