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KNG vs QQQI: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year QQQI paid 15.2% of its price in cash against KNG’s 8.5%, and returned more with it reinvested.

FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF and NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF.

8.5%KNG cash paid, 1 year
15.2%QQQI cash paid, 1 year
+8.3%KNG total return, 1 year
+16.4%QQQI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: KNG scores higher

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

KNG 53.8QQQI 50.53.8, 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

KNG1.6 pts behind NOBL · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
NOBL+9.9%KNG+8.3%8.5% of it arrived as cash1.6 pts behind NOBLTotal return, distributions reinvestedNOBL+9.9%KNG+8.3%1.6 pts behind NOBL
QQQI5.3 pts behind QQQ · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.8%QQQI+16.4%15.2% of it arrived as cash5.3 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.8%QQQI+16.4%15.2% as cash5.3 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KNG and QQQI hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions KNG and QQQI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingKNGQQQI
Walmart Inc.1.71%2.28%
Linde Plc1.32%0.94%
PepsiCo, Inc.1.39%0.78%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.1.62%0.47%
Cintas Corporation1.43%0.34%
Fastenal Company1.57%0.25%
Roper Technologies, Inc.1.61%0.17%
Only in each
Only in KNGOnly in QQQI
Johnson & Johnson 1.85%NVIDIA Corp 8.58%
Nucor Corporation 1.85%Apple Inc 7.79%
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1.77%Microsoft Corp 5.84%
Chubb Limited 1.74%Micron Technology Inc 5.03%
Becton, Dickinson and Company 1.72%Amazon.com Inc 4.36%
The Procter & Gamble Company 1.72%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.02%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 1.71%Alphabet Inc 3.24%
FactSet Research Systems Inc. 1.69%Meta Platforms Inc 3.14%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

KNG and QQQI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
KNGQQQIKNGQQQIKNGQQQI
3 months+1.8%−0.7%2.2%3.4%−0.1 pts+1.8 pts
6 months+7.1%+16.7%4.4%7.7%−0.9 pts−7.5 pts
1 year+8.3%+16.4%8.5%15.2%−1.6 pts−5.3 pts
3 years+24.0%not published25.4%not published−4.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+101.5%+59.6%59.4%39.9%−15.2 pts−12.3 pts
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KNG and QQQI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
KNG
FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF
Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly
QQQI
NEOS Nasdaq-100(R) High Income ETF
Option income on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustNEOS
Strategydividend stocks with call overlayoption income
BenchmarkS&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.8%14.0%
Expense ratio0.74%0.68%
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%15.2%
Price change, 1 year−0.4%−0.1%
Total return, 1 year+8.3%+16.4%
Benchmark return, 1 year+9.9%+21.8%
Ahead or behind−1.6 pts−5.3 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot published98%
Age3097 days962 days
Net assets$3.3bn$14.8bn

KNG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KNG paid 8.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.3%. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) returned +9.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.

QQQI in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, QQQI paid 15.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 0.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.4%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 14.0%, paid monthly. NEOS estimates that 98% of the distribution paid Jun 18, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, KNG or QQQI?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KNG paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash and QQQI paid 15.2%, so QQQI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, KNG or QQQI?
With every distribution reinvested, KNG returned +8.3% and QQQI returned +16.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so QQQI returned more.
Which is cheaper, KNG or QQQI?
KNG charges 0.74% a year and QQQI charges 0.68%, so QQQI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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KNG against QQQI, 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.

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