Which is cheaper, FTHI or JUDO?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTHI and JUDO both write options for income.

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Net assets: $2.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF, and $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% of it arrived as cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

FTHI

+8.1%

8.9% cash

6.7 pts behind SPY

8.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTHI over 1 year: paid 8.9%, price −1.2%, total +8.1%, SPY +14.8%, −6.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JUDO costs 0.20 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	JUDO
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	JUDO
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	not published
Price change	fell 1.2% (1 year)	rose 2.7% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	JUDO
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own stocks
Against its benchmark, same days	behind by 6.7 pts	ahead by 0.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	JUDO
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.55%
Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.5bn	$7.0m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	JUDO
Holdings in common	34%

Method

What they share

34%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and JUDO hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

34% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI JUDO

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 7.84%

Apple Inc. 7.86% 4.38%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 6.64%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 5.17%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65% 2.31%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 6.79%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 3.56%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.22% 1.39%

AbbVie Inc. 1.16% 1.29%

Johnson & Johnson 1.13% 1.41%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 1.86% 1.12%

Micron Technology, Inc. 0.95% 1.99%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Amgen Inc. 1.68%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44%

Linde Plc 1.27%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19%

Only in JUDO

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Mastercard, Inc. 1.72%

Visa, Inc. 1.70%

General Electric Co. 1.69%

Target Corp. 1.51%

American Express Co. 1.49%

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.49%

Verizon Communications, Inc. 1.38%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Janus Henderson

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 6.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.55%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Price change, 1 year −1.2% +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% not published

Age 12.8 years 224 days

Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.5bn $7.0m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: FTHI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	JUDO	FTHI	JUDO	FTHI	JUDO
3 months	−0.5%	−1.2%	2.2%	1.6%	−0.3 pts	+0.5 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+5.8%	4.4%	3.1%	−2.5 pts	+0.6 pts
1 year	+8.1%	–	8.9%	–	−6.7 pts	–
3 years	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · JUDO Mar 2026	+155.0%	+16.1%	84.3%	3.8%	−262.6 pts	not measured

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About each fund

FTHI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.1%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

JUDO

JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FTHI or JUDO?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTHI on its own →JUDO on its own →FTHI dividend history →FTHI holdings →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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