Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HEMI vs YQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
HEMI and YQQQ both write options for income.
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Net assets: $35m on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Equity Premium Income ETF, and $15m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Short N100 Option Income Strategy ETF.
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.YQQQ over 1 year: paid 26.8%, price −21.3%, total +6.6%, short QQQ −14.5%, +21.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
HEMI costs 0.62 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HEMI | YQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +6.6% |
| Price change | fell 0.4% (6 months) | fell 21.3% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own stocks | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 1.11% |
| Net assets, HEMI as of Jul 31, 2026 and YQQQ as of Nov 3, 2026 | $35m | $15m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HEMI and YQQQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
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0% in common
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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 | YQQQ | HEMI | YQQQ | HEMI | YQQQ |
| 3 months | +0.3% | +10.7% | 2.2% | 10.6% | 0.0 pts | +8.0 pts |
| 6 months | +4.0% | +9.0% | 4.4% | 15.9% | −0.4 pts | +11.1 pts |
| 1 year | – | +6.6% | – | 26.8% | – | +21.1 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: HEMI Dec 2025 · YQQQ Aug 2024 | +12.6% | −10.1% | 7.6% | 40.8% | not measured | +28.7 pts |
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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.
YQQQ
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YQQQ paid 26.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.6%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) held short returned −14.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 21.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 22.7%, paid weekly.
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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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