Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI vs QVOL: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and QVOL both write options for income.
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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $49m on Aug 31, 2026 for Infrastructure Capital Nasdaq Option 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, 2026.7 pts behind ONEQ
QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
ONEQ
−0.8%
QVOL
−7.8%
7 pts behind ONEQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
7 pts behind ONEQ
QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
ONEQ
−0.8%
QVOL
−7.8%
7 pts behind ONEQ
6.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QVOL since launch: paid 6.4%, price −13.6%, total −7.8%, ONEQ −0.8%, −7.0 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.33 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | QVOL |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 0.4% (6 months) | fell 13.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF, measured through ONEQ |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 7.0 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.82% |
| Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QVOL as of Aug 31, 2026 | $35m | $49m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 35% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and QVOL hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.
half
35% 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 | QVOL | HEMI | QVOL | HEMI | QVOL |
| 3 months | +0.3% | −12.2% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 0.0 pts | −10.0 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | – | 4.4% | – | −0.4 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · QVOL May 2026 | +12.6% | −7.8% | 7.6% | 6.4% | not measured | −7.0 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.
QVOL
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, QVOL paid 6.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index ETF (ONEQ) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.0 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.3%, paid monthly.
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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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