Data as of .
FTHI vs JOYT: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.7%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: JOYT scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and JOYT hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | JOYT |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 6.51% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 4.78% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 2.98% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.10% | 1.78% |
| AbbVie Inc. | 1.04% | 1.27% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 0.97% | 1.45% |
| Walmart Inc. | 0.65% | 0.52% |
| Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | 0.51% | 0.63% |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 0.43% | 1.16% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 0.42% | 0.52% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.11% | 0.37% |
| CME Group Inc. | 0.33% | 0.63% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in JOYT |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.64% |
| US Dollar 5.90% | Alphabet, Inc. 5.94% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.94% | Microsoft Corp. 5.68% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.73% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Wells Fargo & Co. 2.22% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.91% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | Mastercard, Inc. 1.59% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% | Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.37% |
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 | JOYT | FTHI | JOYT | FTHI | JOYT | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +3.8% | 2.2% | 0.2% | −0.6 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +11.9% | 4.6% | 0.4% | −8.2 pts | −6.1 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | +15.9% | 8.9% | 0.7% | −6.9 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 3 years | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +19.6% | 82.6% | 0.7% | −257.8 pts | −1.1 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF Option income on SPY, paying quarterly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | quarterly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 0.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 0.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +15.2% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +15.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −0.7 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 395 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $108m |
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.
JOYT in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FTHI or JOYT?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and JOYT paid 0.7%, so FTHI 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 JOYT?
- With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and JOYT returned +15.9% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so JOYT returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or JOYT?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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