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BIGY vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its price in cash against KNG’s 8.8%, though KNG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $31m for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF and $3.4bn for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF.

At a glance
13.1%
BIGY cash paid, 1 year
8.8%
KNG cash paid, 1 year
+7.4%
BIGY total return, 1 year
+20.8%
KNG total return, 1 year
BIGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind SPY
BIGY
+7.4%
SPY
+14.8%

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

13.1% as cash

7.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

7.4 pts behind SPY

13.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KNG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.1 pts behind NOBL
KNG
+20.8%
NOBL
+23.9%

3.1 pts behind NOBL

KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

NOBL

+23.9%

KNG

+20.8%

8.8% of it arrived as cash

3.1 pts behind NOBL

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.1 pts behind NOBL

KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

NOBL

+23.9%

KNG

+20.8%

3.1 pts behind NOBL

8.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KNG costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.4 points; KNG is far larger, $3.4bn against $31m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureBIGYKNG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+7.4%+20.8%
Price change, 1 yearfell 6.1%rose 11.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment80% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.09%0.74%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$31m$3.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common10%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · KNG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score38BIGY91.3KNG

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and KNG hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY KNG
Walmart Inc 2.45% 1.52%
Johnson & Johnson 1.59% 1.48%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.66% 1.43%
AbbVie Inc 1.23% 1.44%
Chevron Corp 1.02% 1.42%
Coca-Cola Co 0.97% 1.46%
Procter & Gamble Co 0.91% 1.48%
Caterpillar Inc 0.64% 1.21%
International Business Machines Corp 0.56% 1.42%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BIGY
Microsoft Corp 9.51%
Apple Inc 9.15%
NVIDIA Corp 7.62%
Alphabet Inc 7.37%
Amazon.com Inc 6.70%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.69%
Tesla Inc 3.63%
Only in KNG
Pentair plc 1.89%
Roper Technologies, Inc. 1.70%
Erie Indemnity Company 1.58%
The Clorox Company 1.58%
PPG Industries, Inc. 1.57%
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 1.57%
Abbott Laboratories 1.56%
General Dynamics Corporation 1.55%
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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 8.0%
Expense ratio 1.09% 0.74%
Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 8.8%
Price change, 1 year −6.1% +11.1%
Total return, 1 year +7.4% +20.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +23.9%
Ahead or behind −7.4 pts −3.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 29% 80%
Age 2.0 years 8.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $31m $3.4bn

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: BIGY vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowBIGYKNGBIGYKNGBIGYKNG
3 months−1.2%+5.2%3.0%2.0%−1.1 pts−0.5 pts
6 months+2.1%+13.5%6.4%4.3%−2.9 pts−1.4 pts
1 year+7.4%+20.8%13.1%8.8%−7.4 pts−3.1 pts
3 years–+41.8%–26.9%–−6.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · KNG Mar 2018+26.8%+120.8%23.9%61.2%−5.3 pts−19.0 pts

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About each fund
BIGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

KNG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.8%. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) returned +23.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or KNG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and KNG paid 8.8%, so BIGY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BIGY or KNG?
With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and KNG +20.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or KNG?
BIGY charges 1.09% a year and KNG charges 0.74%, so KNG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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