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GPIQ vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% 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: $6.4bn for Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF and $3.4bn for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF.

GPIQ on its own →KNG on its own →
At a glance
10.9%
GPIQ cash paid, 1 year
8.8%
KNG cash paid, 1 year
+13.0%
GPIQ total return, 1 year
+20.8%
KNG total return, 1 year
GPIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.7 pts ahead of QQQ
GPIQ
+13.0%
QQQ
+12.3%

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

10.9% of it arrived as cash

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

GPIQ

+13.0%

0.7 pts ahead of QQQ

10.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GPIQ over 1 year: paid 10.9%, price +1.7%, total +13.0%, QQQ +12.3%, +0.7 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

GPIQ costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.8 points; GPIQ is 1.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GPIQ vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGPIQKNG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+13.0%+20.8%
Price change, 1 yearrose 1.7%rose 11.1%
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQS&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.29%0.74%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$6.4bn$3.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common5%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · KNG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score69.8GPIQ91.3KNG

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

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

5%

By the books each fund has filed, GPIQ and KNG hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GPIQ KNG
WALMART INC 2.12% 1.52%
LINDE PLC 1.11% 1.46%
PEPSICO INC 0.83% 1.46%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 0.65% 1.44%
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.28% 1.70%
FASTENAL COMPANY 0.25% 1.43%
CINTAS CORP 0.16% 1.45%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GPIQ
NVIDIA CORP 7.47%
APPLE INC 6.59%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.20%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.10%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.95%
ALPHABET INC 3.54%
TESLA INC 3.17%
Only in KNG
Pentair plc 1.89%
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%
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 1.55%
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Side by side

GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly
Issuer Goldman Sachs First Trust
Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 10.5% 8.0%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.74%
Cash paid, 1 year 10.9% 8.8%
Price change, 1 year +1.7% +11.1%
Total return, 1 year +13.0% +20.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year +12.3% +23.9%
Ahead or behind +0.7 pts −3.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 80%
Age 3.0 years 8.6 years
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $6.4bn $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: GPIQ vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGPIQKNGGPIQKNGGPIQKNG
3 months−2.6%+5.2%2.6%2.0%+0.8 pts−0.5 pts
6 months+0.5%+13.5%5.3%4.3%+0.9 pts−1.4 pts
1 year+13.0%+20.8%10.9%8.8%+0.7 pts−3.1 pts
3 years+80.0%+41.8%38.3%26.9%−11.4 pts−6.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GPIQ Oct 2023 · KNG Mar 2018+91.4%+120.8%40.7%61.2%−13.4 pts−19.0 pts

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About each fund
GPIQ

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, GPIQ or KNG?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 10.9% of its starting price in cash and KNG paid 8.8%, so GPIQ paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, GPIQ or KNG?
With every distribution reinvested, GPIQ returned +13.0% and KNG +20.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, GPIQ or KNG?
GPIQ charges 0.29% a year and KNG charges 0.74%, so GPIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) →S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) →GPIQ on its own →KNG on its own →GPIQ dividend history →GPIQ holdings →KNG dividend history →KNG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
GPIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
GPIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Goldman Sachs website ↗
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

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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