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

HEMI and SPUT both write options for income.

Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF and Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF.

6.0%HEMI cash paid, 1 year
5.2%SPUT cash paid, 1 year
+11.2%HEMI total return, 1 year
+11.5%SPUT 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
SPUT5.1 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.2% of it arrived as cash5.1 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%SPUT+11.5%5.1 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and SPUT hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions HEMI and SPUT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingHEMISPUT
NVIDIA Corp9.11%3.85%
Apple Inc5.86%3.22%
Microsoft Corp5.72%2.47%
Amazon.com Inc5.73%2.09%
Alphabet Inc7.69%1.84%
Broadcom Inc4.02%1.60%
Meta Platforms Inc2.66%1.10%
JPMorgan Chase & Co2.42%0.70%
Eli Lilly & Co2.13%0.65%
Exxon Mobil Corp0.87%0.54%
Micron Technology Inc1.15%0.48%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.89%0.47%
Only in each
Only in HEMIOnly in SPUT
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 1.71%TREASURY BILL 49.24%
ITT Inc 1.12%Alphabet Inc 1.59%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc 0.82%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.54%
Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One 0.63%Visa Inc 0.46%
United Therapeutics Corp 0.63%Johnson & Johnson 0.46%
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc 0.59%Costco Wholesale Corp 0.37%
Builders FirstSource Inc 0.48%Caterpillar Inc 0.35%
Casey's General Stores Inc 0.43%Intel Corp 0.34%

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.

Performance, window by window

HEMI and SPUT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
HEMISPUTHEMISPUTHEMISPUT
3 months+0.8%+2.4%2.2%1.1%−1.5 pts+0.1 pts
6 months+13.6%+11.5%4.9%2.5%−4.5 pts−6.5 pts
1 yearnot published+11.5%not published5.2%not published−5.1 pts
Since launch+11.2%+22.4%6.0%8.5%−3.4 pts−15.6 pts
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HEMI and SPUT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HEMI
Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
SPUT
Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerHartfordInnovator
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY)S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.1%4.7%
Expense ratio0.49%0.79%
Cash paid, 1 year6.0% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)5.2%
Price change, 1 year+4.9%+6.0%
Total return, 1 year+11.2% (since launch on Dec 17, 2025)+11.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+14.7%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−3.4 pts−5.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age275 days553 days
Net assets$33m$17m

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.

SPUT in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, SPUT paid 5.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.1 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 4.7%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or SPUT?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and SPUT charges 0.79%, 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 SPUT, 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 SPUT, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/hemi-vs-sput Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources