Performance analysis of UMAY (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - May)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, UMAY has had an average annual return of +11.52%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, UMAY has had an average annual return of +6.50%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since May 1, 2020, UMAY has had an average annual return of +6.79%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.11% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +3.92% | +8.80% | +14.32% | +12.52% | -9.21% | +5.25% | +7.38% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.45% | +0.34% | -0.13% | +1.42% | +2.05% | -0.25% | +3.92% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.30% | +0.10% | -1.79% | -0.19% | +2.52% | +1.46% | +1.38% | +0.90% | +0.88% | +0.56% | +0.49% | +0.91% | +8.80% |
| 2024 | +1.03% | +1.26% | +0.59% | +0.53% | +2.90% | +1.94% | +0.78% | +1.60% | +0.97% | -0.05% | +2.21% | -0.28% | +14.32% |
| 2023 | +2.74% | -1.98% | +1.84% | +0.92% | +0.46% | +2.86% | +1.12% | -0.14% | -1.97% | -1.22% | +5.40% | +2.07% | +12.52% |
| 2022 | -1.03% | -0.95% | +2.18% | -6.16% | +0.05% | -4.00% | +4.21% | -1.66% | -4.22% | +3.06% | +2.61% | -3.12% | -9.21% |
| 2021 | -0.45% | +0.89% | +0.50% | +0.03% | +0.60% | +0.67% | +0.66% | +0.75% | -1.19% | +1.79% | -0.52% | +1.45% | +5.25% |
| 2020 | +2.53% | +0.10% | +1.49% | +1.05% | -0.47% | -0.69% | +2.69% | +0.51% | +7.38% |
Drawdown analysis of UMAY (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - May)
The maximum drawdown for the UMAY was -12.12%, occurring on Oct 11, 2022. Recovery took 293 trading sessions.
The current UMAY drawdown is -0.27%.
Since May 1, 2020 UMAY has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -12.12% | Apr 4, 2022 | 131 | Oct 11, 2022 | 293 | Dec 11, 2023 | 424 |
| -10.49% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 27 | May 16, 2025 | 61 |
| -4.01% | Jan 4, 2022 | 47 | Mar 14, 2022 | 10 | Mar 28, 2022 | 57 |
| -3.54% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 10 | Aug 19, 2024 | 24 |
| -2.47% | Jun 8, 2020 | 3 | Jun 11, 2020 | 26 | Jul 20, 2020 | 29 |
| -1.93% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -1.73% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -1.49% | Aug 27, 2021 | 25 | Oct 4, 2021 | 11 | Oct 19, 2021 | 36 |
| -1.48% | May 11, 2020 | 3 | May 14, 2020 | 2 | May 18, 2020 | 5 |
| -1.47% | Aug 26, 2020 | 19 | Sep 23, 2020 | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | 31 |
| -1.42% | Nov 18, 2021 | 10 | Dec 3, 2021 | 14 | Dec 23, 2021 | 24 |
| -1.39% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 11 | May 27, 2021 | 14 |
| -1.37% | Feb 25, 2026 | 22 | Mar 27, 2026 | 4 | Apr 2, 2026 | 26 |
| -1.20% | Dec 16, 2024 | 2 | Dec 18, 2024 | 4 | Dec 24, 2024 | 6 |
| -1.02% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 3 | Nov 25, 2025 | 20 |
| -0.98% | Jul 12, 2021 | 5 | Jul 19, 2021 | 3 | Jul 22, 2021 | 8 |
| -0.92% | Jan 22, 2021 | 5 | Jan 29, 2021 | 6 | Feb 8, 2021 | 11 |
| -0.88% | May 19, 2025 | 4 | May 23, 2025 | 5 | Jun 2, 2025 | 9 |
| -0.84% | May 14, 2026 | 3 | May 19, 2026 | 3 | May 22, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.78% | Jan 6, 2025 | 3 | Jan 10, 2025 | 3 | Jan 15, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.77% | Oct 22, 2024 | 7 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 11 |
| -0.76% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 9 |
| -0.70% | May 21, 2024 | 6 | May 30, 2024 | 4 | Jun 5, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.64% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.58% | Dec 26, 2024 | 3 | Dec 31, 2024 | 3 | Jan 6, 2025 | 6 |