Data as of .
FTHI vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year YYY paid 12.1% of its price in cash against FTHI’s 8.9%, though FTHI returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: FTHI scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTHI and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in FTHI | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc. 7.75% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61% |
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.90% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33% |
| US Dollar 5.90% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32% |
| Microsoft Corporation 2.94% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.67% | PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.53% | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98% |
| Dell Technologies Inc. (Class C) 2.52% | Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.41% | Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTHI | YYY | FTHI | YYY | FTHI | YYY | |
| 3 months | +1.7% | −2.5% | 2.2% | 3.1% | −0.6 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +9.8% | +4.7% | 4.6% | 6.5% | −8.2 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | +9.7% | +3.4% | 8.9% | 12.1% | −6.9 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | +47.9% | +37.1% | 28.9% | 37.7% | −30.5 pts | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | +156.3% | +117.8% | 82.6% | 112.4% | −257.8 pts | −519.1 pts |
| FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Amplify |
| Strategy | covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.0% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.9% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | +0.3% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.7% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −6.9 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $2.5bn | $702m |
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.
YYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, FTHI or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTHI paid 8.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, 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 +9.7% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so FTHI returned more.
- 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 these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, FTHI against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/fthi-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.