Data as of .
FTHI vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
FTHI and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and ROCY hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTHI | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 7.75% | 6.71% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.53% | 4.15% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 2.01% | 2.61% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 1.10% | 3.00% |
| AbbVie Inc. | 1.04% | 1.46% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 0.97% | 1.55% |
| Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | 0.51% | 0.62% |
| Walmart Inc. | 0.65% | 0.43% |
| Philip Morris International Inc. | 0.43% | 1.23% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 0.42% | 1.69% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.11% | 0.39% |
| CME Group Inc. | 0.33% | 0.47% |
| Only in FTHI | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% |
| US Dollar 5.90% | Alphabet, Inc. 5.33% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.94% | Microsoft Corp. 4.97% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Wells Fargo & Co. 2.15% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% | Lam Research Corp. 1.76% |
| Bank of America Corporation 2.22% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.63% |
| ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17% | Mastercard, Inc. 1.57% |
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 | ROCY | FTHI | ROCY | FTHI | ROCY | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | +2.6% | 2.2% | 1.7% | −0.6 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +14.8% | 4.6% | 3.7% | −8.2 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | not published | 8.9% | not published | −6.9 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +47.9% | not published | 28.9% | not published | −30.5 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +13.5% | 82.6% | 3.6% | −257.8 pts | −2.9 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| 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% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FTHI or ROCY?
- FTHI charges 0.75% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY 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 ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.