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

Over the year FTHI paid 8.9% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.0%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.

First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.

8.9%FTHI cash paid, 1 year
2.0%SIXH cash paid, 1 year
+9.7%FTHI total return, 1 year
+16.3%SIXH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: SIXH scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

FTHI 50.8SIXH 81.83.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

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
SIXHAbout even with SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%2.0% cashabout even with SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SIXH+16.3%about even with SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and SIXH hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FTHI and SIXH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFTHISIXH
NVIDIA Corporation6.90%2.67%
Apple Inc.7.75%1.45%
Broadcom Inc.2.01%1.35%
Amazon.com, Inc.2.53%1.29%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.1.27%1.30%
Costco Wholesale Corporation1.74%1.19%
Johnson & Johnson1.11%2.47%
Micron Technology, Inc.1.10%2.37%
AbbVie Inc.1.04%1.30%
Eli Lilly and Company0.95%1.49%
Altria Group, Inc.0.76%4.83%
Colgate-Palmolive Company0.71%2.66%
Only in each
Only in FTHIOnly in SIXH
US Dollar 5.90%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 3.77%
Microsoft Corporation 2.94%SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 3.74%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67%QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 3.53%
Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52%Pepsico, Inc. 3.44%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41%LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.11%
Bank of America Corporation 2.22%Mondelez International, Inc. 2.51%
ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) 2.17%PFIZER INC. 2.47%
Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.74%U.S. BANCORP 2.44%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FTHI and SIXH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FTHISIXHFTHISIXHFTHISIXH
3 months+1.7%+4.5%2.2%0.5%−0.6 pts+2.2 pts
6 months+9.8%+7.4%4.6%0.9%−8.2 pts−10.6 pts
1 year+9.7%+16.3%8.9%2.0%−6.9 pts−0.3 pts
3 years+47.9%+43.8%28.9%6.6%−30.5 pts−34.6 pts
Since launch+156.3%+96.3%82.6%16.0%−257.8 pts−88.5 pts
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FTHI and SIXH on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTHI
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SIXH
ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF
Option income on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustExchange Traded Concepts
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%0.4%
Expense ratio0.75%0.69%
Cash paid, 1 year8.9%2.0%
Price change, 1 year+0.3%+14.1%
Total return, 1 year+9.7%+16.3%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−6.9 pts−0.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age4637 days2321 days
Net assets$2.5bn$543m

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.

SIXH in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SIXH paid 2.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 14.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.3%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or SIXH?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and SIXH paid 2.0%, 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 SIXH?
With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +9.7% and SIXH returned +16.3% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so SIXH returned more.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or SIXH?
FTHI charges 0.75% a year and SIXH charges 0.69%, so SIXH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FTHI against SIXH, 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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