Which is cheaper, DDDD or KNG?

DDDD charges 1.01% a year and KNG charges 0.74%, so KNG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

DDDD vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

DDDD and KNG both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $7.8m for YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF and $3.4bn for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.4%

DDDD cash paid, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

8.8%

KNG cash paid, 1 year

+17.1%

DDDD total return, since launch, Mar 12, 2026

+20.8%

KNG total return, 1 year

DDDD · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD

+17.1%

SCHD

+20.4%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.4% cash

3.3 pts behind SCHD

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.3 pts behind SCHD

DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SCHD

+20.4%

DDDD

+17.1%

3.3 pts behind SCHD

3.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. DDDD since launch: paid 3.4%, price +13.4%, total +17.1%, SCHD +20.4%, −3.3 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, 0 to +23.9%. KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KNG costs 0.27 points a year less; KNG is far larger, $3.4bn against $7.8m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

DDDD vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	DDDD	KNG
Paid and earned
Measure	DDDD	KNG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+20.8%
Price change	rose 13.4% (since Mar 12, 2026)	rose 11.1% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	76% of the Oct 2, 2026 payment	80% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	DDDD	KNG
Benchmark	US dividend stocks, measured through SCHD	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL
Cost and size
Measure	DDDD	KNG
Expense ratio	1.01%	0.74%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.8m	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DDDD	KNG
Holdings in common	15%

Method

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, DDDD and KNG hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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0 half 100%

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15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DDDD KNG

Abbott Laboratories 4.02% 1.56%

Procter & Gamble Co 4.37% 1.48%

Coca-Cola Co 4.18% 1.46%

PepsiCo Inc 3.90% 1.46%

Target Corp 1.76% 1.45%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.81% 1.44%

Fastenal Co 1.45% 1.43%

Chevron Corp 3.94% 1.42%

Kimberly-Clark Corp 0.85% 1.40%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 0.81% 1.27%

Cincinnati Financial Corp 0.70% 1.52%

T Rowe Price Group Inc 0.57% 1.47%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DDDD

Texas Instruments Inc 4.70%

Home Depot Inc 4.29%

Amgen Inc 4.16%

QUALCOMM Inc 3.92%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 3.91%

ConocoPhillips 3.84%

Merck & Co Inc 3.82%

Accenture PLC 3.77%

Only in KNG

Pentair plc 1.89%

Roper Technologies, Inc. 1.70%

The Clorox Company 1.58%

PPG Industries, Inc. 1.57%

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 1.57%

General Dynamics Corporation 1.55%

Lowe's Companies, Inc. 1.55%

NextEra Energy, Inc. 1.54%

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Side by side

DDDD YieldMax U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF · Synthetic covered call on SCHD KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly

Issuer YieldMax First Trust

Strategy synthetic covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark US dividend stocks (SCHD) S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)

Pays not established monthly

Payout rate, annualized 18.3% 8.0%

Expense ratio 1.01% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) 8.8%

Price change, 1 year +13.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +11.1%

Total return, 1 year +17.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +20.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year +20.4% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) +23.9%

Ahead or behind −3.3 pts (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −3.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 76% 80%

Age 237 days 8.6 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.8m $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: DDDD vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	DDDD	KNG	DDDD	KNG	DDDD	KNG
3 months	+7.5%	+5.2%	1.6%	2.0%	−1.0 pts	−0.5 pts
6 months	+13.6%	+13.5%	3.3%	4.3%	−2.6 pts	−1.4 pts
1 year	–	+20.8%	–	8.8%	–	−3.1 pts
3 years	–	+41.8%	–	26.9%	–	−6.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: DDDD Mar 2026 · KNG Mar 2018	+17.1%	+120.8%	3.4%	61.2%	−3.3 pts	−19.0 pts

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About each fund

DDDD

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 12, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, DDDD paid 3.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.1%. US dividend stocks (SCHD) returned +20.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 18.3%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 76% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 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 is cheaper, DDDD or KNG?: DDDD charges 1.01% a year and KNG charges 0.74%, so KNG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

US dividend stocks (SCHD) →S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →DDDD on its own →KNG on its own →DDDD dividend history →DDDD holdings →KNG dividend history →KNG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

DDDD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DDDD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

DDDD 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for DDDD ↗

KNG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KNG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KNG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for KNG ↗

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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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