Which paid more, FTHI or XRMI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, so XRMI 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 XRMI?

With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FTHI or XRMI?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTHI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $2.5bn on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF, and $62m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

11.9%

XRMI cash paid, 1 year

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+8.7%

XRMI 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.

XRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI

+8.7%

SPY

+14.8%

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XRMI costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; FTHI is far larger, $2.6bn against $62m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	XRMI
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	XRMI
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	+8.7%
Price change, 1 year	fell 1.2%	fell 3.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	95% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	XRMI
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	XRMI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$2.6bn	$62m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	XRMI
Holdings in common	49%

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

IQ Income Score52.4FTHI45.2XRMI

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

XRMI 45.2

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

49%

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and XRMI hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

49% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI XRMI

Apple Inc. 7.86% 7.12%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59% 7.63%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18% 5.42%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57% 4.17%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 3.28%

Broadcom Inc. 1.92% 2.89%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65% 1.48%

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.44% 2.64%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.25% 1.92%

Eli Lilly and Company 1.19% 1.42%

Tesla, Inc. 1.09% 1.37%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.22% 1.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

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

Coca-Cola European Partners Plc 1.15%

Jackson Financial Inc. (Class A) 0.80%

Novartis AG (ADR) 0.71%

Royalty Pharma Plc (Class A) 0.64%

HF Sinclair Corp. 0.62%

InterDigital, Inc. 0.58%

IDACORP, Inc. 0.57%

Only in XRMI

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%

VISA INC. 0.95%

MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 0.72%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 0.59%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0.58%

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 0.53%

THE HOME DEPOT, INC. 0.52%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 0.42%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Global X

Strategy covered call option income

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

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 10.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 11.9%

Price change, 1 year −1.2% −3.8%

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +8.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts −6.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 95%

Age 12.8 years 5.2 years

Net assets, FTHI as of Nov 3, 2026 and XRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 $2.5bn $62m

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 XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	XRMI	FTHI	XRMI	FTHI	XRMI
3 months	−0.5%	+1.6%	2.2%	2.9%	−0.3 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+2.5%	+5.4%	4.4%	6.0%	−2.5 pts	+0.4 pts
1 year	+8.1%	+8.7%	8.9%	11.9%	−6.7 pts	−6.1 pts
3 years	+48.1%	+30.8%	29.7%	35.1%	−34.8 pts	−52.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · XRMI Aug 2021	+155.0%	+17.6%	84.3%	45.0%	−262.6 pts	−66.7 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.

XRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or XRMI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, so XRMI 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 XRMI?: With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or XRMI?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI 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 ↗

XRMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XRMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XRMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XRMI ↗

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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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