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HEMI vs RNTY: which paid, and which earned it?

HEMI and RNTY both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
11.9%RNTY cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+4.6%RNTY total return, 1 year
HEMI3.4 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%6.0% of it arrived as cash3.4 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+14.7%HEMI+11.2%3.4 pts behind SPY
RNTY12 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%RNTY+4.6%11.9% as cash12 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%RNTY+4.6%12 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and RNTY hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and RNTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMIRNTY
Welltower Inc1.26%6.63%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in RNTY
NVIDIA Corp 9.11%Prologis Inc 6.72%
Alphabet Inc 7.69%Vivmark Residential 6.31%
Apple Inc 5.86%Digital Realty Trust Inc 5.99%
Amazon.com Inc 5.73%Simon Property Group Inc 5.30%
Microsoft Corp 5.72%Equinix Inc 4.92%
Broadcom Inc 4.02%St Joe Co/The 4.41%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.66%Realty Income Corp 4.36%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42%Texas Pacific Land Corp 4.20%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and RNTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMIRNTYHEMIRNTYHEMIRNTY
3 months+0.8%−2.3%2.2%3.0%−1.5 pts−4.5 pts
6 months+13.6%+2.5%4.9%6.2%−4.5 pts−15.6 pts
1 yearnot published+4.6%not published11.9%not published−12.0 pts
Since launch+11.2%+7.9%6.0%15.8%−3.4 pts−39.2 pts
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HEMI and RNTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
RNTY
YieldMax(R) Target 12(TM) Real Estate Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordYieldMax
Strategycovered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%12.5%
Expense ratio0.49%0.99%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)11.9%
Price change, 1 year+4.9%−7.3%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+4.6%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−12.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published0%
Age275 days519 days
Net assets$33m$6m

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.

RNTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, RNTY paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 12.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.5%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or RNTY?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and RNTY charges 0.99%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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HEMI against RNTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, HEMI against RNTY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/hemi-vs-rnty Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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