Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI vs JUDO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and JUDO both write options for income.
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Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $35m for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and $7.0m for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF.
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.Not measured
JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
JUDO
+16.1%
3.8% as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
JUDO
+16.1%
3.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.1%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.06 points a year less; HEMI is 5.0 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | JUDO |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change, 6 months | fell 0.4% | rose 2.7% |
| 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 | ahead by 0.6 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.55% |
| Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 | $35m | $7.0m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 53% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and JUDO hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.
half
53% 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 | HEMI | JUDO | HEMI | JUDO | HEMI | JUDO |
| 3 months | +0.3% | −1.2% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 0.0 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | +5.8% | 4.4% | 3.1% | −0.4 pts | +0.6 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · JUDO Mar 2026 | +12.6% | +16.1% | 7.6% | 3.8% | not measured | not measured |
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.
JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, paid monthly.
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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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