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HEMI vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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HEMI and VOOY both write options for income.

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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, beside XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF.

At a glance
7.6%
HEMI cash paid, since launch, Dec 17, 2025
1.5%
VOOY cash paid, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
+12.6%
HEMI total return, since launch, Dec 17, 2025
+0.3%
VOOY total return, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
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.
VOOY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
VOOY
+0.3%
none

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

HEMI costs 0.26 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HEMI vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureHEMIVOOY
Paid and earned
Price changefell 0.4% (6 months)fell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.49%0.75%
Net assets$35mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

HEMI Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly VOOY XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF · Option income
Strategy covered call option income
Benchmark HEMI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) none
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 8.6% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.49% 0.75%
Cash paid, 1 year 7.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) 1.5% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +4.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) −1.2% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +12.6% (since launch, Dec 17, 2025) +0.3% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 26%
Age 322 days 63 days
Net assets $35m not read by ETFIQ

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 VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowHEMIVOOYHEMIVOOYHEMIVOOY
3 months+0.3%–2.2%–0.0 pts–
6 months+4.0%–4.4%–−0.4 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · VOOY Sep 2026+12.6%+0.3%7.6%1.5%not measurednot measured

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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.

VOOY

Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, HEMI or VOOY?
HEMI charges 0.49% a year and VOOY charges 0.75%, so HEMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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