Data as of .
HEMI vs RDVI: which paid, and which earned it?
HEMI and RDVI both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and RDVI hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | HEMI | RDVI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 9.11% | 2.16% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2.42% | 2.10% |
| Microsoft Corp | 5.72% | 2.05% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.66% | 2.04% |
| Alphabet Inc | 7.69% | 1.97% |
| Apple Inc | 5.86% | 1.66% |
| KLA Corp | 1.39% | 2.16% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 1.15% | 2.18% |
| Mastercard Inc | 2.04% | 0.94% |
| Wells Fargo & Co | 0.85% | 1.54% |
| GE Vernova Inc | 0.66% | 2.19% |
| General Electric Co | 0.57% | 1.36% |
| Only in HEMI | Only in RDVI |
|---|---|
| Amazon.com Inc 5.73% | Lam Research Corporation 2.31% |
| Broadcom Inc 4.02% | Applied Materials, Inc. 2.30% |
| Eli Lilly & Co 2.13% | The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.27% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.89% | The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.22% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71% | The Allstate Corporation 2.14% |
| Walmart Inc 1.70% | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13% |
| Netflix Inc 1.39% | Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.28% | U.S. Bancorp 2.08% |
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 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEMI | RDVI | HEMI | RDVI | HEMI | RDVI | |
| 3 months | +0.8% | +0.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% | −1.5 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | +13.6% | +15.1% | 4.9% | 4.6% | −4.5 pts | +2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +19.2% | not published | 8.8% | not published | −8.0 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +69.2% | not published | 29.6% | not published | +15.5 pts |
| Since launch | +11.2% | +101.2% | 6.0% | 41.0% | −3.4 pts | +32.0 pts |
| HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on SCHD, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Hartford | First Trust |
| Strategy | covered call | dividend stocks with call overlay |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.75% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) | 8.8% |
| Price change, 1 year | +4.9% | +9.6% |
| Total return, 1 year | +11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025) | +19.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +14.7% | +27.2% |
| Ahead or behind | −3.4 pts | −8.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 275 days | 1429 days |
| Net assets | $33m | $3.7bn |
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.
RDVI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RDVI paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +19.2%. US dividend stocks (SCHD), used as the dividend proxy returned +27.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
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 these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, HEMI against RDVI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/hemi-vs-rdvi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.