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FTHI vs SIOO: which paid, and which earned it?

FTHI and SIOO both write options for income.

First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

8.9%FTHI cash paid, 1 year
11.1%SIOO cash paid, 1 year
+9.7%FTHI total return, 1 year
+10.8%SIOO total return, 1 year
FTHI6.9 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% of it arrived as cash6.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%FTHI+9.7%8.9% cash6.9 pts behind SPY
SIOOAbout even with OEF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
OEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with OEFTotal return, distributions reinvestedOEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% cashabout even with OEF

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and SIOO hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTHI and SIOO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTHISIOO
Apple Inc.7.75%9.24%
NVIDIA Corporation6.90%9.83%
Microsoft Corporation2.94%5.91%
Amazon.com, Inc.2.53%4.41%
Broadcom Inc.2.01%3.57%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.2.67%1.99%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)1.74%3.62%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)1.31%3.12%
Johnson & Johnson1.11%1.45%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.10%2.37%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp.1.09%1.49%
AbbVie Inc.1.04%1.03%
Only in each
Only in FTHIOnly in SIOO
US Dollar 5.90%United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 7.85%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.03%
ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Sha 2.17%Visa Inc 1.37%
Fortinet, Inc. 1.25%Mastercard Inc 0.97%
Coca-Cola European Partners Plc 1.00%Lam Research Corp 0.78%
TransDigm Group Incorporated 0.90%Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.75%
Jackson Financial Inc. (Class A) 0.74%UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.73%
HF Sinclair Corp. 0.62%Home Depot Inc/The 0.65%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTHI and SIOO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTHISIOOFTHISIOOFTHISIOO
3 months+1.7%+4.0%2.2%3.7%−0.6 pts+0.7 pts
6 months+9.8%+14.3%4.6%7.9%−8.2 pts−5.8 pts
1 year+9.7%not published8.9%not published−6.9 ptsnot published
3 years+47.9%not published28.9%not published−30.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+156.3%+10.8%82.6%11.1%−257.8 pts−0.2 pts
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FTHI and SIOO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTHI
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SIOO
VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF
Covered call on OEF, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustVistaShares
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 100 (OEF)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%15.1%
Expense ratio0.75%not published
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%11.1% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Price change, 1 year+0.3%−1.1%
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+10.8% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+11.0%
Ahead or behind−6.9 pts−0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days281 days
Net assets$2.5bn$21m

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.

SIOO in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SIOO paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +11.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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FTHI against SIOO, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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