Data as of .
FTHI vs OCTH: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against OCTH’s 6.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTHI scores higher
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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 OCTH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in FTHI | Only in OCTH |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc. 7.75% | TREASURY BILL 98.41% |
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | TREASURY BILL 1.59% |
| 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | OCTH | FTHI | OCTH | FTHI | OCTH | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +1.3% | 2.2% | 1.6% | −0.6 pts | −1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +5.5% | 4.6% | 3.3% | −8.2 pts | −12.5 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | +6.7% | 8.9% | 6.3% | −6.9 pts | −9.9 pts |
| 3 years | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +22.9% | 82.6% | 19.1% | −257.8 pts | −61.9 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | OCTH Innovator Premium Income 20 Barrier ETF - October Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Innovator |
| Strategy | covered call | defined income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | quarterly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 6.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.79% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 6.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | 0.0% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +6.7% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −9.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 1082 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $16m |
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.
OCTH in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, OCTH paid 6.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid quarterly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FTHI or OCTH?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and OCTH paid 6.3%, 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 OCTH?
- With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and OCTH returned +6.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTHI returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or OCTH?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and OCTH charges 0.79%, so FTHI 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 OCTH, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-octh Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.