Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
INK vs KQQQ: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
INK costs 0.64 points a year less; KQQQ is far larger, $122m against $5.3m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | INK | KQQQ |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +4.6% |
| Price change | fell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026) | fell 10.6% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 99% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $5.3m | $122m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
Not measured
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
INK
−1.2%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
INK
−1.2%
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.About even with its own holdings
KQQQ over 1 year: paid 15.0%, price −10.6%, total +4.6%, its own holdings +4.9%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
its own holdings
+4.9%
KQQQ
+4.6%
15.0% of it arrived as cash
about even with its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with its own holdings
KQQQ over 1 year: paid 15.0%, price −10.6%, total +4.6%, its own holdings +4.9%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
its own holdings
+4.9%
KQQQ
+4.6%
15.0% as cash
15.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KQQQ over 1 year: paid 15.0%, price −10.6%, total +4.6%, its own holdings +4.9%, −0.3 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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 | INK | KQQQ | INK | KQQQ | INK | KQQQ |
| 3 months | – | −6.7% | – | 3.6% | – | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | – | −8.4% | – | 6.8% | – | +1.9 pts |
| 1 year | – | +4.6% | – | 15.0% | – | −0.3 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · KQQQ Jul 2024 | −1.2% | +39.1% | 0.0% | 30.6% | not measured | not measured |
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INK
Over the period from its first trade on Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, INK paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.2%.
KQQQ
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, KQQQ paid 15.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.6%. KQQQ's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +4.9% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.9%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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How this is computed
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INK and KQQQ both write options for income.