Which is cheaper, HEMI or RDVI?

HEMI charges 0.49% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

HEMI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

HEMI and RDVI both write options for income.

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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $3.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

HEMI on its own →RDVI on its own →

At a glance

7.6%

HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

9.1%

RDVI cash paid, 1 year

+12.6%

HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

+22.0%

RDVI 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.

RDVI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with RDVY

RDVI

+22.0%

RDVY

+22.2%

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

9.1% of it arrived as cash

about even with RDVY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with RDVY

RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RDVY

+22.2%

RDVI

+22.0%

about even with RDVY

9.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. RDVI over 1 year: paid 9.1%, price +12.2%, total +22.0%, RDVY +22.2%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +22.2%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

HEMI costs 0.26 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HEMI vs RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	HEMI	RDVI
Paid and earned
Measure	HEMI	RDVI
Total return, 1 year	not published	+22.0%
Price change	fell 0.4% (6 months)	rose 12.2% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment	40% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	HEMI	RDVI
Benchmark	its own stocks	First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF, measured through RDVY
Cost and size
Measure	HEMI	RDVI
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.75%
Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026	$35m	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	HEMI	RDVI
Holdings in common	18%

Method

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and RDVI hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HEMI RDVI

Microsoft Corp 6.05% 2.16%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.34% 2.02%

NVIDIA Corp 8.49% 2.00%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.33% 1.89%

Micron Technology Inc 1.86% 1.83%

Apple Inc 6.41% 1.63%

Alphabet Inc 6.62% 1.57%

KLA Corp 1.40% 1.90%

Wells Fargo & Co 1.32% 1.53%

Mastercard Inc 1.84% 1.08%

Chubb Ltd 0.64% 2.16%

Cisco Systems Inc 0.54% 0.48%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HEMI

Amazon.com Inc 5.06%

Broadcom Inc 3.60%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.32%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.26%

Sherwin-Williams Co 1.47%

RTX Corp 1.44%

General Electric Co 1.41%

Walmart Inc 1.33%

Only in RDVI

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.39%

Accenture plc 2.35%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.35%

Veralto Corporation 2.34%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

The Allstate Corporation 2.23%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.17%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.15%

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Side by side

HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF · Writes calls on the S&P 500, measured against the Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index, paying monthly

Issuer Hartford First Trust

Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.6% 8.3%

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.75%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) 9.1%

Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +12.2%

Total return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +22.0%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +22.2%

Ahead or behind not available −0.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 40%

Age 322 days 4.0 years

Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and RDVI as of Nov 3, 2026 $35m $3.9bn

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 RDVI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	HEMI	RDVI	HEMI	RDVI	HEMI	RDVI
3 months	+0.3%	−1.9%	2.2%	2.0%	0.0 pts	+0.6 pts
6 months	+4.0%	+7.9%	4.4%	4.3%	−0.4 pts	+0.1 pts
1 year	–	+22.0%	–	9.1%	–	−0.2 pts
3 years	–	+76.0%	–	30.9%	–	−6.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · RDVI Oct 2022	+12.6%	+106.5%	7.6%	43.0%	not measured	−8.4 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.

RDVI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RDVI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +22.0%. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) returned +22.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 40% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or RDVI?: HEMI charges 0.49% a year and RDVI charges 0.75%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →HEMI on its own →RDVI on its own →HEMI dividend history →HEMI holdings →RDVI dividend history →RDVI 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 ↗

RDVI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

RDVI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for RDVI ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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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