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KNG vs QQDH: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 30, 2026 for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF, beside Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF.

At a glance
8.7%
KNG cash paid, 1 year
0.3%
QQDH cash paid, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
+16.2%
KNG total return, 1 year
−2.6%
QQDH total return, since launch, Oct 23, 2026
KNG · 1 year to Oct 30, 2026 2.6 pts behind NOBL
KNG
+16.2%
NOBL
+18.8%

2.6 pts behind NOBL

KNG over 1 year: paid 8.7%, price +6.8%, total +16.2%, NOBL +18.8%, −2.6 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

NOBL

+18.8%

KNG

+16.2%

8.7% of it arrived as cash

2.6 pts behind NOBL

Total return, distributions reinvested

2.6 pts behind NOBL

KNG over 1 year: paid 8.7%, price +6.8%, total +16.2%, NOBL +18.8%, −2.6 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

NOBL

+18.8%

KNG

+16.2%

2.6 pts behind NOBL

8.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KNG over 1 year: paid 8.7%, price +6.8%, total +16.2%, NOBL +18.8%, −2.6 pts. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Data to Oct 30, 2026.
QQDH · since launch to Oct 30, 2026 Not measured
QQDH
−2.6%
none

Not measured

QQDH since launch: paid 0.3%, price −2.9%, total −2.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

QQDH

−2.6%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

QQDH since launch: paid 0.3%, price −2.9%, total −2.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

QQDH

−2.6%

0.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QQDH since launch: paid 0.3%, price −2.9%, total −2.6%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Data to Oct 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KNG costs 0.21 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KNG vs QQDH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKNGQQDH
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+16.2%not published
Price changerose 6.8% (1 year)fell 2.9% (since Oct 23, 2026)
Against its benchmark
BenchmarkS&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBLnot published
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.74%0.95%
Net assets$3.4bnnot read by ETFIQ
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF · Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly QQDH Tuttle Capital Innovation 100 Income AND Hedge ETF · 0DTE covered call
Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay 0DTE covered call
Benchmark S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) none
Pays monthly not established
Payout rate, annualized 8.2% 3.9%
Expense ratio 0.74% 0.95%
Cash paid, 1 year 8.7% 0.3% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Price change, 1 year +6.8% −2.9% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Total return, 1 year +16.2% −2.6% (since launch, Oct 23, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year +18.8% not published
Ahead or behind −2.6 pts not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 80% not published
Age 8.6 years 7 days
Net assets $3.4bn not read by ETFIQ

As of Oct 30, 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: KNG vs QQDH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKNGQQDHKNGQQDHKNGQQDH
3 months+3.8%–2.1%–−0.3 pts–
6 months+9.9%–4.3%–−1.1 pts–
1 year+16.2%–8.7%–−2.6 pts–
3 years+41.1%–27.6%–−6.5 pts–
Since launchNot the same days: KNG Mar 2018 · QQDH Oct 2026+113.9%−2.6%61.2%0.3%−17.5 ptsnot measured

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About each fund
KNG

Over the year to Oct 30, 2026, KNG paid 8.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 6.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.2%. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) returned +18.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.6 pts. At its price on Oct 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.2%, 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.

QQDH

Over the period from its first trade on Oct 23, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, QQDH paid 0.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.6%. At its price on Oct 30, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.9%, paid periodically.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, KNG or QQDH?
KNG charges 0.74% a year and QQDH charges 0.95%, so KNG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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