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KHPI vs PAPI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year KHPI paid 9.1% of its price in cash against PAPI’s 7.9%, though PAPI returned more with it reinvested.

Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF and Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.

9.1%KHPI cash paid, 1 year
7.9%PAPI cash paid, 1 year
+11.0%KHPI total return, 1 year
+12.8%PAPI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: PAPI scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

KHPI 55.5PAPI 62.83.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

KHPI5.5 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% of it arrived as cash5.5 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%KHPI+11.0%9.1% cash5.5 pts behind SPY
PAPI3.8 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%7.9% of it arrived as cash3.8 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PAPI+12.8%3.8 pts behind SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KHPI and PAPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in KHPIOnly in PAPI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.00%Corning, Inc. 1.01%
TD SYNNEX Corp. 0.81%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.77%
Power Integrations, Inc. 0.73%
Royalty Pharma plc 0.73%
Millicom International Cellular SA 0.72%
Avnet, Inc. 0.71%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 0.71%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

KHPI and PAPI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
KHPIPAPIKHPIPAPIKHPIPAPI
3 months+1.9%+4.7%2.2%2.0%−0.3 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+11.3%+5.6%4.7%4.0%−6.8 pts−12.4 pts
1 year+11.0%+12.8%9.1%7.9%−5.5 pts−3.8 pts
Since launch+24.6%+35.6%18.4%22.5%−17.7 pts−49.6 pts
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KHPI and PAPI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
KHPI
Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
PAPI
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerKensingtonParametric
Strategycovered callcovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized9.0%7.2%
Expense ratio0.98%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year9.1%7.9%
Price change, 1 year+1.5%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+11.0%+12.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−5.5 pts−3.8 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age743 days1065 days
Net assets$401m$400m

KHPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +11.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.0%, paid monthly.

PAPI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PAPI paid 7.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.8%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.2%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, KHPI or PAPI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KHPI paid 9.1% of its starting price in cash and PAPI paid 7.9%, 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, KHPI or PAPI?
With every distribution reinvested, KHPI returned +11.0% and PAPI returned +12.8% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so PAPI returned more.
Which is cheaper, KHPI or PAPI?
KHPI charges 0.98% a year and PAPI charges 0.29%, so PAPI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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KHPI against PAPI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, KHPI against PAPI, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/khpi-vs-papi Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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