Data as of .
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.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: KHPI scores higher
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
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 KHPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in FTHI | Only 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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | KHPI | FTHI | KHPI | FTHI | KHPI | |
| 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 published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +24.6% | 82.6% | 18.4% | −257.8 pts | −17.7 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | KHPI Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Kensington |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 9.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.98% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 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 estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 743 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.
Other comparisons
Where these figures came from
ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.
Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against KHPI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-khpi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.