Data as of .
FDND vs HEMI: which paid, and which earned it?
FDND and HEMI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDND and HEMI hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FDND | HEMI |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 5.82% | 7.69% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 9.98% | 5.73% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 10.12% | 2.66% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 5.90% | 1.39% |
| Oracle Corporation | 4.08% | 0.55% |
| DoorDash, Inc. (Class A) | 2.46% | 0.47% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 8.66% | 0.29% |
| Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) | 1.31% | 0.24% |
| Only in FDND | Only in HEMI |
|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 4.65% | NVIDIA Corp 9.11% |
| Arista Networks, Inc. 4.62% | Apple Inc 5.86% |
| Salesforce, Inc. 4.36% | Microsoft Corp 5.72% |
| Booking Holdings Inc. 4.28% | Broadcom Inc 4.02% |
| Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 3.90% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42% |
| Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.53% | Eli Lilly & Co 2.13% |
| Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.62% | Mastercard Inc 2.04% |
| Airbnb, Inc. (Class A) 2.36% | Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.89% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDND | HEMI | FDND | HEMI | FDND | HEMI | |
| 3 months | +8.9% | +0.8% | 2.0% | 2.2% | +8.5 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +18.8% | +13.6% | 4.3% | 4.9% | +4.8 pts | −4.5 pts |
| 1 year | −0.6% | not published | 7.1% | not published | −14.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +34.3% | +11.2% | 20.4% | 6.0% | −0.5 pts | −3.4 pts |
| FDND FT Vest Dow Jones Internet & Target Income ETF Option income on DIA, paying monthly | HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Hartford |
| Strategy | option income | covered call |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 7.8% | 9.1% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.49% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 7.1% | 6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | −8.2% | +4.9% |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | +11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +13.5% | +14.7% |
| Ahead or behind | −14.1 pts | −3.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 911 days | 275 days |
| Net assets | $10m | $33m |
FDND in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FDND paid 7.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) returned +13.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.8%, paid monthly.
HEMI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, HEMI paid 6.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FDND or HEMI?
- FDND charges 0.75% a year and HEMI charges 0.49%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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