Performance analysis of KAUG (Innovator U.S. Small Cap Power Buffer ETF - August)
Annual Return
Since Aug 1, 2024, KAUG has had an average annual return of +8.56%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +18.61% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +8.35% | +5.52% | +2.80% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +2% | +0.56% | -1.48% | +4.62% | +1.25% | +0.81% | +0.42% | +8.35% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.79% | -3.17% | -3.04% | -1.02% | +2.64% | +1.80% | -0.48% | +3.47% | +1.60% | +0.75% | +0.91% | +0.37% | +5.52% |
| 2024 | +1.62% | +0.75% | -0.96% | +5.89% | -4.26% | +2.80% |
Drawdown analysis of KAUG (Innovator U.S. Small Cap Power Buffer ETF - August)
The maximum drawdown for the KAUG was -15.65%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 134 trading sessions.
Since Aug 1, 2024 KAUG has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 1 time
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -15.65% | Nov 25, 2024 | 90 | Apr 8, 2025 | 134 | Oct 20, 2025 | 224 |
| -3.93% | Feb 26, 2026 | 22 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 29 |
| -3.75% | Aug 1, 2024 | 2 | Aug 5, 2024 | 10 | Aug 19, 2024 | 12 |
| -3.66% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 23 |
| -3.26% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 9 | Sep 19, 2024 | 13 |
| -2.59% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.41% | Oct 16, 2024 | 11 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 15 |
| -1.74% | Sep 19, 2024 | 10 | Oct 3, 2024 | 8 | Oct 15, 2024 | 18 |
| -1.54% | Jan 22, 2026 | 10 | Feb 5, 2026 | 13 | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 |
| -1.30% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 11 | Jan 5, 2026 | 15 |
| -0.91% | Oct 20, 2025 | 2 | Oct 22, 2025 | 2 | Oct 24, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.79% | Aug 23, 2024 | 3 | Aug 28, 2024 | 2 | Aug 30, 2024 | 5 |
| -0.71% | Aug 21, 2024 | 1 | Aug 22, 2024 | 1 | Aug 23, 2024 | 2 |
| -0.64% | Jun 4, 2026 | 4 | Jun 10, 2026 | 2 | Jun 12, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.58% | May 14, 2026 | 3 | May 19, 2026 | 3 | May 22, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.57% | Aug 19, 2024 | 1 | Aug 20, 2024 | 1 | Aug 21, 2024 | 2 |
| -0.57% | Jan 16, 2026 | 1 | Jan 20, 2026 | 1 | Jan 21, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.52% | Nov 28, 2025 | 1 | Dec 1, 2025 | 2 | Dec 3, 2025 | 3 |
| -0.30% | May 6, 2026 | 1 | May 7, 2026 | 5 | May 14, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.28% | Apr 27, 2026 | 2 | Apr 29, 2026 | 1 | Apr 30, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.27% | Nov 6, 2024 | 1 | Nov 7, 2024 | 1 | Nov 8, 2024 | 2 |
| -0.27% | Apr 17, 2026 | 2 | Apr 21, 2026 | 1 | Apr 22, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.22% | Jan 6, 2026 | 1 | Jan 7, 2026 | 1 | Jan 8, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.21% | Jun 15, 2026 | 2 | Jun 17, 2026 | 2 | Jun 22, 2026 | 4 |
| -0.12% | May 28, 2026 | 2 | Jun 1, 2026 | 1 | Jun 2, 2026 | 3 |