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KIQQ vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $2.4m on Nov 4, 2026 for KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF, beside Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF.

At a glance
6.9%
KIQQ cash paid, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
1.5%
RECI cash paid, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
+0.9%
KIQQ total return, since launch, Jan 7, 2026
+3.7%
RECI total return, since launch, Jul 14, 2026
KIQQ · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 10.4 pts behind QQQ
KIQQ
+0.9%
QQQ
+11.3%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

Total return, distributions reinvested

10.4 pts behind QQQ

KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

QQQ

+11.3%

KIQQ

+0.9%

10.4 pts behind QQQ

6.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KIQQ since launch: paid 6.9%, price −6.0%, total +0.9%, QQQ +11.3%, −10.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
RECI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
RECI
+3.7%
none

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

1.5% cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

RECI

+3.7%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RECI since launch: paid 1.5%, price +2.1%, total +3.7%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

RECI costs 0.49 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KIQQ vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKIQQRECI
Paid and earned
Price changefell 6.0% (since Jan 7, 2026)rose 2.1% (since Jul 14, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate99% of the Sep 30, 2026 payment78% of the Oct 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkNasdaq-100, measured through QQQnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.79%0.30%
Net assets$2.4mnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

KIQQ KraneShares InspereX Nasdaq Dynamic Buffered High Income Index ETF · Buffer with income on QQQ, paying monthly RECI Columbia Research Enhanced Core Premium Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly
Strategy buffer with income covered call
Benchmark Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) none
Pays monthly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 7.5% 8.0%
Expense ratio 0.79% 0.30%
Cash paid, 1 year 6.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) 1.5% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Price change, 1 year −6.0% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +2.1% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +0.9% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) +3.7% (since launch, Jul 14, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +11.3% (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) not published
Ahead or behind −10.4 pts (since launch, Jan 7, 2026) not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 99% 78%
Age 301 days 113 days
Net assets $2.4m not read by ETFIQ

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: KIQQ vs RECI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKIQQRECIKIQQRECIKIQQRECI
3 months−3.7%+3.5%1.7%1.5%−0.2 ptsnot measured
6 months−4.4%–3.7%–−4.0 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: KIQQ Jan 2026 · RECI Jul 2026+0.9%+3.7%6.9%1.5%−10.4 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
KIQQ

Over the period from its first trade on Jan 7, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, KIQQ paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.9%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +11.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.5%, paid monthly. KraneShares estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

RECI

Over the period from its first trade on Jul 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, RECI paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 2.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.7%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, paid monthly. Columbia estimates that 78% of the distribution paid Oct 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

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Which is cheaper, KIQQ or RECI?
KIQQ charges 0.79% a year and RECI charges 0.30%, so RECI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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