Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
INK vs KYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
INK costs 0.73 points a year less; KYLD is 8.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | INK | KYLD |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | −6.7% |
| Price change | fell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026) | fell 22.5% (6 months) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | its own holdings |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 5.6 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 1.08% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $5.3m | $43m |
| 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.Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 24.7%, price −29.9%, total −6.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
KYLD
−6.7%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 24.7%, price −29.9%, total −6.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
KYLD
−6.7%
24.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. KYLD over 1 year: paid 24.7%, price −29.9%, total −6.7%, not measured against a benchmark. 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 | KYLD | INK | KYLD | INK | KYLD |
| 3 months | – | −14.5% | – | 6.1% | – | +2.5 pts |
| 6 months | – | −12.0% | – | 11.9% | – | +5.6 pts |
| 1 year | – | −6.7% | – | 24.7% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · KYLD Oct 2025 | −1.2% | −11.1% | 0.0% | 24.0% | 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%.
No 1-year comparison: it had filed no holdings by Nov 12, 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 −17.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.6 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 12, 2026, KYLD paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 22.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.0%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.6%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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INK and KYLD both write options for income.