Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI vs PBP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and PBP both write options for income.
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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $389m on Nov 3, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite 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, 2026.1.4 pts ahead of SPY
PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
PBP
+16.2%
11.7% of it arrived as cash
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
SPY
+14.8%
PBP
+16.2%
11.7% as cash
1.4 pts ahead of SPY
11.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.2%. PBP over 1 year: paid 11.7%, price +3.6%, total +16.2%, SPY +14.8%, +1.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
PBP costs 0.20 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | PBP |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +16.2% |
| Price change | fell 0.4% (6 months) | rose 3.6% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 95% of the Oct 23, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | S&P 500, measured through SPY |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.29% |
| Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and PBP as of Nov 3, 2026 | $35m | $389m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 50% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and PBP hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
half
50% in common
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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 | PBP | HEMI | PBP | HEMI | PBP |
| 3 months | +0.3% | +2.5% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 0.0 pts | +2.6 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | +8.1% | 4.4% | 5.3% | −0.4 pts | +3.1 pts |
| 1 year | – | +16.2% | – | 11.7% | – | +1.4 pts |
| 3 years | – | +49.6% | – | 33.4% | – | −33.3 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · PBP Dec 2007 | +12.6% | +172.0% | 7.6% | 92.4% | not measured | −467.6 pts |
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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.
PBP
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PBP paid 11.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.2%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.5%, paid monthly. Invesco estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Oct 23, 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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