Which is cheaper, JUDO or KNG?

JUDO charges 0.55% a year and KNG charges 0.74%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JUDO vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

JUDO and KNG both write options for income.

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Net assets: $7.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF, and $3.4bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF.

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At a glance

3.8%

JUDO cash paid, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

8.8%

KNG cash paid, 1 year

+16.1%

JUDO total return, since launch, Mar 25, 2026

+20.8%

KNG total return, 1 year

JUDO · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured

JUDO

+16.1%

none

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

JUDO

+16.1%

3.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JUDO since launch: paid 3.8%, price +12.2%, total +16.1%, not measured against a benchmark. 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

JUDO costs 0.19 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JUDO vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JUDO	KNG
Paid and earned
Measure	JUDO	KNG
Total return, 1 year	not published	+20.8%
Price change	rose 2.7% (6 months)	rose 11.1% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate		80% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JUDO	KNG
Benchmark	its own stocks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL
Against its benchmark, same days	ahead by 0.6 pts	behind by 3.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	JUDO	KNG
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.74%
Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and KNG as of Nov 3, 2026	$7.0m	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	JUDO	KNG
Holdings in common	11%

Method

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, JUDO and KNG hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JUDO KNG

Target Corp. 1.51% 1.45%

Johnson & Johnson 1.41% 1.48%

Chevron Corp. 1.37% 1.42%

Coca-Cola Co. (The) 1.35% 1.46%

AbbVie, Inc. 1.29% 1.44%

Abbott Laboratories 1.26% 1.56%

McDonald's Corp. 0.98% 1.53%

Medtronic plc 0.62% 1.52%

Emerson Electric Co. 0.61% 1.46%

Ecolab, Inc. 0.51% 1.51%

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Only in JUDO

NVIDIA Corp. 7.84%

Alphabet, Inc. 6.79%

Microsoft Corp. 6.64%

Amazon.com, Inc. 5.17%

Apple, Inc. 4.38%

Broadcom, Inc. 3.56%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.31%

Eli Lilly & Co. 2.07%

Only in KNG

Pentair plc 1.89%

Roper Technologies, Inc. 1.70%

Erie Indemnity Company 1.58%

The Clorox Company 1.58%

PPG Industries, Inc. 1.57%

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 1.57%

General Dynamics Corporation 1.55%

Lowe's Companies, Inc. 1.55%

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Side by side

JUDO Janus Henderson U.S. Equity Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call on its own stocks, paying monthly KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly

Issuer Janus Henderson First Trust

Strategy covered call dividend stocks with call overlay

Benchmark JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 6.4% 8.0%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.74%

Cash paid, 1 year 3.8% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) 8.8%

Price change, 1 year +12.2% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +11.1%

Total return, 1 year +16.1% (since launch, Mar 25, 2026) +20.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year not published +23.9%

Ahead or behind not available −3.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 80%

Age 224 days 8.6 years

Net assets, JUDO as of Jul 31, 2026 and KNG as of Nov 3, 2026 $7.0m $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: JUDO vs KNG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JUDO	KNG	JUDO	KNG	JUDO	KNG
3 months	−1.2%	+5.2%	1.6%	2.0%	+0.5 pts	−0.5 pts
6 months	+5.8%	+13.5%	3.1%	4.3%	+0.6 pts	−1.4 pts
1 year	–	+20.8%	–	8.8%	–	−3.1 pts
3 years	–	+41.8%	–	26.9%	–	−6.7 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JUDO Mar 2026 · KNG Mar 2018	+16.1%	+120.8%	3.8%	61.2%	not measured	−19.0 pts

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About each fund

JUDO

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, JUDO paid 3.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. JUDO's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned +5.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.4%, 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 is cheaper, JUDO or KNG?: JUDO charges 0.55% a year and KNG charges 0.74%, so JUDO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →JUDO on its own →KNG on its own →JUDO dividend history →JUDO holdings →KNG dividend history →KNG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

JUDO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JUDO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson website ↗

KNG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KNG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KNG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for KNG ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

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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