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ISPY vs KHPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KHPI paid 9.0% of its price in cash against ISPY’s 6.2%, though ISPY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $1.2bn on Nov 4, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF, and $401m on Jun 30, 2026 for Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
6.2%
ISPY cash paid, 1 year
9.0%
KHPI cash paid, 1 year
+11.3%
ISPY total return, 1 year
+9.5%
KHPI total return, 1 year
ISPY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.5 pts behind SPY
ISPY
+11.3%
SPY
+14.8%

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

6.2% of it arrived as cash

3.5 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

3.5 pts behind SPY

ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

ISPY

+11.3%

3.5 pts behind SPY

6.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. ISPY over 1 year: paid 6.2%, price +4.8%, total +11.3%, SPY +14.8%, −3.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KHPI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 5.3 pts behind SPY
KHPI
+9.5%
SPY
+14.8%

5.3 pts behind SPY

KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

KHPI

+9.5%

9.0% of it arrived as cash

5.3 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

5.3 pts behind SPY

KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

KHPI

+9.5%

9.0% cash

5.3 pts behind SPY

9.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +14.8%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ISPY costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ISPY vs KHPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureISPYKHPI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+9.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 4.8%rose 0.1%
Return of capital, issuer estimate87% of the Nov 6, 2026 payment100% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.55%0.98%
Net assets, ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 and KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026$1.2bn$401m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · ISPY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score83.5ISPY62KHPI

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

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Method

Risk and return

Sep 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 111 weekly returns · each against SPY
ISPY KHPI
Return
Total return edge ISPY +28.3% +23.8%
Annualized edge ISPY +12.4% +10.5%
Price return edge ISPY +8.4% +1.9%
Risk
Volatility edge KHPI 13.2% 8.8%
Max drawdown edge KHPI −15.6% −10.5%
Downside capture 97.1% 55.8%
Beta 0.88 0.55
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge KHPI 0.64 0.72
Sortino edge KHPI 0.93 1.12
Treynor 0.096 0.115
Calmar edge KHPI 0.80 1.00
Against the benchmark
Alpha −2.2% a year −0.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −1.16 −0.15
Information ratio −1.12 −0.78
Tracking error 3.2% 7.4%
Reading

From Sep 2024 to Oct 2026, ISPY returned more: +28.3% to +23.8%. KHPI swung less: 8.8% to 13.2%. KHPI fell less at its worst: −10.5% to −15.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: ISPY vs KHPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureISPYKHPISPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+28.3%+23.8%ISPYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+12.4%+10.5%ISPYTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+8.4%+1.9%ISPYPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility13.2%8.8%KHPISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation9.2%5.7%KHPILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−15.6%−10.5%KHPIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture85.7%42.7%100.0%ISPYShare of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture97.1%55.8%100.0%KHPIShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.880.551.00KHPI lowerHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.960.851.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.640.72KHPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.931.12KHPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.0960.1150.121KHPIReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar0.801.00KHPIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−2.2% a year−0.3% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−1.16−0.15Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.9% to +1.5%−5.0% to +4.3%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−1.12−0.78KHPIReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error3.2%7.4%0.0%Not an edgeHow far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 111 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, ISPY and KHPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ISPY KHPI
Only in one fund ↓
Only in ISPY
NVIDIA Corp. 6.80%
Apple, Inc. 5.92%
Microsoft Corp. 4.80%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.24%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.53%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.23%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.02%
Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.60%
Only in KHPI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.06%
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Side by side

ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly KHPI Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer ProShares Kensington
Strategy option income covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 6.0% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.98%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.2% 9.0%
Price change, 1 year +4.8% +0.1%
Total return, 1 year +11.3% +9.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −3.5 pts −5.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 87% 100%
Age 2.9 years 2.2 years
Net assets, ISPY as of Nov 4, 2026 and KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.2bn $401m

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: ISPY vs KHPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowISPYKHPIISPYKHPIISPYKHPI
3 months−0.5%+0.8%1.5%2.2%−0.3 pts+0.9 pts
6 months+3.8%+4.6%3.1%4.5%−1.2 pts−0.5 pts
1 year+11.3%+9.5%6.2%9.0%−3.5 pts−5.3 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ISPY Dec 2023 · KHPI Sep 2024+54.0%+26.2%27.1%19.9%−15.1 pts−17.0 pts

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About each fund
ISPY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.0%, paid monthly. ProShares estimates that 87% of the distribution paid Nov 6, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

KHPI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KHPI paid 9.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid monthly. Kensington estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ISPY or KHPI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ISPY paid 6.2% of its starting price in cash and KHPI paid 9.0%, so KHPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, ISPY or KHPI?
With every distribution reinvested, ISPY returned +11.3% and KHPI +9.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, ISPY or KHPI?
ISPY charges 0.55% a year and KHPI charges 0.98%, so ISPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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