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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

FTQI vs HEMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

FTQI and HEMI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $997m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF, and $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

12.1%

FTQI cash paid, 1 year

7.6%

HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

+16.5%

FTQI total return, 1 year

+12.6%

HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

FTQI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

FTQI

+16.5%

12.1% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FTQI over 1 year: paid 12.1%, price +3.5%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HEMI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

HEMI

+12.6%

none

Not measured

HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HEMI

+12.6%

7.6% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

HEMI

+12.6%

7.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

HEMI costs 0.26 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FTQI vs HEMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	FTQI	HEMI
Paid and earned
Measure	FTQI	HEMI
Total return, 1 year	+16.5%	not published
Price change	rose 3.5% (1 year)	fell 0.4% (6 months)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	FTQI	HEMI
Benchmark	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ	its own stocks
Cost and size
Measure	FTQI	HEMI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.49%
Net assets, FTQI as of Nov 3, 2026 and HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026	$997m	$35m
Holdings
Measure	FTQI	HEMI
Holdings in common	34%

Method

What they share

34%

By the books each fund has filed, FTQI and HEMI hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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34% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FTQI HEMI

Apple Inc. 8.98% 6.41%

NVIDIA Corporation 6.22% 8.49%

Amazon.com, Inc. 4.23% 5.06%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 2.67% 2.33%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.73% 2.26%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.01% 1.86%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.72% 6.62%

Broadcom Inc. 1.64% 3.60%

Microsoft Corporation 1.55% 6.05%

KLA Corporation 1.16% 1.40%

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 1.41% 0.78%

Seagate Technology Holdings Plc 1.59% 0.67%

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Only in FTQI

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) 1.72%

Costco Wholesale Corporation 1.54%

AbbVie Inc. 1.48%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.43%

CME Group Inc. 1.10%

Amgen Inc. 1.08%

Applied Materials, Inc. 1.00%

Lam Research Corporation 0.99%

Only in HEMI

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.34%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.32%

Mastercard Inc 1.84%

Sherwin-Williams Co 1.47%

RTX Corp 1.44%

General Electric Co 1.41%

Walmart Inc 1.33%

Merck & Co Inc 1.32%

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Side by side

FTQI First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Hartford

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 12.3% 8.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.49%

Cash paid, 1 year 12.1% 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025)

Price change, 1 year +3.5% +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025)

Total return, 1 year +16.5% +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025)

Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% not published

Ahead or behind +4.2 pts not available

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 99%

Age 12.8 years 322 days

Net assets, FTQI as of Nov 3, 2026 and HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 $997m $35m

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: FTQI vs HEMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	FTQI	HEMI	FTQI	HEMI	FTQI	HEMI
3 months	+0.4%	+0.3%	3.0%	2.2%	+3.8 pts	0.0 pts
6 months	+6.6%	+4.0%	6.0%	4.4%	+6.9 pts	−0.4 pts
1 year	+16.5%	–	12.1%	–	+4.3 pts	–
3 years	+60.8%	–	38.1%	–	−30.5 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: FTQI Jan 2014 · HEMI Dec 2025	+138.8%	+12.6%	81.1%	7.6%	−641.3 pts	not measured

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About each fund

FTQI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FTQI paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 99% 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.

HEMI

HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +4.4% over the same days, so a holder was about even.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, HEMI paid 4.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.0%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly. Hartford estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

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 to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →FTQI on its own →HEMI on its own →FTQI dividend history →FTQI holdings →HEMI dividend history →HEMI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FTQI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FTQI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FTQI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for FTQI ↗

HEMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HEMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

HEMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Hartford website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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