Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI vs SIOO: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and SIOO both write options for income.
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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $25m on Nov 3, 2026 for VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.
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% cash
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.About even with OEF
SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
OEF
+10.9%
SIOO
+10.8%
13.6% of it arrived as cash
about even with OEF
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with OEF
SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
OEF
+10.9%
SIOO
+10.8%
13.6% as cash
about even with OEF
13.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIOO since launch: paid 13.6%, price −3.6%, total +10.8%, OEF +10.9%, −0.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.10 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | SIOO |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 0.4% (6 months) | fell 3.6% (since Dec 11, 2025) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 97% of the Oct 27, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | S&P 100, measured through OEF |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.59% |
| Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SIOO as of Nov 3, 2026 | $35m | $25m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 51% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and SIOO hold 51% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
51% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | HEMI | SIOO | HEMI | SIOO | HEMI | SIOO |
| 3 months | +0.3% | +0.8% | 2.2% | 3.7% | 0.0 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | +5.6% | 4.4% | 7.5% | −0.4 pts | +1.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · SIOO Dec 2025 | +12.6% | +10.8% | 7.6% | 13.6% | not measured | −0.1 pts |
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.
SIOO
Over the period from its first trade on Dec 11, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, SIOO paid 13.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.4%, paid monthly. VistaShares estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Oct 27, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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