Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
CDPI vs HEMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
CDPI and HEMI both write options for income.
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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, beside Columbia High Dividend Premium Income ETF.
Not measured
CDPI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +0.1%, total +1.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
CDPI
+1.6%
1.5% cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
CDPI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +0.1%, total +1.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
CDPI
+1.6%
1.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. CDPI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +0.1%, total +1.6%, not measured against a benchmark. 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% cash
7.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +12.6%. HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Both charts share one scale, 0 to +12.6%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
CDPI costs 0.04 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | CDPI | HEMI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | rose 0.1% (since Jul 14, 2026) | fell 0.4% (6 months) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 76% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.45% | 0.49% |
| Net assets | not read by ETFIQ | $35m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
Risk and return
Jul 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 14 weekly returnsFrom Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, HEMI returned more: +1.4% to +0.5%. HEMI fell less at its worst: −2.7% to −3.2%.
Full scorecard
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| Measure | CDPI | HEMI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +0.5% | +1.4% | HEMI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | −0.4% | −1.5% | CDPI | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −3.2% | −2.7% | HEMI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 14 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
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 | CDPI | HEMI | CDPI | HEMI | CDPI | HEMI |
| 3 months | +0.4% | +0.3% | 1.5% | 2.2% | not measured | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | – | +4.0% | – | 4.4% | – | −0.4 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: CDPI Jul 2026 · HEMI Dec 2025 | +1.6% | +12.6% | 1.5% | 7.6% | not measured | not measured |
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No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for CDPI or HEMI and no net assets for CDPI.
CDPI
Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, CDPI paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. Columbia estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 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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