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FTHI vs FTQI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year FTQI paid 12.0% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF.

8.9%FTHI cash paid, 1 year
12.0%FTQI cash paid, 1 year
+9.7%FTHI total return, 1 year
+21.5%FTQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTQI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

FTHI 50.8FTQI 763.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

FTHI6.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% of it arrived as cash6.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%6.9 pts behind SPY
FTQIAbout even with QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% of it arrived as cashabout even with QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%FTQI+21.5%12.0% cashabout even with QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and FTQI hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTHI and FTQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTHIFTQI
Apple Inc.7.75%8.76%
NVIDIA Corporation6.90%6.55%
US Dollar5.90%5.75%
Amazon.com, Inc.2.53%4.13%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)2.41%2.06%
Broadcom Inc.2.01%1.92%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)1.74%2.05%
Microsoft Corporation2.94%1.41%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)1.31%2.75%
Costco Wholesale Corporation1.74%1.30%
Cisco Systems, Inc.1.26%3.18%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.1.27%1.22%
Only in each
Only in FTHIOnly in FTQI
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67%Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 2.17%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52%Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.42%
Bank of America Corporation 2.22%Lam Research Corporation 1.24%
ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17%eBay Inc. 0.85%
Fortinet, Inc. 1.25%Expedia Group, Inc. 0.79%
Linde Plc 1.11%F5, Inc. 0.79%
Coca-Cola European Partners Plc 1.00%Illumina, Inc. 0.76%
Eli Lilly and Company 0.95%Medpace Holdings, Inc. 0.76%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTHI and FTQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTHIFTQIFTHIFTQIFTHIFTQI
3 months+1.7%+4.0%2.2%2.9%−0.6 pts+6.5 pts
6 months+9.8%+18.3%4.6%6.3%−8.2 pts−5.9 pts
1 year+9.7%+21.5%8.9%12.0%−6.9 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+47.9%+62.9%28.9%37.0%−30.5 pts−35.3 pts
Since launch+156.3%+141.7%82.6%78.8%−257.8 pts−675.0 pts
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FTHI and FTQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTHI
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
FTQI
First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustFirst Trust
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyNasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%11.9%
Expense ratio0.75%0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%12.0%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+8.0%
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+21.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−6.9 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days4637 days
Net assets$2.5bn$975m

FTHI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.

FTQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or FTQI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and FTQI paid 12.0%, so FTQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, FTHI or FTQI?
With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and FTQI returned +21.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or FTQI?
FTHI charges 0.75% a year and FTQI charges 0.75%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTHI against FTQI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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