Data as of .
FTQI vs HEMI: which paid, and which earned it?
FTQI and HEMI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and HEMI hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | FTQI | HEMI |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 8.76% | 5.86% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.13% | 5.73% |
| Broadcom Inc. | 1.92% | 4.02% |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 5.41% | 1.89% |
| Netflix, Inc. | 1.24% | 1.39% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.38% | 1.15% |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1.22% | 1.02% |
| GE Vernova Inc. | 0.50% | 0.66% |
| Casey's General Stores, Inc. | 0.45% | 0.43% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 2.68% | 0.40% |
| Nasdaq, Inc. | 0.38% | 0.69% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3.18% | 0.29% |
| Only in FTQI | Only in HEMI |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation 6.55% | NVIDIA Corp 9.11% |
| US Dollar 5.75% | Alphabet Inc 7.69% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.75% | Microsoft Corp 5.72% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 2.54% | Meta Platforms Inc 2.66% |
| Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 2.17% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 2.06% | Eli Lilly & Co 2.13% |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 2.05% | Mastercard Inc 2.04% |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.42% | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTQI | HEMI | FTQI | HEMI | FTQI | HEMI | |
| 3 months | +4.0% | +0.8% | 2.9% | 2.2% | +6.5 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +18.3% | +13.6% | 6.3% | 4.9% | −5.9 pts | −4.5 pts |
| 1 year | +21.5% | not published | 12.0% | not published | −0.3 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +62.9% | not published | 37.0% | not published | −35.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +141.7% | +11.2% | 78.8% | 6.0% | −675.0 pts | −3.4 pts |
| FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly | HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Hartford |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 11.9% | 9.1% |
| Expense ratio | 0.75% | 0.49% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 12.0% | 6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) |
| Price change, 1 year | +8.0% | +4.9% |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.5% | +11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +21.8% | +14.7% |
| Ahead or behind | −0.3 pts | −3.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 4637 days | 275 days |
| Net assets | $975m | $33m |
FTQI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, FTQI paid 12.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 8.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +21.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly.
HEMI in plain words
Over the period since launch on Dec 17, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, HEMI paid 6.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.4 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, FTQI or HEMI?
- FTQI charges 0.75% a year and HEMI charges 0.49%, so HEMI 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, FTQI against HEMI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ftqi-vs-hemi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.