Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
FTHI vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and $4.8m for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.
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, 2026.2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% of it arrived as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
FTHI costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $4.8m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | FTHI | RNTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +8.1% | +10.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 1.2% | fell 2.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $2.5bn | $4.8m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 2% | |
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
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 →
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and RNTY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
2% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FTHI | RNTY | FTHI | RNTY | FTHI | RNTY |
| 3 months | −0.5% | −0.2% | 2.2% | 2.9% | −0.3 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +2.5% | +1.7% | 4.4% | 5.8% | −2.5 pts | +0.9 pts |
| 1 year | +8.1% | +10.7% | 8.9% | 13.0% | −6.7 pts | −2.2 pts |
| 3 years | +48.1% | – | 29.7% | – | −34.8 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · RNTY Apr 2025 | +155.0% | +13.7% | 84.3% | 17.7% | −262.6 pts | not measured |
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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.
RNTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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