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Income ETFs

HEMI vs JULJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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HEMI and JULJ both write options for income.

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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $14m on Nov 4, 2026 for Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July.

At a glance
7.6%
HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025
5.6%
JULJ cash paid, 1 year
+12.6%
HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025
+5.4%
JULJ total return, 1 year
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% cash

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.
JULJ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 9.4 pts behind SPY
JULJ
+5.4%
SPY
+14.8%

9.4 pts behind SPY

JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.6%, price −0.4%, total +5.4%, SPY +14.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULJ

+5.4%

5.6% of it arrived as cash

9.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

9.4 pts behind SPY

JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.6%, price −0.4%, total +5.4%, SPY +14.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JULJ

+5.4%

9.4 pts behind SPY

5.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. JULJ over 1 year: paid 5.6%, price −0.4%, total +5.4%, SPY +14.8%, −9.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

HEMI costs 0.30 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HEMI vs JULJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureHEMIJULJ
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.4%
Price changefell 0.4% (6 months)fell 0.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment39% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.49%0.79%
Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and JULJ as of Nov 4, 2026$35m$14m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and JULJ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HEMI JULJ
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Only in HEMI
NVIDIA Corp 8.49%
Alphabet Inc 6.62%
Apple Inc 6.41%
Microsoft Corp 6.05%
Amazon.com Inc 5.06%
Broadcom Inc 3.60%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.34%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.33%
Only in JULJ
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Side by side

HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly JULJ Innovator Premium Income 30 Barrier ETF - July · Defined income on SPY, paying quarterly
Strategy covered call defined income
Benchmark HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly quarterly
Payout rate, annualized 8.6% 5.4%
Expense ratio 0.49% 0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) 5.6%
Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) −0.4%
Total return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +5.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +14.8%
Ahead or behind not available −9.4 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 39%
Age 322 days 3.3 years
Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and JULJ as of Nov 4, 2026 $35m $14m

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: HEMI vs JULJ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowHEMIJULJHEMIJULJHEMIJULJ
3 months+0.3%+1.3%2.2%1.3%0.0 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+4.0%+2.6%4.4%2.7%−0.4 pts−2.4 pts
1 year–+5.4%–5.6%–−9.4 pts
3 years–+18.6%–17.3%–−64.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · JULJ Jul 2023+12.6%+21.3%7.6%19.0%not measured−58.5 pts

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About each fund
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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

JULJ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JULJ paid 5.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 9.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.4%, paid quarterly. Innovator estimates that 39% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or JULJ?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and JULJ charges 0.79%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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