Data as of .
KNG vs ROCY: which paid, and which earned it?
KNG and ROCY both write options for income.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, KNG and ROCY hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | KNG | ROCY |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie Inc. | 1.52% | 1.46% |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | 1.37% | 0.87% |
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 1.31% | 0.68% |
| McDonald's Corporation | 1.37% | 0.65% |
| Dover Corporation | 1.27% | 0.64% |
| Medtronic Plc | 1.64% | 0.52% |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | 1.39% | 0.46% |
| Walmart Inc. | 1.71% | 0.43% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.85% | 0.39% |
| The Coca-Cola Company | 1.56% | 0.34% |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | 1.72% | 0.24% |
| Linde Plc | 1.32% | 0.20% |
| Only in KNG | Only in ROCY |
|---|---|
| Nucor Corporation 1.85% | NVIDIA Corp. 8.37% |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1.77% | Apple, Inc. 6.71% |
| Chubb Limited 1.74% | Alphabet, Inc. 5.33% |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company 1.72% | Microsoft Corp. 4.97% |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 1.71% | Amazon.com, Inc. 4.15% |
| FactSet Research Systems Inc. 1.69% | Micron Technology, Inc. 3.00% |
| Target Corporation 1.67% | Broadcom, Inc. 2.61% |
| Aflac Incorporated 1.65% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.43% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNG | ROCY | KNG | ROCY | KNG | ROCY | |
| 3 months | +1.8% | +2.6% | 2.2% | 1.7% | −0.1 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +7.1% | +14.8% | 4.4% | 3.7% | −0.9 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +8.3% | not published | 8.5% | not published | −1.6 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +24.0% | not published | 25.4% | not published | −4.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +101.5% | +13.5% | 59.4% | 3.6% | −15.2 pts | −2.9 pts |
| KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF Dividend stocks with call overlay on NOBL, paying monthly | ROCY JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF Covered call on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | JPMorgan |
| Strategy | dividend stocks with call overlay | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 8.8% | 5.7% |
| Expense ratio | 0.74% | 0.35% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.5% | 3.6% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Price change, 1 year | −0.4% | +9.7% |
| Total return, 1 year | +8.3% | +13.5% (since launch on Mar 19, 2026) |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +9.9% | +16.4% |
| Ahead or behind | −1.6 pts | −2.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 3097 days | 183 days |
| Net assets | $3.3bn | $726m |
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.
ROCY in plain words
Over the period since launch on Mar 19, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, ROCY paid 3.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 9.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +13.5%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.4% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 2.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 5.7%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which is cheaper, KNG or ROCY?
- KNG charges 0.74% a year and ROCY charges 0.35%, so ROCY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, KNG against ROCY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kng-vs-rocy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.