Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
GRNI vs HEMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
GRNI and HEMI both write options for income.
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Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $55m for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF and $35m for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF.
Not measured
GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
GRNI
+9.0%
9.5% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
GRNI
+9.0%
9.5% as cash
9.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.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% cash
7.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +4.6%, total +12.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.50 points a year less; GRNI is 1.6 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | GRNI | HEMI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change, 6 months | fell 6.4% | fell 0.4% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | its own stocks |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 0.8 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.49% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $55m | $35m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 31% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, GRNI and HEMI hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
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31% in common
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Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GRNI | HEMI | GRNI | HEMI | GRNI | HEMI |
| 3 months | −3.9% | +0.3% | 2.5% | 2.2% | −0.6 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | −1.6% | +4.0% | 5.0% | 4.4% | −0.8 pts | −0.4 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · HEMI Dec 2025 | +9.0% | +12.6% | 9.5% | 7.6% | not measured | not measured |
GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.
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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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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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