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

HEMI and JUDO both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
2.6%JUDO cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+14.7%JUDO 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
JUDO1.8 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%JUDO+14.7%2.6% as cash1.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%JUDO+14.7%1.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and JUDO hold 57% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and JUDO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMIJUDO
NVIDIA Corp9.11%8.32%
Alphabet Inc7.69%7.49%
Microsoft Corp5.72%6.00%
Amazon.com Inc5.73%5.20%
Apple Inc5.86%4.88%
Broadcom Inc4.02%3.92%
JPMorgan Chase & Co2.42%2.30%
Eli Lilly & Co2.13%2.30%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%1.75%
Mastercard Inc2.04%1.64%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The1.71%1.51%
Micron Technology Inc1.15%1.90%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in JUDO
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.89%Visa, Inc. 1.62%
Walmart Inc 1.70%Chevron Corp. 1.50%
KLA Corp 1.39%Johnson & Johnson 1.41%
Welltower Inc 1.26%AbbVie, Inc. 1.38%
AutoZone Inc 1.21%Home Depot, Inc. (The) 1.34%
Merck & Co Inc 1.15%American Express Co. 1.32%
ITT Inc 1.12%McDonald's Corp. 1.32%
Linde PLC 1.11%Applied Materials, Inc. 1.29%

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 JUDO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMIJUDOHEMIJUDOHEMIJUDO
3 months+0.8%+1.8%2.2%1.5%−1.5 pts−0.5 pts
6 months+13.6%not published4.9%not published−4.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+11.2%+14.7%6.0%2.6%−3.4 pts−1.8 pts
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HEMI and JUDO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
JUDO
Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordJanus Henderson
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%6.4%
Expense ratio0.49%0.55%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)2.6% (since launch on Mar 25, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+4.9%+12.1%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+14.7% (since launch on Mar 25, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−1.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days177 days
Net assets$33m$7m

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.

JUDO in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 25, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, JUDO paid 2.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or JUDO?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and JUDO charges 0.55%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources