Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI vs KYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and KYLD both write options for income.
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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $47m on Nov 3, 2026 for Kurv High 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
KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD
−5.0%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD
−5.0%
25.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.59 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | KYLD |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | −5.0% |
| Price change, 6 months | fell 0.4% | fell 21.4% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | its own holdings |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 7.7 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 1.08% |
| Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and KYLD as of Nov 3, 2026 | $35m | $47m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 6% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and KYLD hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.
half
6% in common
Only in one fund ↓
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 | KYLD | HEMI | KYLD | HEMI | KYLD |
| 3 months | +0.3% | −13.3% | 2.2% | 6.2% | 0.0 pts | +4.1 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | −10.9% | 4.4% | 11.9% | −0.4 pts | +7.6 pts |
| 1 year | – | −5.0% | – | 25.2% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · KYLD Oct 2025 | +12.6% | −10.9% | 7.6% | 23.6% | not measured | not measured |
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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.
No 1-year comparison: it had filed no holdings by Nov 4, 2025, the year's first day. KYLD's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned −18.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.7 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −10.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.4%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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