Which paid more, KNG or XRMI?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, so XRMI 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 XRMI?

With every distribution reinvested, KNG returned +20.8% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, KNG or XRMI?

KNG charges 0.74% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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KNG vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its price in cash against KNG’s 8.8%, though KNG returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $3.4bn on Nov 3, 2026 for FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF, and $62m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF.

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At a glance

8.8%

KNG cash paid, 1 year

11.9%

XRMI cash paid, 1 year

+20.8%

KNG total return, 1 year

+8.7%

XRMI total return, 1 year

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.

XRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI

+8.7%

SPY

+14.8%

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% of it arrived as cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

6.1 pts behind SPY

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XRMI costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.1 points; KNG is far larger, $3.3bn against $62m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

KNG vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	KNG	XRMI
Paid and earned
Measure	KNG	XRMI
Total return, 1 year	+20.8%	+8.7%
Price change, 1 year	rose 11.1%	fell 3.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	80% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	95% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	KNG	XRMI
Benchmark	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, measured through NOBL	S&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Measure	KNG	XRMI
Expense ratio	0.74%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$3.3bn	$62m
Holdings
Measure	KNG	XRMI
Holdings in common	11%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · KNG scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score91.3KNG45.2XRMI

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

KNG 91.3

XRMI 45.2

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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 →

Method

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, KNG and XRMI hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first KNG XRMI

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. 1.43% 1.01%

Johnson & Johnson 1.48% 0.97%

Walmart Inc. 1.52% 0.76%

AbbVie Inc. 1.44% 0.70%

Caterpillar Inc. 1.21% 0.59%

Chevron Corporation 1.42% 0.58%

The Coca-Cola Company 1.46% 0.53%

The Procter & Gamble Company 1.48% 0.53%

Linde Plc 1.46% 0.35%

International Business Machines Corporation 1.42% 0.33%

McDonald's Corporation 1.53% 0.30%

PepsiCo, Inc. 1.46% 0.30%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in KNG

2026-11-20 AbbVie Inc. C 290 0.00%

2026-11-20 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company C 82.50 0.00%

2026-11-20 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. C 140 0.00%

2026-11-20 Caterpillar Inc. C 730 0.00%

2026-11-20 Essex Property Trust, Inc. C 270 0.00%

2026-11-20 Genuine Parts Company C 135 0.00%

2026-11-20 Kenvue Inc. C 19 0.00%

2026-11-20 Sysco Corporation C 82.50 0.00%

Only in XRMI

NVIDIA CORPORATION 7.63%

APPLE INC. 7.12%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.17%

ALPHABET INC. 3.28%

BROADCOM INC. 2.89%

ALPHABET INC. 2.64%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.92%

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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 XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly

Issuer First Trust Global X

Strategy dividend stocks with call overlay option income

Benchmark S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) S&P 500 (SPY)

Pays monthly monthly

Payout rate, annualized 8.0% 10.6%

Expense ratio 0.74% 0.60%

Cash paid, 1 year 8.8% 11.9%

Price change, 1 year +11.1% −3.8%

Total return, 1 year +20.8% +8.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year +23.9% +14.8%

Ahead or behind −3.1 pts −6.1 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 80% 95%

Age 8.6 years 5.2 years

Net assets, KNG as of Nov 3, 2026 and XRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 $3.4bn $62m

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 XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	KNG	XRMI	KNG	XRMI	KNG	XRMI
3 months	+5.2%	+1.6%	2.0%	2.9%	−0.5 pts	+1.8 pts
6 months	+13.5%	+5.4%	4.3%	6.0%	−1.4 pts	+0.4 pts
1 year	+20.8%	+8.7%	8.8%	11.9%	−3.1 pts	−6.1 pts
3 years	+41.8%	+30.8%	26.9%	35.1%	−6.7 pts	−52.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: KNG Mar 2018 · XRMI Aug 2021	+120.8%	+17.6%	61.2%	45.0%	−19.0 pts	−66.7 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.

XRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, KNG or XRMI?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, so XRMI 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 XRMI?: With every distribution reinvested, KNG returned +20.8% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, KNG or XRMI?: KNG charges 0.74% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗

XRMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XRMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XRMI 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Global X page for XRMI ↗

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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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