Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
INK vs XVSP: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
INK costs 0.50 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | INK | XVSP |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Price change | fell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026) | fell 1.7% (since Aug 26, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.85% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $5.3m | $5.2m |
| 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 SPCX
XVSP since launch: paid 2.7%, price −1.7%, total +0.7%, SPCX +0.2%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
SPCX
+0.2%
XVSP
+0.7%
2.7% of it arrived as cash
about even with SPCX
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with SPCX
XVSP since launch: paid 2.7%, price −1.7%, total +0.7%, SPCX +0.2%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
SPCX
+0.2%
XVSP
+0.7%
about even with SPCX
2.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XVSP since launch: paid 2.7%, price −1.7%, total +0.7%, SPCX +0.2%, +0.5 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 | XVSP | INK | XVSP | INK | XVSP |
| Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · XVSP Aug 2026 | −1.2% | +0.7% | 0.0% | 2.7% | not measured | +0.5 pts |
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%.
XVSP
Over the period from its first trade on Aug 26, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, XVSP paid 2.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.7%. Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) returned +0.2% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.1%, paid periodically. First Trust estimates that 100% 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.
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How this is computed
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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