
Innovator Uncapped Accelerated U.S. Equity ETF
$54.85+0.06 (+0.10%)
- 0.79%
- $55M
- +20.7%
- 0M sh
- $54.81
- low $42.63high $55.40
The ETF.net XUSP Grade
Score 51 out of 100
- 6 of 12
Score 51 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B55 out of 100Rank 4 of 12Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F18 out of 100Rank 11 of 11Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A74 out of 100Rank 2 of 12Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A72 out of 100Rank 2 of 12
Our read on XUSP
CMost accelerated funds buy extra upside by selling you a cap. XUSP skips the cap: each option package sits out SPY's first 5% of gains, then aims to amplify what comes after, on a rolling quarterly ladder.
XUSP seeks potential to outperform SPY’s price return once its performance thresholds are exceeded. It pursues uncapped enhanced upside through four one-year FLEX option packages with laddered quarterly expirations; each package does not participate in SPY’s first 5% of gains.
Why people hold it
- Uncapped by design. Where most enhanced-upside strategies bolt a ceiling onto the payoff, this one aims to keep amplifying SPY's advance above the threshold.globenewswire.com
- Four one-year FLEX option packages expire on a quarterly ladder, so no single start date sets the terms for your whole position the way a dated outcome fund does.innovatoretfs.com
- At 0.79%, the fee sits level with the median for accelerated SPY strategies, including Innovator siblings XTAP and XDSQ. The uncapped twist doesn't cost more.
Worth knowing
- The 5% giveback is the price of admission. Each package skips SPY's first 5% of gains, which stings most in flat or single-digit years.innovatoretfs.com
- The engineering is all on the upside. There's no buffer, and the reference point is SPY's price return, so dividends sit outside the payoff.innovatoretfs.com
- Small and thinly traded next to plain index funds, so limit orders and avoiding the opening and closing minutes are worth the habit.
XUSP Holdings
- Stocks
- 9
- 113%
- Spy 09/30/2027 7.66 C
Sectors
- Technology40.1%
- Financials11.3%
- Communication9.9%
- Health Care9.4%
- Consumer Discretionary8.7%
- Industrials7.6%
- Consumer Staples4.4%
- Energy3.4%
- Utilities1.9%
- Real Estate1.7%
- Materials1.6%
XUSP 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 Oct 12, 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 | XUSP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.4% |
| 1 month | +2.3% |
| 3 months | +2.7% |
| 1 year | +20.7% |
| 3 years | +26.3% |
| 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 | XUSP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.4% | |
| 2025 | +18.3% | |
| 2024 | +30.6% | |
| 2023 | +26.5% | |
| 2022 | −9.2% |
XUSP in the news
XUSP Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
XUSP Risk
- 17.0%
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.
- 1.19
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.
- −22.6%
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.
- 1.36
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XUSP Cost
- The middle half of S&P 500 Accelerated funds
- Median 0.79%
3 of the 12 S&P 500 Accelerated funds charge less.
Other funds in S&P 500 Accelerated
- BXDSQInnovator U.S. Equity Accelerated ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +16.1%
- BXTOCInnovator U.S. Equity Accelerated Plus ETFExpense ratio 0.79%1 year return +17.8%
- CBFXUFirst Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest Laddered U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return —
- DDGAPFirst Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Digital Return ETF - AprilExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return —
- DUXAPFirst Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest U.S. Equity Uncapped Accelerator ETF - AprilExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +20.1%



