Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
GDXY vs KGLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GDXY paid 48.8% of its price in cash against KGLD’s 16.3%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $257m for YieldMax Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF and $155m for Kurv Gold Enhanced Income ETF.
17.7 pts behind GDX
GDXY over 1 year: paid 48.8%, price −37.3%, total +7.1%, GDX +24.8%, −17.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
GDX
+24.8%
GDXY
+7.1%
48.8% as cash
17.7 pts behind GDX
Total return, distributions reinvested
17.7 pts behind GDX
GDXY over 1 year: paid 48.8%, price −37.3%, total +7.1%, GDX +24.8%, −17.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
GDX
+24.8%
GDXY
+7.1%
17.7 pts behind GDX
48.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GDXY over 1 year: paid 48.8%, price −37.3%, total +7.1%, GDX +24.8%, −17.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Not measured
KGLD over 1 year: paid 16.3%, price −13.3%, total +1.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KGLD
+1.3%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
KGLD over 1 year: paid 16.3%, price −13.3%, total +1.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KGLD
+1.3%
16.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KGLD over 1 year: paid 16.3%, price −13.3%, total +1.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
KGLD costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; GDXY is 1.7 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | GDXY | KGLD |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +7.1% | +1.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 37.3% | fell 13.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 92% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 81% of the Oct 8, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Gold miners, measured through GDX | not published |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.00% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $257m | $155m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Jul 18, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 67 weekly returnsFrom Jul 2025 to Oct 2026, GDXY returned more: +20.2% to +11.8%. KGLD swung less: 23.9% to 39.4%. KGLD fell less at its worst: −29.9% to −36.8%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | GDXY | KGLD | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +20.2% | +11.8% | GDXY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +15.3% | +9.0% | GDXY | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −40.1% | −6.0% | KGLD | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 39.4% | 23.9% | KGLD | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 27.2% | 16.6% | KGLD | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −36.8% | −29.9% | KGLD | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.46 | 0.32 | GDXY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 0.67 | 0.46 | GDXY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.42 | 0.30 | GDXY | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 67 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, GDXY and KGLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% 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 | GDXY | KGLD | GDXY | KGLD | GDXY | KGLD |
| 3 months | +0.6% | −6.3% | 14.0% | 3.7% | −0.5 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | −10.0% | −16.2% | 20.7% | 6.7% | −1.5 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +7.1% | +1.3% | 48.8% | 16.3% | −17.6 pts | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: GDXY May 2024 · KGLD Jul 2025 | +50.9% | +19.0% | 88.8% | 21.8% | −82.4 pts | not measured |
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GDXY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GDXY paid 48.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.1%. Gold miners (GDX) returned +24.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 38.1%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 92% 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.
KGLD
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KGLD paid 16.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 13.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.7%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 81% of the distribution paid Oct 8, 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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