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KHPI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its price in cash against KHPI’s 9.0%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $401m on Jun 30, 2026 for Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF, and $8.5bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
9.0%
KHPI cash paid, 1 year
12.3%
QYLD cash paid, 1 year
+9.5%
KHPI total return, 1 year
+16.5%
QYLD total return, 1 year
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. KHPI over 1 year: paid 9.0%, price +0.1%, total +9.5%, SPY +14.8%, −5.3 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.2 pts ahead of QQQ
QYLD
+16.5%
QQQ
+12.3%

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% of it arrived as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+12.3%

QYLD

+16.5%

12.3% as cash

4.2 pts ahead of QQQ

12.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. QYLD over 1 year: paid 12.3%, price +3.3%, total +16.5%, QQQ +12.3%, +4.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +16.5%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QYLD costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.0 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KHPI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKHPIQYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.5%+16.5%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.1%rose 3.3%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment99% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYNasdaq-100, measured through QQQ
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.98%0.60%
Net assets, KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026$401m$8.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · QYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score62KHPI72.8QYLD

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

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Sep 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 111 weekly returns
KHPI QYLD
Return
Total return edge QYLD +23.8% +29.8%
Annualized edge QYLD +10.5% +13.0%
Price return edge KHPI +1.9% −0.7%
Risk
Volatility edge KHPI 8.8% 11.7%
Max drawdown edge KHPI −10.5% −17.5%
Downside capture 55.8% 64.8%
Beta 0.55 0.55
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge QYLD (slight) 0.72 0.75
Sortino edge KHPI (slight) 1.12 1.04
Treynor 0.115 0.127
Calmar edge KHPI 1.00 0.74
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.3% a year −2.3% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.15 −1.37
Information ratio −0.78 −0.93
Tracking error 7.4% 10.6%

Each against its own benchmark: KHPI against SPY, Sep 13, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026; QYLD against QQQ, Dec 20, 2013 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2024 to Oct 2026, QYLD returned more: +29.8% to +23.8%. KHPI swung less: 8.8% to 11.7%. KHPI fell less at its worst: −10.5% to −17.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: KHPI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKHPIQYLDEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+23.8%+29.8%QYLDPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+10.5%+13.0%QYLDTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+1.9%−0.7%KHPIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility8.8%11.7%KHPISpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation5.7%8.5%KHPILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.5%−17.5%KHPIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture42.7%37.8%Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture55.8%64.8%Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.550.55Not an edgeHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.850.77Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.720.75QYLD (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.121.04KHPI (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1150.127Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.000.74KHPIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYQQQThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.3% a year−2.3% a yearNot significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.15−1.37Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.0% to +4.3%−5.5% to +1.0%Includes zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.78−0.93Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.4%10.6%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, KHPI and QYLD hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KHPI QYLD
Only in one fund ↓
Only in KHPI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.06%
Only in QYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.20%
APPLE INC. 7.65%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.82%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.32%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.62%
ALPHABET INC. 3.50%
ALPHABET INC. 3.28%
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Side by side

KHPI Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly QYLD Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
Issuer Kensington Global X
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 9.1% 12.2%
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.0% 12.3%
Price change, 1 year +0.1% +3.3%
Total return, 1 year +9.5% +16.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +12.3%
Ahead or behind −5.3 pts +4.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 99%
Age 2.2 years 12.9 years
Net assets, KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and QYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $401m $8.5bn

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: KHPI vs QYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKHPIQYLDKHPIQYLDKHPIQYLD
3 months+0.8%+2.4%2.2%3.0%+0.9 pts+5.9 pts
6 months+4.6%+5.4%4.5%6.0%−0.5 pts+5.8 pts
1 year+9.5%+16.5%9.0%12.3%−5.3 pts+4.2 pts
3 years–+52.7%–37.9%–−38.6 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KHPI Sep 2024 · QYLD Dec 2013+26.2%+194.8%19.9%117.5%−17.0 pts−610.5 pts

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About each fund
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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

QYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QYLD paid 12.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 3.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.5%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 12.2%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, KHPI or QYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KHPI paid 9.0% of its starting price in cash and QYLD paid 12.3%, so QYLD 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 QYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, KHPI returned +9.5% and QYLD +16.5% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, KHPI or QYLD?
KHPI charges 0.98% a year and QYLD charges 0.60%, so QYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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