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KSLV vs NUGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $101m for Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF and $5.1m for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF.

At a glance
31.7%
KSLV cash paid, 1 year
56.0%
NUGY cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
+4.3%
KSLV total return, 1 year
−3.8%
NUGY total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
KSLV · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
KSLV
+4.3%
none

Not measured

KSLV over 1 year: paid 31.7%, price −18.7%, total +4.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

KSLV

+4.3%

31.7% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

KSLV over 1 year: paid 31.7%, price −18.7%, total +4.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

KSLV

+4.3%

31.7% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KSLV over 1 year: paid 31.7%, price −18.7%, total +4.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
NUGY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
NUGY
−3.8%
none

Not measured

NUGY since launch: paid 56.0%, price −55.9%, total −3.8%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

NUGY

−3.8%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

NUGY since launch: paid 56.0%, price −55.9%, total −3.8%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

NUGY

−3.8%

56.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. NUGY since launch: paid 56.0%, price −55.9%, total −3.8%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

KSLV costs 0.19 points a year less; KSLV is 19.8 times larger.

KSLV vs NUGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKSLVNUGY
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year+4.3%not published
Price changefell 18.7% (1 year)fell 55.9% (since Nov 18, 2025)
Return of capital, issuer estimate88% of the Oct 22, 2026 payment96% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%1.18%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$101m$5.1m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

Risk and return

Nov 28, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 48 weekly returns
KSLV NUGY
Return
Total return edge NUGY −18.5% −9.9%
Price return edge KSLV −35.2% −57.1%
Risk
Max drawdown edge NUGY −55.3% −21.9%
Reading

From Nov 2025 to Oct 2026, NUGY returned more: −9.9% to −18.5%. NUGY fell less at its worst: −21.9% to −55.3%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured
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Risk and return: KSLV vs NUGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureKSLVNUGYEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return−18.5%−9.9%NUGYPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return−35.2%−57.1%KSLVPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown−55.3%−21.9%NUGYDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 48 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, KSLV and NUGY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

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Side by side

KSLV Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF · Covered call, paying monthly NUGY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF · Synthetic covered call, paying weekly
Strategy covered call synthetic covered call
Benchmark none none
Pays monthly weekly
Payout rate, annualized 30.4% 60.1%
Expense ratio 0.99% 1.18%
Cash paid, 1 year 31.7% 56.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)
Price change, 1 year −18.7% −55.9% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)
Total return, 1 year +4.3% −3.8% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year not published not published
Ahead or behind not available not available
Return of capital, latest estimate 88% 96%
Age 1.1 years 351 days
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $101m $5.1m

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: KSLV vs NUGY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowKSLVNUGYKSLVNUGYKSLVNUGY
3 months−18.4%−1.4%6.6%14.0%not measurednot measured
6 months−35.6%−5.0%10.4%26.6%not measurednot measured
1 year+4.3%–31.7%–not measured–
Since launchNot the same days: KSLV Sep 2025 · NUGY Nov 2025+3.6%−3.8%32.9%56.0%not measurednot measured

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for NUGY.

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About each fund
KSLV

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KSLV paid 31.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 18.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +4.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.4%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 88% of the distribution paid Oct 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

NUGY

Over the period from its first trade on Nov 18, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026, NUGY paid 56.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −3.8%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.1%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, KSLV or NUGY?
KSLV charges 0.99% a year and NUGY charges 1.18%, so KSLV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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