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

HEMI and PAPI both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
7.9%PAPI cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+12.8%PAPI 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
PAPI3.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%7.9% of it arrived as cash3.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%3.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and PAPI hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and PAPI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMIPAPI
Corning Inc1.03%1.01%
Texas Instruments Inc0.87%0.71%
Cummins Inc0.89%0.70%
Alphabet Inc7.69%0.59%
Merck & Co Inc1.15%0.59%
Dominion Energy Inc0.94%0.58%
Linde PLC1.11%0.54%
Williams Cos Inc/The0.55%0.53%
WEC Energy Group Inc0.84%0.52%
Abbott Laboratories0.61%0.52%
RTX Corp0.96%0.52%
Gilead Sciences Inc1.02%0.49%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in PAPI
NVIDIA Corp 9.11%TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81%
Apple Inc 5.86%Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Amazon.com Inc 5.73%Royalty Pharma plc 0.73%
Broadcom Inc 4.02%Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.66%Avnet, Inc. 0.71%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42%Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. 0.68%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.13%Target Corp. 0.67%
Mastercard Inc 2.04%MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. 0.66%

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 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and PAPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMIPAPIHEMIPAPIHEMIPAPI
3 months+0.8%+4.7%2.2%2.0%−1.5 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+13.6%+5.6%4.9%4.0%−4.5 pts−12.4 pts
1 yearnot published+12.8%not published7.9%not published−3.8 pts
Since launch+11.2%+35.6%6.0%22.5%−3.4 pts−49.6 pts
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HEMI and PAPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
PAPI
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordParametric
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%7.2%
Expense ratio0.49%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)7.9%
Price change, 1 year+4.9%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+12.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days1065 days
Net assets$33m$400m

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.

PAPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or PAPI?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and PAPI charges 0.29%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources