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

HEMI and ROCY both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
3.6%ROCY cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+13.5%ROCY 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
ROCY2.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%3.6% as cash2.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.4%ROCY+13.5%2.9 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and ROCY hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and ROCY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMIROCY
NVIDIA Corp9.11%8.37%
Apple Inc5.86%6.71%
Alphabet Inc7.69%5.33%
Microsoft Corp5.72%4.97%
Amazon.com Inc5.73%4.15%
Broadcom Inc4.02%2.61%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%2.43%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.89%1.69%
Mastercard Inc2.04%1.57%
Eli Lilly & Co2.13%1.47%
Micron Technology Inc1.15%3.00%
RTX Corp0.96%1.07%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in ROCY
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.42%Lam Research Corp. 1.76%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71%AbbVie, Inc. 1.46%
KLA Corp 1.39%Seagate Technology Holdings plc 1.38%
Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.28%Bank of America Corp. 1.31%
Welltower Inc 1.26%CSX Corp. 1.21%
Merck & Co Inc 1.15%American Express Co. 1.07%
Marriott International Inc/MD 1.12%Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 1.04%
ITT Inc 1.12%UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1.02%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and ROCY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMIROCYHEMIROCYHEMIROCY
3 months+0.8%+2.6%2.2%1.7%−1.5 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+13.6%+14.8%4.9%3.7%−4.5 pts−3.3 pts
Since launch+11.2%+13.5%6.0%3.6%−3.4 pts−2.9 pts
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ
HEMI and ROCY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
ROCY
JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordJPMorgan
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%5.7%
Expense ratio0.49%0.35%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+4.9%+9.7%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.4%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−2.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days183 days
Net assets$33m$726m

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.

ROCY in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or ROCY?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources