HEMI vs VAIE: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and VAIE both write options for income. Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $67m on Oct 19, 2026 for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF.
HEMI costs 0.25 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| HEMI | VAIE | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 0.74% |
| Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and VAIE as of Oct 19, 2026 | $35m | $67m |
| Benchmark | its own stocks | not published |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 1.1 pts | |
| Price change | rose 2.4% (6 months) | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) |
Not measured
HEMI since launch: paid 6.8%, price +5.0%, total +12.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
HEMI
+12.1%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
HEMI since launch: paid 6.8%, price +5.0%, total +12.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
HEMI
+12.1%
6.8% cash
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. HEMI since launch: paid 6.8%, price +5.0%, total +12.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | HEMI | VAIE | HEMI | VAIE | HEMI | VAIE |
| 3 months | +1.5% | +2.5% | 2.2% | 4.1% | −1.8 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +7.0% | – | 4.5% | – | −1.1 pts | – |
| Since launch Not the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · VAIE May 2026 | +12.1% | +3.3% | 6.8% | 6.8% | not measured | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About HEMI
Over the 6 months to Oct 20, 2026, HEMI paid 4.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.0%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.6%, paid monthly.
HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +8.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.1 pts.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
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