Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
KNG vs RNTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its price in cash against KNG’s 8.8%, though KNG returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $3.4bn for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF and $4.8m for YieldMax Target 12 Real Estate Option Income ETF.
3.1 pts behind NOBL
KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NOBL
+23.9%
KNG
+20.8%
8.8% of it arrived as cash
3.1 pts behind NOBL
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.1 pts behind NOBL
KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NOBL
+23.9%
KNG
+20.8%
3.1 pts behind NOBL
8.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KNG over 1 year: paid 8.8%, price +11.1%, total +20.8%, NOBL +23.9%, −3.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
13.0% of it arrived as cash
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
Total return, distributions reinvested
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own stocks
+12.9%
RNTY
+10.7%
2.2 pts behind its own stocks
13.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. RNTY over 1 year: paid 13.0%, price −2.9%, total +10.7%, its own stocks +12.9%, −2.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
KNG costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; KNG is far larger, $3.4bn against $4.8m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | KNG | RNTY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +20.8% | +10.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | rose 11.1% | fell 2.9% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 80% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | 92% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL | its own stocks |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.74% | 0.99% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $3.4bn | $4.8m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 3% | |
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
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 →
Risk and return
Apr 25, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 79 weekly returnsFrom Apr 2025 to Oct 2026, KNG returned more: +22.6% to +10.2%. KNG and RNTY swung about the same: 10.6% and 10.6%. RNTY fell less at its worst: −7.7% to −8.6%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | KNG | RNTY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +22.6% | +10.2% | KNG | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +14.4% | +6.6% | KNG | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | +8.0% | −7.1% | KNG | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 10.6% | 10.6% | Tie | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 7.0% | 7.3% | KNG (slight) | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −8.6% | −7.7% | RNTY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.95 | 0.28 | KNG | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.44 | 0.41 | KNG | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 1.67 | 0.86 | KNG | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 79 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, KNG and RNTY hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
3% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | KNG | RNTY | KNG | RNTY | KNG | RNTY |
| 3 months | +5.2% | −0.2% | 2.0% | 2.9% | −0.5 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +13.5% | +1.7% | 4.3% | 5.8% | −1.4 pts | +0.9 pts |
| 1 year | +20.8% | +10.7% | 8.8% | 13.0% | −3.1 pts | −2.2 pts |
| 3 years | +41.8% | – | 26.9% | – | −6.7 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: KNG Mar 2018 · RNTY Apr 2025 | +120.8% | +13.7% | 61.2% | 17.7% | −19.0 pts | not measured |
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KNG
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.8%. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) returned +23.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.0%, 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.
RNTY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, RNTY paid 13.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 2.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.7%. RNTY's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 92% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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