Which paid more, FTHI or SCLZ?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.5%, 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 SCLZ?

With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and SCLZ +10.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FTHI or SCLZ?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against SCLZ’s 8.5%, though SCLZ returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $2.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF, and $20m on Jun 30, 2026 for Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

8.5%

SCLZ cash paid, 1 year

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+10.6%

SCLZ total return, 1 year

FTHI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.7 pts behind SPY

FTHI

+8.1%

SPY

+14.8%

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.

SCLZ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ

+10.6%

SPY

+14.8%

4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SCLZ

+10.6%

8.5% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts behind SPY

SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SCLZ

+10.6%

8.5% cash

4.2 pts behind SPY

8.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SCLZ over 1 year: paid 8.5%, price +1.6%, total +10.6%, SPY +14.8%, −4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	SCLZ
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	SCLZ
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	+10.6%
Price change, 1 year	fell 1.2%	rose 1.6%
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	SCLZ
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	SCLZ
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.79%
Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCLZ as of Jun 30, 2026	$2.5bn	$20m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	SCLZ
Holdings in common	39%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · SCLZ scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score52.4FTHI71.6SCLZ

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

FTHI 52.4

SCLZ 71.6

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

39%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and SCLZ hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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39% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI SCLZ

Apple Inc. 7.86% 6.20%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 6.03%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 3.74%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 3.77%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 5.22%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 4.74%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 3.36%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.22% 3.03%

AbbVie Inc. 1.16% 1.84%

Johnson & Johnson 1.13% 2.43%

Tesla, Inc. 1.09% 1.81%

Linde Plc 1.27% 0.99%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.06%

Bank of America Corporation 1.97%

Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 1.86%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.45%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19%

Only in SCLZ

ELI LILLY & COMPANY 3.88%

JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.53%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 3.12%

VISA INC 2.29%

EXXON MOBIL CORP 1.94%

MASTERCARD INC 1.75%

HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 1.53%

DEERE & COMPANY 1.18%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly SCLZ Swan Enhanced Dividend Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Swan

Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 8.7%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.79%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 8.5%

Price change, 1 year −1.2% +1.6%

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +10.6%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% not published

Age 12.8 years 2.7 years

Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and SCLZ as of Jun 30, 2026 $2.5bn $20m

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

Window by window: FTHI vs SCLZ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	SCLZ	FTHI	SCLZ	FTHI	SCLZ
3 months	−0.5%	0.0%	2.2%	2.1%	−0.3 pts	+0.2 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+4.4%	4.4%	4.3%	−2.5 pts	−0.6 pts
1 year	+8.1%	+10.6%	8.9%	8.5%	−6.7 pts	−4.2 pts
3 years	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · SCLZ Feb 2024	+155.0%	+35.4%	84.3%	21.2%	−262.6 pts	−20.8 pts

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About each fund

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.

SCLZ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SCLZ paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or SCLZ?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and SCLZ paid 8.5%, 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 SCLZ?: With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and SCLZ +10.6% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or SCLZ?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and SCLZ charges 0.79%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FTHI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTHI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTHI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTHI ↗

SCLZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCLZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Swan website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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