Which is cheaper, FTHI or SIOO?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so SIOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTHI and SIOO both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and $25m for VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

FTHI on its own →SIOO on its own →

At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

13.6%

SIOO cash paid, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+10.8%

SIOO total return, since launch, Dec 11, 2025

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.

SIOO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 About even with OEF

SIOO

+10.8%

OEF

+10.9%

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% of it arrived as cash

about even with OEF

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with OEF

SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

OEF

+10.9%

SIOO

+10.8%

13.6% as cash

about even with OEF

13.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIOO costs 0.16 points a year less; FTHI is far larger, $2.5bn against $25m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	SIOO
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	SIOO
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	not published
Price change	fell 1.2% (1 year)	fell 3.6% (since Dec 11, 2025)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	97% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	SIOO
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 100, measured through OEF
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	SIOO
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.5bn	$25m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	SIOO
Holdings in common	48%

Method

What they share

48%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and SIOO hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

48% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI SIOO

Apple Inc. 7.86% 9.09%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 8.37%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 6.30%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 4.54%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 3.17%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65% 1.92%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 2.80%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 2.84%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22% 1.43%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19% 2.30%

Johnson & Johnson 1.13% 1.36%

Tesla, Inc. 1.09% 2.23%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

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

Coca-Cola European Partners Plc 1.15%

TransDigm Group Incorporated 1.03%

Fortinet, Inc. 0.97%

Jackson Financial Inc. (Class A) 0.80%

Colgate-Palmolive Company 0.79%

Novartis AG (ADR) 0.71%

Royalty Pharma Plc (Class A) 0.64%

Only in SIOO

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.20%

Visa Inc 1.51%

Mastercard Inc 1.11%

Procter & Gamble Co 0.79%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.74%

Home Depot Inc 0.72%

Texas Instruments Inc 0.59%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.58%

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Side by side

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

Issuer First Trust VistaShares

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 100 (OEF)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 15.4%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.59%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 13.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Price change, 1 year −1.2% −3.6% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +10.8% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +10.9% (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −0.1 pts (since launch, Dec 11, 2025)

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 97%

Age 12.8 years 328 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.5bn $25m

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 SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	SIOO	FTHI	SIOO	FTHI	SIOO
3 months	−0.5%	+0.8%	2.2%	3.7%	−0.3 pts	+1.0 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+5.6%	4.4%	7.5%	−2.5 pts	+1.1 pts
1 year	+8.1%	–	8.9%	–	−6.7 pts	–
3 years	+48.1%	–	29.7%	–	−34.8 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · SIOO Dec 2025	+155.0%	+10.8%	84.3%	13.6%	−262.6 pts	−0.1 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.

SIOO

Over the period from its first trade on Dec 11, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SIOO paid 13.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, FTHI or SIOO?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and SIOO charges 0.59%, so SIOO 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 ↗

SIOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SIOO 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

VistaShares page for SIOO ↗

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How this is computed

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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