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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

KNG vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

KNG and ROCY both write options for income.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $3.4bn for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF and $884m for JPMorgan Equity Premium Yield ETF.

KNG on its own →ROCY on its own →

At a glance

8.8%

KNG cash paid, 1 year

4.8%

ROCY cash paid, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

+20.8%

KNG total return, 1 year

+15.3%

ROCY total return, since launch, Mar 19, 2026

KNG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 3.1 pts behind NOBL

KNG

+20.8%

NOBL

+23.9%

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.

ROCY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY

+15.3%

SPY

+17.1%

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

4.8% as cash

1.8 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.8 pts behind SPY

ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+17.1%

ROCY

+15.3%

1.8 pts behind SPY

4.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.9%. ROCY since launch: paid 4.8%, price +10.2%, total +15.3%, SPY +17.1%, −1.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Both charts share one scale, 0 to +23.9%. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROCY costs 0.39 points a year less; KNG is 3.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KNG vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	KNG	ROCY
Paid and earned
Measure	KNG	ROCY
Total return, 1 year	+20.8%	not published
Price change	rose 11.1% (1 year)	rose 10.2% (since Mar 19, 2026)
Return of capital, issuer estimate	80% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	KNG	ROCY
Benchmark	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	KNG	ROCY
Expense ratio	0.74%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.4bn	$884m
Holdings
Measure	KNG	ROCY
Holdings in common	8%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, KNG and ROCY hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KNG ROCY

AbbVie Inc. 1.44% 1.58%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.43% 2.01%

Lowe's Companies, Inc. 1.55% 0.80%

Medtronic Plc 1.52% 0.62%

NextEra Energy, Inc. 1.54% 0.61%

McDonald's Corporation 1.53% 0.60%

Dover Corporation 1.53% 0.58%

Walmart Inc. 1.52% 0.45%

PepsiCo, Inc. 1.46% 0.44%

Johnson & Johnson 1.48% 0.39%

The Coca-Cola Company 1.46% 0.37%

The Procter & Gamble Company 1.48% 0.26%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in KNG

Pentair plc 1.89%

Erie Indemnity Company 1.58%

The Clorox Company 1.58%

PPG Industries, Inc. 1.57%

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 1.57%

Abbott Laboratories 1.56%

General Dynamics Corporation 1.55%

A.O. Smith Corporation 1.53%

Only in ROCY

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.20%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.31%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.59%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.54%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.11%

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Side by side

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)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.0% 6.6%

Expense ratio 0.74% 0.35%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 4.8% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Price change, 1 year +11.1% +10.2% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Total return, 1 year +20.8% +15.3% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Benchmark return, 1 year +23.9% +17.1% (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Ahead or behind −3.1 pts −1.8 pts (since launch, Mar 19, 2026)

Return of capital, latest estimate 80% not published

Age 8.6 years 230 days

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.4bn $884m

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

Window by window: KNG vs ROCY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	KNG	ROCY	KNG	ROCY	KNG	ROCY
3 months	+5.2%	+1.1%	2.0%	1.6%	−0.5 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+13.5%	+6.5%	4.3%	3.5%	−1.4 pts	+1.5 pts
1 year	+20.8%	–	8.8%	–	−3.1 pts	–
3 years	+41.8%	–	26.9%	–	−6.7 pts	–
Since launchNot the same days: KNG Mar 2018 · ROCY Mar 2026	+120.8%	+15.3%	61.2%	4.8%	−19.0 pts	−1.9 pts

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About each fund

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.

ROCY

Over the period from its first trade on Mar 19, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, ROCY paid 4.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +15.3%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +17.1% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 6.6%, 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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S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) →S&P 500 (SPY) →All income ETFs ranked by the Distribution Coverage Score →How the scores are computed →KNG on its own →ROCY on its own →KNG dividend history →KNG holdings →ROCY dividend history →ROCY holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

KNG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KNG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KNG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

First Trust page for KNG ↗

ROCY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROCY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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