Which is cheaper, HEMI or QYLD?

HEMI charges 0.49% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

HEMI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

HEMI and QYLD both write options for income.

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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

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At a glance

7.6%

HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

12.3%

QYLD cash paid, 1 year

+12.6%

HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

+16.5%

QYLD total return, 1 year

HEMI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

HEMI

+12.6%

none

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.

QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD

+16.5%

QQQ

+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

HEMI costs 0.11 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HEMI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	HEMI	QYLD
Paid and earned
Measure	HEMI	QYLD
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.5%
Price change	fell 0.4% (6 months)	rose 3.3% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment	99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	HEMI	QYLD
Benchmark	its own stocks	Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Measure	HEMI	QYLD
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.60%
Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026	$35m	$8.5bn
Holdings
Measure	HEMI	QYLD
Holdings in common	48%

Method

What they share

48%

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and QYLD hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

48% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HEMI QYLD

NVIDIA Corp 8.49% 8.20%

Apple Inc 6.41% 7.65%

Microsoft Corp 6.05% 5.82%

Amazon.com Inc 5.06% 4.93%

Alphabet Inc 6.62% 3.50%

Broadcom Inc 3.60% 3.11%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.33% 2.78%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.26% 3.62%

Micron Technology Inc 1.86% 4.32%

Walmart Inc 1.33% 2.53%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.31% 1.17%

KLA Corp 1.40% 1.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HEMI

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.34%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.32%

Mastercard Inc 1.84%

Sherwin-Williams Co 1.47%

RTX Corp 1.44%

General Electric Co 1.41%

Merck & Co Inc 1.32%

Wells Fargo & Co 1.32%

Only in QYLD

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.11%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 1.97%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1.88%

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1.71%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1.26%

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.03%

AMGEN INC. 0.97%

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Side by side

HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly

Issuer Hartford Global X

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.6% 12.2%

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) 12.3%

Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +3.3%

Total return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +16.5%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +12.3%

Ahead or behind not available +4.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 99%

Age 322 days 12.9 years

Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $35m $8.5bn

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

Window by window: HEMI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	HEMI	QYLD	HEMI	QYLD	HEMI	QYLD
3 months	+0.3%	+2.4%	2.2%	3.0%	0.0 pts	+5.9 pts
6 months	+4.0%	+5.4%	4.4%	6.0%	−0.4 pts	+5.8 pts
1 year	–	+16.5%	–	12.3%	–	+4.2 pts
3 years	–	+52.7%	–	37.9%	–	−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · QYLD Dec 2013	+12.6%	+194.8%	7.6%	117.5%	not measured	−610.5 pts

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About each fund

HEMI

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.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or QYLD?: HEMI charges 0.49% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →HEMI on its own →QYLD on its own →HEMI dividend history →HEMI holdings →QYLD dividend history →QYLD holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HEMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HEMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

HEMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Hartford website ↗

QYLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QYLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

QYLD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for QYLD ↗

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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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