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Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - August (UAUG)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
43.04 USD -0.23 (-0.521%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 3:33 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:03 a.m. EDT

The most critical observation is that this is a leveraged buffer ETF designed for short-term holding, not a traditional equity investment. While the underlying index has shown a robust six-year trajectory with five out of six years of gains, the instrument itself offers no income stream whatsoever, rendering any yield-based analysis moot. In the short term, the asset exhibits clear bullish momentum, trading above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages with a statistically significant upward bias for the coming month. However, the lack of dividends and the inherent risk of rolling off the August buffer date mean this should be viewed strictly as a tactical vehicle for capturing market beta over weeks, rather than a core long-term holding.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.005306
AutoETS0.005495
AutoTheta0.008985
MSTL0.014007

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 74%
H-stat 0.16
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.454
Excess Kurtosis -0.92
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 23.83

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2019-11-19 0.214 0.836918
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 43.489
All Time Low 22.145
Ask 46.03
Ask Size 1,500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 43,468
Average Volume 43,468
Average Volume10Days 8,100
Beta3 Year 0.52
Bid 40.69
Bid Size 200
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 43.259
Day Low 43.035
Display Name U.S. Eq Ultra Buffer ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.8059366
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 43.04596
Fifty Day Average Change -0.006259918
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.00014542406
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 9.180391
Fifty Two Week High 43.489
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.44929886
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.010331322
Fifty Two Week Low 38.695
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.3447
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.11228065
Fifty Two Week Range 38.695 - 43.489
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,565,098,200,000
Five Year Average Return 0.083365
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.22499847
Fullday Change Percent -0.5200473
Fullday Price 43.0397
Fund Family Innovator ETFs
Fund Inception Date 1,564,531,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in investments that provide exposure to the State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - August
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_623185082
Nav Price 43.0168
Net Assets 244,700,208.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.79
Open 43.259
Phone (215) 979-3750
Previous Close 43.265
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.2253
Regular Market Change Percent -0.520744
Regular Market Day High 43.259
Regular Market Day Low 43.035
Regular Market Day Range 43.035 - 43.259
Regular Market Open 43.259
Regular Market Previous Close 43.265
Regular Market Price 43.0397
Regular Market Time 1,792,179,207
Regular Market Volume 3,630
Short Name Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buf
Source Interval 15
Symbol UAUG
Three Year Average Return 0.1404002
Total Assets 244,700,208
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 23.832342
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.97635
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.97635
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 41.472923
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.5667763
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.03777829
Type Disp ETF
Volume 3,630
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 7.44858