Performance analysis of PAUG (Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - August)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, PAUG has had an average annual return of +12.99%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.63% annual.
Over the past 5 years, PAUG has had an average annual return of +9.32%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.73% annual.
Since Aug 1, 2019, PAUG has had an average annual return of +9.28%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.98% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.04% | +12.34% | +15.37% | +17.70% | -6.85% | +7.59% | +9.82% | +4.30% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.77% | -0% | -1.97% | +4.63% | +1.44% | +0.66% | +0.48% | +6.04% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.46% | -0.26% | -3.02% | -0.12% | +3.89% | +3.21% | +2% | +1.26% | +1.63% | +0.63% | +0.49% | +0.70% | +12.34% |
| 2024 | +1.05% | +3.14% | +1.73% | -1.67% | +3.34% | +1.55% | +0.85% | +1.55% | +1.26% | -0.45% | +2.90% | -0.73% | +15.37% |
| 2023 | +3.60% | -1.36% | +1.82% | +0.85% | -0.03% | +4.91% | +3.21% | -0.74% | -2.84% | -1.26% | +5.64% | +3.03% | +17.70% |
| 2022 | -1.57% | -1.34% | +2.24% | -4.17% | +0.48% | -2.10% | +2.50% | -2.33% | -5.43% | +4.74% | +3.18% | -2.74% | -6.85% |
| 2021 | -0.75% | +1.33% | +1.74% | +0.73% | +0.34% | +0.22% | +0.28% | +1.05% | -1.65% | +2.74% | -0.67% | +2.06% | +7.59% |
| 2020 | +0.08% | -3.68% | -7.29% | +7.71% | +2.57% | +1.12% | +4.13% | +2.41% | -1.38% | -1.24% | +5.09% | +0.77% | +9.82% |
| 2019 | -0.46% | +1.13% | +1.29% | +1.37% | +0.91% | +4.30% |
Drawdown analysis of PAUG (Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - August)
The maximum drawdown for the PAUG was -17.88%, occurring on Mar 16, 2020. Recovery took 84 trading sessions.
Since Aug 1, 2019 PAUG has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -17.88% | Feb 20, 2020 | 17 | Mar 16, 2020 | 84 | Jul 15, 2020 | 101 |
| -11.76% | Jan 4, 2022 | 193 | Oct 11, 2022 | 167 | Jun 12, 2023 | 360 |
| -10.45% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 38 | Jun 3, 2025 | 72 |
| -5.71% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 16 | Nov 20, 2023 | 79 |
| -3.96% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 30 |
| -3.41% | Jul 30, 2024 | 4 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 12 |
| -3.32% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -3.20% | Aug 28, 2020 | 17 | Sep 23, 2020 | 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | 30 |
| -2.77% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 26 |
| -2.14% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.05% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 23 |
| -2.03% | Aug 1, 2019 | 16 | Aug 23, 2019 | 8 | Sep 5, 2019 | 24 |
| -2.03% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -2.03% | Sep 20, 2019 | 8 | Oct 2, 2019 | 10 | Oct 16, 2019 | 18 |
| -1.88% | Sep 3, 2021 | 20 | Oct 4, 2021 | 11 | Oct 19, 2021 | 31 |
| -1.79% | Nov 5, 2021 | 19 | Dec 3, 2021 | 5 | Dec 10, 2021 | 24 |
| -1.62% | Dec 6, 2024 | 9 | Dec 19, 2024 | 18 | Jan 17, 2025 | 27 |
| -1.39% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.38% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 4 | Feb 4, 2021 | 11 |
| -1.32% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.22% | Jul 3, 2023 | 3 | Jul 7, 2023 | 3 | Jul 12, 2023 | 6 |
| -1.21% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.05% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.05% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 | Feb 9, 2026 | 5 |
| -1.03% | Jan 29, 2024 | 2 | Jan 31, 2024 | 2 | Feb 2, 2024 | 4 |