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

HEMI and PBP both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP 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
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and PBP hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMIPBP
NVIDIA Corp9.11%8.18%
Apple Inc5.86%7.50%
Microsoft Corp5.72%5.57%
Amazon.com Inc5.73%3.77%
Alphabet Inc7.69%3.11%
Broadcom Inc4.02%2.57%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%2.22%
JPMorgan Chase & Co2.42%1.42%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.89%1.39%
Eli Lilly & Co2.13%1.38%
Micron Technology Inc1.15%1.74%
Walmart Inc1.70%0.71%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in PBP
ITT Inc 1.12%Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.87%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.42%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.82%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.03%
Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One 0.63%Johnson & Johnson 0.99%
United Therapeutics Corp 0.63%Visa Inc 0.93%
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc 0.59%Intel Corp 0.81%
Wayfair Inc 0.42%AbbVie Inc 0.71%
FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.27%Costco Wholesale Corp 0.60%

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 Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMIPBPHEMIPBPHEMIPBP
3 months+0.8%+5.0%2.2%2.8%−1.5 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+13.6%+13.0%4.9%5.7%−4.5 pts−5.0 pts
1 yearnot published+18.5%not published11.8%not published+1.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 pts
Since launch+11.2%+199.0%6.0%101.2%−3.4 pts−604.5 pts
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HEMI and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordInvesco
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%11.3%
Expense ratio0.49%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)11.8%
Price change, 1 year+4.9%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days6101 days
Net assets$33m$386m

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.

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

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

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Where these figures came from

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HEMI against PBP, 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.

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How every figure is computed · Standards and sources