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KHPI vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% 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 $3.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF.

At a glance
9.0%
KHPI cash paid, 1 year
10.7%
XYLD cash paid, 1 year
+9.5%
KHPI total return, 1 year
+15.9%
XYLD 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.
XYLD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.1 pts ahead of SPY
XYLD
+15.9%
SPY
+14.8%

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% of it arrived as cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XYLD

+15.9%

10.7% cash

1.1 pts ahead of SPY

10.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.9%. XYLD over 1 year: paid 10.7%, price +4.4%, total +15.9%, SPY +14.8%, +1.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +15.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XYLD costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KHPI vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKHPIXYLD
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+9.5%+15.9%
Price change, 1 yearrose 0.1%rose 4.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment93% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500, measured through SPYS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.98%0.60%
Net assets, KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026$401m$3.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XYLD scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score62KHPI77.5XYLD

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
KHPI XYLD
Return
Total return edge XYLD +23.8% +27.3%
Annualized edge XYLD +10.5% +12.0%
Price return edge KHPI +1.9% −0.7%
Risk
Volatility edge KHPI (slight) 8.8% 9.2%
Max drawdown edge KHPI −10.5% −14.0%
Downside capture 55.8% 49.5%
Beta 0.55 0.53
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge XYLD 0.72 0.83
Sortino edge XYLD (slight) 1.12 1.14
Treynor 0.115 0.144
Calmar edge KHPI 1.00 0.85
Against the benchmark
Alpha −0.3% a year +1.2% a year
Alpha t-stat −0.15 0.36
Information ratio −0.78 −0.53
Tracking error 7.4% 8.4%
Reading

From Sep 2024 to Oct 2026, XYLD returned more: +27.3% to +23.8%. KHPI swung slightly less: 8.8% to 9.2%. KHPI fell less at its worst: −10.5% to −14.0%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: KHPI vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKHPIXYLDSPYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+23.8%+27.3%XYLDPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+10.5%+12.0%XYLDTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+1.9%−0.7%KHPIPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility8.8%9.2%KHPI (slight)Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation5.7%6.7%KHPILike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−10.5%−14.0%KHPIDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture42.7%41.3%100.0%KHPI (slight)Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture55.8%49.5%100.0%XYLDShare of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta0.550.531.00TieHow far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared0.850.721.00Not an edgeShare of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.720.83XYLDReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino1.121.14XYLD (slight)Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor0.1150.1440.121XYLDReturn above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar1.000.85KHPIAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
BenchmarkSPYSPYSPYThe ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha−0.3% a year+1.2% a year0.0%Not significantYearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat−0.150.36Not an edgeHow sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range−5.0% to +4.3%−5.4% to +7.9%Both include zeroThe 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio−0.78−0.53XYLDReturn against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error7.4%8.4%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, KHPI and XYLD 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 XYLD
Only in one fund ↓
Only in KHPI
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 100.06%
Only in XYLD
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.64%
APPLE INC. 7.13%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.18%
ALPHABET INC. 3.28%
BROADCOM INC. 2.90%
ALPHABET INC. 2.65%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.92%
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Side by side

KHPI Kensington Hedged Premium Income ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly XYLD Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF · Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
Issuer Kensington Global X
Strategy covered call covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 9.1% 9.1%
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.0% 10.7%
Price change, 1 year +0.1% +4.4%
Total return, 1 year +9.5% +15.9%
Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind −5.3 pts +1.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 93%
Age 2.2 years 13.4 years
Net assets, KHPI as of Jun 30, 2026 and XYLD as of Oct 12, 2026 $401m $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: KHPI vs XYLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKHPIXYLDKHPIXYLDKHPIXYLD
3 months+0.8%+2.4%2.2%2.2%+0.9 pts+2.6 pts
6 months+4.6%+7.9%4.5%5.1%−0.5 pts+2.9 pts
1 year+9.5%+15.9%9.0%10.7%−5.3 pts+1.1 pts
3 years–+48.4%–34.0%–−34.5 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KHPI Sep 2024 · XYLD Jun 2013+26.2%+194.8%19.9%114.5%−17.0 pts−316.0 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.

XYLD

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XYLD paid 10.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.1 pts. Global X estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, KHPI or XYLD?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KHPI paid 9.0% of its starting price in cash and XYLD paid 10.7%, so XYLD 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 XYLD?
With every distribution reinvested, KHPI returned +9.5% and XYLD +15.9% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, KHPI or XYLD?
KHPI charges 0.98% a year and XYLD charges 0.60%, so XYLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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