Which paid more, FTHI or YYY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?

With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, FTHI or YYY?

FTHI charges 0.75% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FTHI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, though FTHI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.5bn for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.9%

FTHI cash paid, 1 year

12.4%

YYY cash paid, 1 year

+8.1%

FTHI total return, 1 year

+1.9%

YYY 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.

YYY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

YYY

+1.9%

none

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YYY

+1.9%

12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FTHI costs 2.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points; FTHI is 3.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTHI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	YYY
Paid and earned
Measure	FTHI	YYY
Total return, 1 year	+8.1%	+1.9%
Price change, 1 year	fell 1.2%	fell 10.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTHI	YYY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	FTHI	YYY
Expense ratio	0.75%	3.23%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$2.5bn	$674m
Holdings
Measure	FTHI	YYY
Holdings in common	0%

Method

Risk and return

Jan 17, 2014 to Oct 30, 2026 · 667 weekly returns

FTHI YYY

Return

Total return edge FTHI +155.1% +66.2%

Annualized edge FTHI +7.6% +4.0%

Price return edge FTHI +16.6% −56.0%

Risk

Volatility edge FTHI 13.1% 14.6%

Max drawdown edge FTHI −30.0% −38.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FTHI 0.47 0.21

Sortino edge FTHI 0.64 0.28

Calmar edge FTHI 0.25 0.10

Reading

From Jan 2014 to Oct 2026, FTHI returned more: +155.1% to +66.2%. FTHI swung less: 13.1% to 14.6%. FTHI fell less at its worst: −30.0% to −38.9%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: FTHI vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTHI	YYY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+155.1%	+66.2%	FTHI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.6%	+4.0%	FTHI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+16.6%	−56.0%	FTHI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	13.1%	14.6%	FTHI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.7%	11.1%	FTHI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−30.0%	−38.9%	FTHI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.47	0.21	FTHI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.64	0.28	FTHI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.25	0.10	FTHI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 667 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTHI YYY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FTHI

Apple Inc. 7.86%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.59%

Microsoft Corporation 3.18%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.65%

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.57%

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

Costco Wholesale Corporation 2.04%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.99%

Only in YYY

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.64%

Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 3.31%

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.31%

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.30%

PIMCO High Income Fund 3.06%

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.04%

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.70%

abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund 2.66%

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Side by side

FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF · Income from closed-end funds on its own holdings, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Amplify

Strategy covered call income from closed-end funds

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) YYY's own holdings (from its holdings of Nov 3, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 9.0% 13.8%

Expense ratio 0.75% 3.23%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.9% 12.4%

Price change, 1 year −1.2% −10.3%

Total return, 1 year +8.1% +1.9%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% not published

Ahead or behind −6.7 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 92% 18%

Age 12.8 years 14.4 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.5bn $674m

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 YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTHI	YYY	FTHI	YYY	FTHI	YYY
3 months	−0.5%	−4.9%	2.2%	3.2%	−0.3 pts	not measured
6 months	+2.5%	−4.1%	4.4%	6.2%	−2.5 pts	not measured
1 year	+8.1%	+1.9%	8.9%	12.4%	−6.7 pts	not measured
3 years	+48.1%	+35.2%	29.7%	38.6%	−34.8 pts	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: FTHI Jan 2014 · YYY Jun 2012	+155.0%	+114.4%	84.3%	113.6%	−262.6 pts	not measured

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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.

YYY

No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, FTHI or YYY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.4%, so YYY 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 YYY?: With every distribution reinvested, FTHI returned +8.1% and YYY +1.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, FTHI or YYY?: FTHI charges 0.75% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so FTHI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTHI on its own →YYY on its own →FTHI dividend history →FTHI holdings →YYY dividend history →YYY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

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 ↗

YYY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YYY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YYY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Amplify page for YYY ↗

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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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