Performance analysis of BMAY (Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - May)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, BMAY has had an average annual return of +13.75%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, BMAY has had an average annual return of +8.55%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.55% annual.
Since May 1, 2020, BMAY has had an average annual return of +10.67%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +18.42% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.61% | +11.16% | +19.06% | +16.73% | -12.55% | +11.76% | +17.82% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.71% | +0.35% | -0.92% | +2.91% | +3.05% | -0.50% | -0.04% | +5.61% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.59% | -0.02% | -3.13% | -0.58% | +4.05% | +2.84% | +1.24% | +1.27% | +1.29% | +0.72% | +0.57% | +0.96% | +11.16% |
| 2024 | +1.41% | +2.66% | +0.98% | +0.73% | +3.46% | +2.36% | +0.84% | +1.82% | +1.21% | -0.17% | +2.92% | -0.57% | +19.06% |
| 2023 | +3.83% | -1.20% | +1.58% | -0.18% | +0.48% | +4.82% | +1.85% | -0.55% | -3.47% | -1.52% | +7.03% | +3.38% | +16.73% |
| 2022 | -2.29% | -1.93% | +3.04% | -7.79% | +0.13% | -6.12% | +6.71% | -2.73% | -6.95% | +6.09% | +3.74% | -3.87% | -12.55% |
| 2021 | -0.64% | +1.57% | +1.18% | +0.44% | +0.79% | +1.47% | +1.44% | +1.65% | -2.54% | +4.09% | -0.84% | +2.73% | +11.76% |
| 2020 | +5.56% | +1.05% | +2.83% | +3.05% | -1.19% | -1.39% | +5.62% | +1.27% | +17.82% |
Drawdown analysis of BMAY (Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - May)
The maximum drawdown for the BMAY was -17.66%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. Recovery took 292 trading sessions.
The current BMAY drawdown is -0.86%.
Since May 1, 2020 BMAY has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -17.66% | Jan 4, 2022 | 196 | Oct 14, 2022 | 292 | Dec 13, 2023 | 488 |
| -12.75% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 41 | Jun 6, 2025 | 75 |
| -5.16% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 10 | Aug 19, 2024 | 24 |
| -4.87% | Jun 8, 2020 | 3 | Jun 11, 2020 | 25 | Jul 17, 2020 | 28 |
| -3.69% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -3.51% | Aug 28, 2020 | 17 | Sep 23, 2020 | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | 29 |
| -3.01% | Sep 3, 2021 | 20 | Oct 4, 2021 | 11 | Oct 19, 2021 | 31 |
| -2.95% | Feb 26, 2026 | 22 | Mar 30, 2026 | 6 | Apr 8, 2026 | 28 |
| -2.78% | May 11, 2020 | 2 | May 13, 2020 | 3 | May 18, 2020 | 5 |
| -2.77% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 12 | May 28, 2021 | 15 |
| -2.71% | Jun 2, 2026 | 6 | Jun 10, 2026 | 20 | Jul 10, 2026 | 26 |
| -2.55% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -2.38% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 5 | Jul 26, 2021 | 10 |
| -2.30% | Nov 16, 2021 | 12 | Dec 3, 2021 | 5 | Dec 10, 2021 | 17 |
| -1.65% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 22 |
| -1.46% | Dec 16, 2024 | 3 | Dec 19, 2024 | 3 | Dec 24, 2024 | 6 |
| -1.46% | Dec 15, 2021 | 3 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 6 |
| -1.33% | Jun 14, 2021 | 4 | Jun 18, 2021 | 2 | Jun 22, 2021 | 6 |
| -1.24% | Jan 26, 2021 | 3 | Jan 29, 2021 | 4 | Feb 4, 2021 | 7 |
| -1.16% | Dec 26, 2024 | 9 | Jan 10, 2025 | 3 | Jan 15, 2025 | 12 |
| -1.13% | Aug 16, 2021 | 3 | Aug 19, 2021 | 2 | Aug 23, 2021 | 5 |
| -1.11% | Jul 22, 2020 | 2 | Jul 24, 2020 | 7 | Aug 4, 2020 | 9 |
| -1.11% | May 14, 2026 | 3 | May 19, 2026 | 4 | May 26, 2026 | 7 |
| -1.10% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.10% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 10 |