Data as of .
FTHI vs HEMI: which paid, and which earned it?
FTHI and HEMI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and HEMI hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | HEMI |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 5.86% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 5.73% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.67% | 2.42% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 4.02% |
| Linde Plc | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.10% | 1.15% |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1.27% | 1.02% |
| Walmart Inc. | 0.65% | 1.70% |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 0.43% | 0.81% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 0.42% | 1.89% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 0.40% | 1.15% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 0.97% | 0.40% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in HEMI |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | NVIDIA Corp 9.11% |
| US Dollar 5.90% | Alphabet Inc 7.69% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.94% | Microsoft Corp 5.72% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Meta Platforms Inc 2.66% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% | Eli Lilly & Co 2.13% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | Mastercard Inc 2.04% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.74% | KLA Corp 1.39% |
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 | HEMI | FTHI | HEMI | FTHI | HEMI | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +0.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% | −0.6 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +13.6% | 4.6% | 4.9% | −8.2 pts | −4.5 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% | +11.2% | 82.6% | 6.0% | −257.8 pts | −3.4 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Hartford |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 9.1% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.49% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +4.9% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +14.7% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −3.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 275 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $33m |
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.
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, FTHI or HEMI?
- FTHI 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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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against HEMI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-hemi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.