Which is cheaper, HEMI or SPIN?

HEMI charges 0.49% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

HEMI vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return

HEMI and SPIN both write options for income.

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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $45m on Nov 3, 2026 for State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF.

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At a glance

7.6%

HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

5.1%

SPIN cash paid, 1 year

+12.6%

HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025

+9.3%

SPIN 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% 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.

SPIN · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN

+9.3%

SPY

+14.8%

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.1% of it arrived as cash

5.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.5 pts behind SPY

SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

SPIN

+9.3%

5.5 pts behind SPY

5.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. SPIN over 1 year: paid 5.1%, price +3.9%, total +9.3%, SPY +14.8%, −5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SPIN costs 0.24 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HEMI vs SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	HEMI	SPIN
Paid and earned
Measure	HEMI	SPIN
Total return, 1 year	not published	+9.3%
Price change	fell 0.4% (6 months)	rose 3.9% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment	97% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	HEMI	SPIN
Benchmark	its own stocks	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	HEMI	SPIN
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.25%
Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPIN as of Nov 3, 2026	$35m	$45m
Holdings
Measure	HEMI	SPIN
Holdings in common	57%

Method

What they share

57%

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and SPIN hold 57% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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57% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HEMI SPIN

NVIDIA Corp 8.49% 9.22%

Microsoft Corp 6.05% 7.47%

Apple Inc 6.41% 6.03%

Amazon.com Inc 5.06% 4.87%

Alphabet Inc 6.62% 4.59%

Broadcom Inc 3.60% 3.37%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.33% 2.93%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.32% 2.50%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.34% 2.13%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.26% 1.94%

Micron Technology Inc 1.86% 2.50%

Mastercard Inc 1.84% 1.19%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HEMI

Sherwin-Williams Co 1.47%

General Electric Co 1.41%

KLA Corp 1.40%

Welltower Inc 1.30%

Arthur J Gallagher & Co 1.26%

Lowe's Cos Inc 1.04%

Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.98%

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.98%

Only in SPIN

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.28%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1.87%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 1.73%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.41%

AMPHENOL CORP CL A 1.41%

HOME DEPOT INC 1.39%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.30%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.17%

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Side by side

HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly SPIN State Street US Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer Hartford State Street

Strategy covered call covered call

Benchmark HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.6% 5.5%

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.25%

Cash paid, 1 year 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) 5.1%

Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +3.9%

Total return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +9.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +14.8%

Ahead or behind not available −5.5 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 97%

Age 322 days 2.2 years

Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and SPIN as of Nov 3, 2026 $35m $45m

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 SPIN: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	HEMI	SPIN	HEMI	SPIN	HEMI	SPIN
3 months	+0.3%	+0.8%	2.2%	0.9%	0.0 pts	+0.9 pts
6 months	+4.0%	+6.0%	4.4%	1.9%	−0.4 pts	+1.0 pts
1 year	–	+9.3%	–	5.1%	–	−5.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · SPIN Sep 2024	+12.6%	+30.3%	7.6%	16.0%	not measured	−12.9 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.

SPIN

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPIN paid 5.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.5%, paid monthly. State Street estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or SPIN?: HEMI charges 0.49% a year and SPIN charges 0.25%, so SPIN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →HEMI on its own →SPIN on its own →HEMI dividend history →HEMI holdings →SPIN dividend history →SPIN 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 ↗

SPIN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPIN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

SPIN 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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