Data as of .
FTHI vs JUDO: which paid, and which earned it?
FTHI and JUDO both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and JUDO hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | JUDO |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 4.88% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 5.20% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.67% | 2.30% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 3.92% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.26% | 1.27% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.11% | 1.41% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.10% | 1.90% |
| AbbVie Inc. | 1.04% | 1.38% |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 0.43% | 1.21% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 0.38% | 1.15% |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 0.22% | 1.29% |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.11% | 1.09% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in JUDO |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.32% |
| US Dollar 5.90% | Alphabet, Inc. 7.49% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.94% | Microsoft Corp. 6.00% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Eli Lilly & Co. 2.30% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.75% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | Mastercard, Inc. 1.64% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% | Visa, Inc. 1.62% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.74% | General Electric Co. 1.54% |
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 | JUDO | FTHI | JUDO | FTHI | JUDO | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +1.8% | 2.2% | 1.5% | −0.6 pts | −0.5 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | not published | 4.6% | not published | −8.2 pts | not published |
| 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% | +14.7% | 82.6% | 2.6% | −257.8 pts | −1.8 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Janus Henderson |
| 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% | 6.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.55% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 2.6% (since launch on Mar 25, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +12.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +14.7% (since launch on Mar 25, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −1.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 177 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $7m |
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.
JUDO in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, JUDO paid 2.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 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 these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against JUDO, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-judo Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.