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HEMI vs JOYT: which paid, and which earned it?

HEMI and JOYT both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
0.7%JOYT cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+15.9%JOYT total return, 1 year
HEMI3.4 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%6.0% of it arrived as cash3.4 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%3.4 pts behind SPY
JOYT0.7 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JOYT+15.9%0.7 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and JOYT hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and JOYT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMIJOYT
NVIDIA Corp9.11%8.64%
Alphabet Inc7.69%5.94%
Apple Inc5.86%6.51%
Microsoft Corp5.72%5.68%
Amazon.com Inc5.73%4.78%
Broadcom Inc4.02%2.98%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%2.73%
Mastercard Inc2.04%1.59%
Eli Lilly & Co2.13%1.18%
Micron Technology Inc1.15%1.78%
RTX Corp0.96%1.02%
Exxon Mobil Corp0.87%1.91%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in JOYT
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42%Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.37%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71%Bank of America Corp. 1.28%
KLA Corp 1.39%AbbVie, Inc. 1.27%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.28%CSX Corp. 1.19%
Welltower Inc 1.26%Lam Research Corp. 1.08%
Merck & Co Inc 1.15%American Express Co. 1.06%
Marriott International Inc/MD 1.12%Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 1.00%
ITT Inc 1.12%Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 0.97%

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.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and JOYT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMIJOYTHEMIJOYTHEMIJOYT
3 months+0.8%+3.8%2.2%0.2%−1.5 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+13.6%+11.9%4.9%0.4%−4.5 pts−6.1 pts
1 yearnot published+15.9%not published0.7%not published−0.7 pts
Since launch+11.2%+19.6%6.0%0.7%−3.4 pts−1.1 pts
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HEMI and JOYT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
JOYT
JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF
Option income on SPY, paying quarterly
IssuerHartfordJPMorgan
Strategycovered calloption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlyquarterly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%0.7%
Expense ratio0.49%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)0.7%
Price change, 1 year+4.9%+15.2%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−0.7 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days395 days
Net assets$33m$108m

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.

JOYT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, JOYT paid 0.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 15.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.7 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or JOYT?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and JOYT charges 0.35%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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HEMI against JOYT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, HEMI against JOYT, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/hemi-vs-joyt Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources