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

KNG and ROCQ both write options for income.

FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF and JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF.

8.5%KNG cash paid, 1 year
5.8%ROCQ cash paid, 1 year
+8.3%KNG total return, 1 year
+18.0%ROCQ total return, 1 year
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
ROCQ4 pts behind QQQ · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
QQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%5.8% as cash4 pts behind QQQTotal return, distributions reinvestedQQQ+21.9%ROCQ+18.0%4 pts behind QQQ

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KNG and ROCQ hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions KNG and ROCQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingKNGROCQ
Walmart Inc.1.71%3.50%
Johnson & Johnson1.85%0.95%
The Coca-Cola Company1.56%0.75%
AbbVie Inc.1.52%0.65%
International Business Machines Corporat1.62%0.40%
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.1.39%0.34%
NextEra Energy, Inc.1.31%0.32%
Lowe's Companies, Inc.1.37%0.29%
PPG Industries, Inc.1.30%0.15%
McDonald's Corporation1.37%0.15%
Abbott Laboratories1.49%0.14%
Only in each
Only in KNGOnly in ROCQ
Nucor Corporation 1.85%NVIDIA Corp. 8.37%
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1.77%Apple, Inc. 7.12%
Chubb Limited 1.74%Micron Technology, Inc. 6.70%
Becton, Dickinson and Company 1.72%Alphabet, Inc. 6.30%
The Procter & Gamble Company 1.72%Microsoft Corp. 5.03%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 1.71%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.74%
FactSet Research Systems Inc. 1.69%Amazon.com, Inc. 4.52%
Target Corporation 1.67%Lam Research Corp. 4.21%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

KNG and ROCQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
KNGROCQKNGROCQKNGROCQ
3 months+1.8%0.0%2.2%3.0%−0.1 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+7.1%+20.0%4.4%5.9%−0.9 pts−4.2 pts
1 year+8.3%not published8.5%not published−1.6 ptsnot published
3 years+24.0%not published25.4%not published−4.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+101.5%+18.0%59.4%5.8%−15.2 pts−4.0 pts
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KNG and ROCQ 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
ROCQ
JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Yield ETF
Covered call on QQQ, paying monthly
IssuerFirst TrustJPMorgan
Strategydividend stocks with call overlaycovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)
Paysmonthlymonthly
Payout rate, annualized8.8%10.6%
Expense ratio0.74%not published
Cash paid, 1 year8.5%5.8% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Price change, 1 year−0.4%+12.0%
Total return, 1 year+8.3%+18.0% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+9.9%+21.9%
Ahead or behind−1.6 pts−4.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimatenot publishednot published
Age3097 days183 days
Net assets$3.3bn$629m

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.

ROCQ in plain words

Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCQ paid 5.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 12.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +21.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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KNG against ROCQ, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, KNG against ROCQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kng-vs-rocq Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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