Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
HEMI vs OVQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.48 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | OVQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 3.3% (6 months) | fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | not published |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 0.6 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.97% |
| Net assets | $37m | not read by ETFIQ |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
Not measured
HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +3.4%, total +11.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
HEMI
+11.2%
7.6% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +3.4%, total +11.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
HEMI
+11.2%
7.6% cash
7.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. HEMI since launch: paid 7.6%, price +3.4%, total +11.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Not measured
OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
OVQ
−2.9%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
OVQ
−2.9%
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OVQ since launch: paid 0.0%, price −2.9%, total −2.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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 | OVQ | HEMI | OVQ | HEMI | OVQ |
| 3 months | −1.3% | – | 2.1% | – | +0.2 pts | – |
| 6 months | +1.1% | – | 4.3% | – | −0.7 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · OVQ Oct 2026 | +11.2% | −2.9% | 7.6% | 0.0% | 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 +1.7% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.6 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 12, 2026, HEMI paid 4.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.1%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.7%, 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.
OVQ
Over the period from its first trade on Oct 23, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, OVQ paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%.
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How this is computed
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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HEMI and OVQ both write options for income.