Data as of .
FTHI vs GRNI: which paid, and which earned it?
FTHI and GRNI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and GRNI hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | GRNI |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 2.99% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 6.90% | 2.46% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 2.41% | 2.96% |
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 2.39% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.94% | 2.37% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.67% | 2.35% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 2.90% |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | 1.74% | 2.37% |
| Amgen Inc. | 1.37% | 2.14% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 1.31% | 2.23% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 0.97% | 2.14% |
| Union Pacific Corporation | 0.90% | 2.38% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in GRNI |
|---|---|
| US Dollar 5.90% | Quanta Services Inc 3.23% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Strategy Inc 3.04% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | Arista Networks Inc 2.86% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% | Eaton Corp PLC 2.64% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.74% | Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T 2.61% |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.27% | ONEOK Inc 2.49% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.26% | Air Products and Chemicals Inc 2.48% |
| Fortinet, Inc. 1.25% | Cadence Design Systems Inc 2.47% |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | GRNI | FTHI | GRNI | FTHI | GRNI | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +2.1% | 2.2% | 2.5% | −0.6 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +16.3% | 4.6% | 5.4% | −8.2 pts | −1.8 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | not published | 8.9% | not published | −6.9 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +14.5% | 82.6% | 7.8% | −257.8 pts | −2.1 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Fundstrat |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 10.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.99% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 7.8% (since launch on Nov 18, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +6.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +14.5% (since launch on Nov 18, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −2.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 304 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $49m |
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.
GRNI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, GRNI paid 7.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.0%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or GRNI?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and GRNI charges 0.99%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against GRNI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-grni Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.