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Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - September (USEP)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
40.33 USD +0.20 (0.498%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 40.33 +0.05 (0.136%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4:04 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:48 p.m. EDT

USEP is a short-duration equity buffer ETF showing mild technical recovery near its 52-week high, but it offers zero appeal as a long-term hold or dividend play due to its non-dividend structure and imminent expiry conditions typical of these products.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.013827
AutoARIMA0.022683
AutoETS0.022719
MSTL0.023375

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 20.51
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.089
Excess Kurtosis -0.27
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 26.81

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2019-11-19 0.163 0.64992
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 40.34
All Time Low 22.1
Ask 40.39
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 7,380
Average Daily Volume3 Month 34,804
Average Volume 34,804
Average Volume10Days 7,380
Beta3 Year 0.52
Bid 40.27
Bid Size 500
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 40.3349
Day Low 40.23
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.5042318
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 39.28914
Fifty Day Average Change 1.0457611
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.026617054
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.253204
Fifty Two Week High 40.34
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.0051002502
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0001264316
Fifty Two Week Low 32.86
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.4748993
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.22747715
Fifty Two Week Range 32.86 - 40.34
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,567,517,400,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0766191
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family Innovator ETFs
Fund Inception Date 1,567,123,200
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 in FLexible EXchange® Options that reference the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust. FLEX Options are exchange-traded options contracts with uniquely customizable terms. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - September
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_625944951
Nav Price 40.3313
Net Assets 148,979,488.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.79
Open 40.23
Phone (215) 979-3750
Post Market Change 0.054901123
Post Market Change Percent 0.13629872
Post Market Price 40.3349
Post Market Time 1,776,456,285
Previous Close 40.135
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.199902
Regular Market Change Percent 0.498073
Regular Market Day High 40.3349
Regular Market Day Low 40.23
Regular Market Day Range 40.23 - 40.3349
Regular Market Open 40.23
Regular Market Previous Close 40.135
Regular Market Price 40.3349
Regular Market Time 1,776,454,757
Regular Market Volume 3,051
Short Name Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buf
Source Interval 15
Symbol USEP
Three Year Average Return 0.1334435
Total Assets 148,979,488
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 26.814285
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -1.57271
Trailing Three Month Returns -1.57271
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 38.7373
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.597599
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.041241877
Type Disp ETF
Volume 3,051
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -1.57271