Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
CAIQ vs HEMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
CAIQ and HEMI both write options for income.
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Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $286m for Calamos Nasdaq Autocallable Income ETF and $35m for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF.
5.7 pts behind QQQ
CAIQ since launch: paid 16.8%, price −4.1%, total +13.0%, QQQ +18.7%, −5.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+18.7%
CAIQ
+13.0%
16.8% of it arrived as cash
5.7 pts behind QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.7 pts behind QQQ
CAIQ since launch: paid 16.8%, price −4.1%, total +13.0%, QQQ +18.7%, −5.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+18.7%
CAIQ
+13.0%
16.8% as cash
5.7 pts behind QQQ
16.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CAIQ since launch: paid 16.8%, price −4.1%, total +13.0%, QQQ +18.7%, −5.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Not measured
HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI
+12.6%
7.6% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI
+12.6%
7.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.25 points a year less; CAIQ is 8.2 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | CAIQ | HEMI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 4.1% (since Nov 20, 2025) | fell 0.4% (6 months) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Nov 9, 2026 payment | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.74% | 0.49% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $286m | $35m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, CAIQ and HEMI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
half
0% in common
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Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
Window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | CAIQ | HEMI | CAIQ | HEMI | CAIQ | HEMI |
| 3 months | −2.9% | +0.3% | 4.5% | 2.2% | +0.6 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | −1.9% | +4.0% | 8.6% | 4.4% | −1.6 pts | −0.4 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: CAIQ Nov 2025 · HEMI Dec 2025 | +13.0% | +12.6% | 16.8% | 7.6% | −5.7 pts | not measured |
CAIQ
Over the period from its first trade on Nov 20, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, CAIQ paid 16.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 4.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +18.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.6%, paid monthly. Calamos estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 9, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +4.4% over the same days, so a holder was about even.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, HEMI paid 4.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.0%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly. Hartford estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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