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FTHI vs KHPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year KHPI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF.

8.9%FTHI cash paid, 1 year
9.1%KHPI cash paid, 1 year
+9.7%FTHI total return, 1 year
+11.0%KHPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: KHPI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

FTHI 50.8KHPI 55.53.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

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

FTHI6.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% of it arrived as cash6.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% cash6.9 pts behind SPY
KHPI5.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% of it arrived as cash5.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% cash5.5 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and KHPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in FTHIOnly in KHPI
Apple Inc. 7.75%Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%
NVIDIA Corporation 6.90%
US Dollar 5.90%
Microsoft Corporation 2.94%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67%
Amazon.com, Inc. 2.53%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTHI and KHPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTHIKHPIFTHIKHPIFTHIKHPI
3 months+1.7%+1.9%2.2%2.2%−0.6 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+9.8%+11.3%4.6%4.7%−8.2 pts−6.8 pts
1 year+9.7%+11.0%8.9%9.1%−6.9 pts−5.5 pts
3 years+47.9%not published28.9%not published−30.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+156.3%+24.6%82.6%18.4%−257.8 pts−17.7 pts
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FTHI and KHPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTHI
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
KHPI
Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustKensington
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%9.0%
Expense ratio0.75%0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%9.1%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+1.5%
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+11.0%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−6.9 pts−5.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days743 days
Net assets$2.5bn$401m

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.

KHPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or KHPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and KHPI paid 9.1%, so KHPI 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 KHPI?
With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and KHPI returned +11.0% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so KHPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or KHPI?
FTHI charges 0.75% a year and KHPI charges 0.98%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTHI against KHPI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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