Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
FGSI vs KYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 25.2% of its price in cash against FGSI’s 8.3%, though FGSI returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $2.0m for FT Vest Growth Strength & Target Income ETF and $47m for Kurv High Income ETF.
About even with FTGS
FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FTGS
+8.8%
FGSI
+9.0%
8.3% of it arrived as cash
about even with FTGS
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with FTGS
FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
FTGS
+8.8%
FGSI
+9.0%
8.3% cash
about even with FTGS
8.3% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. FGSI over 1 year: paid 8.3%, price +0.2%, total +9.0%, FTGS +8.8%, +0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD
−5.0%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD
−5.0%
25.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
FGSI costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.0 points; KYLD is far larger, $47m against $2.0m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | FGSI | KYLD |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +9.0% | −5.0% |
| Price change | rose 0.2% (1 year) | fell 21.4% (6 months) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 53% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | First Trust Growth Strength ETF, measured through FTGS | its own holdings |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 7.7 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.85% | 1.08% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $2.0m | $47m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 2% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, FGSI and KYLD hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.
half
2% in common
Only in one fund ↓
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 | FGSI | KYLD | FGSI | KYLD | FGSI | KYLD |
| 3 months | −2.2% | −13.3% | 2.0% | 6.2% | +0.6 pts | +4.1 pts |
| 6 months | +6.3% | −10.9% | 4.3% | 11.9% | +0.2 pts | +7.6 pts |
| 1 year | +9.0% | −5.0% | 8.3% | 25.2% | +0.2 pts | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: FGSI Jun 2025 · KYLD Oct 2025 | +13.6% | −10.9% | 11.3% | 23.6% | −0.7 pts | not measured |
FGSI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FGSI paid 8.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.0%. First Trust Growth Strength ETF (FTGS) returned +8.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.3%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 53% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
No 1-year comparison: it had filed no holdings by Nov 4, 2025, the year's first day. KYLD's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned −18.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.7 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −10.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.4%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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