Data as of .
FTHI vs PBP: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year PBP paid 11.8% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PBP 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 PBP hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | PBP |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 7.50% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 6.90% | 8.18% |
| Microsoft Corporation | 2.94% | 5.57% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 3.77% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | 2.41% | 3.11% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 2.57% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) | 1.74% | 2.47% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2.67% | 1.42% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 1.31% | 2.22% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.10% | 1.74% |
| ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. | 1.09% | 1.03% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.11% | 0.99% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in PBP |
|---|---|
| US Dollar 5.90% | Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.42% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% | Visa Inc 0.93% |
| Coca-Cola European Partners Plc 1.00% | Mastercard Inc 0.69% |
| Jackson Financial Inc. (Class A) 0.74% | Lam Research Corp 0.55% |
| HF Sinclair Corp. 0.62% | UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.52% |
| Novartis AG (ADR) 0.61% | Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.52% |
| InterDigital, Inc. 0.58% | Home Depot Inc/The 0.45% |
| Nebius Group N.V. 0.54% | Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.45% |
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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | PBP | FTHI | PBP | FTHI | PBP | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +5.0% | 2.2% | 2.8% | −0.6 pts | +2.7 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +13.0% | 4.6% | 5.7% | −8.2 pts | −5.0 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | +18.5% | 8.9% | 11.8% | −6.9 pts | +1.9 pts |
| 3 years | +47.9% | +46.1% | 28.9% | 31.8% | −30.5 pts | −32.3 pts |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +199.0% | 82.6% | 101.2% | −257.8 pts | −604.5 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | PBP Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Invesco |
| 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% | 11.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.29% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 11.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +5.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +18.5% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | +1.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 6101 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $386m |
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.
PBP in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FTHI or PBP?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and PBP paid 11.8%, so PBP 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 PBP?
- With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and PBP returned +18.5% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PBP returned more.
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or PBP?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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