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Income ETFs

FTHI vs JULH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against JULH’s 4.8%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $2.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF, and $18m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July.

FTHI on its own →JULH on its own →
At a glance
8.9%
FTHI cash paid, 1 year
4.8%
JULH cash paid, 1 year
+8.1%
FTHI total return, 1 year
+4.9%
JULH total return, 1 year
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.
JULH · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.9 pts behind SPY
JULH
+4.9%
SPY
+14.8%

9.9 pts behind SPY

JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULH

+4.9%

4.8% of it arrived as cash

9.9 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.9 pts behind SPY

JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULH

+4.9%

9.9 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JULH over 1 year: paid 4.8%, price 0.0%, total +4.9%, SPY +14.8%, −9.9 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $17m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs JULH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureFTHIJULH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+8.1%+4.9%
Price change, 1 yearfell 1.2%fell 0.0%
Return of capital, issuer estimate92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment51% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.79%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$2.5bn$17m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · JULH scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score52.4FTHI58.4JULH

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and JULH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI JULH
Only in one fund ↓
Only in FTHI
Apple Inc. 7.86%
NVIDIA Corporation 6.59%
Microsoft Corporation 3.18%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57%
ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99%
Only in JULH
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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly JULH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - July · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Issuer First Trust Innovator
Strategy covered call defined income
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 6.5%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 4.8%
Price change, 1 year −1.2% 0.0%
Total return, 1 year +8.1% +4.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −9.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 51%
Age 12.8 years 3.3 years
Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and JULH as of Nov 4, 2026 $2.5bn $18m

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 JULH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowFTHIJULHFTHIJULHFTHIJULH
3 months−0.5%+1.4%2.2%1.6%−0.3 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+2.5%+3.2%4.4%2.7%−2.5 pts−1.8 pts
1 year+8.1%+4.9%8.9%4.8%−6.7 pts−9.9 pts
3 years+48.1%+20.9%29.7%18.4%−34.8 pts−62.0 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · JULH Jul 2023+155.0%+23.7%84.3%20.3%−262.6 pts−56.1 pts

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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.

JULH

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JULH paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.5%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 51% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or JULH?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and JULH paid 4.8%, 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 JULH?
With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and JULH +4.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or JULH?
FTHI charges 0.75% a year and JULH charges 0.79%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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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 ↗
JULH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JULH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
JULH 19a-1 distribution notice ↗
Innovator page for JULH ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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