Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD vs QLDY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its price in cash against KYLD’s 25.2%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $47m for Kurv High Income ETF and $53m for Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF.
Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD
−5.0%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD
−5.0%
25.2% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. KYLD over 1 year: paid 25.2%, price −28.6%, total −5.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.3.2 pts behind QQQ
QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QLDY
+9.1%
35.3% of it arrived as cash
3.2 pts behind QQQ
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.2 pts behind QQQ
QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
QQQ
+12.3%
QLDY
+9.1%
3.2 pts behind QQQ
35.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. QLDY over 1 year: paid 35.3%, price −27.2%, total +9.1%, QQQ +12.3%, −3.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
QLDY costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.1 points; QLDY is 1.1 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | KYLD | QLDY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −5.0% | +9.1% |
| Price change | fell 21.4% (6 months) | fell 27.2% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 0% of the Nov 2, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own holdings | Nasdaq-100, measured through QQQ |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 7.7 pts | behind by 3.2 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.08% | 1.04% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $47m | $53m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, KYLD and QLDY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | KYLD | QLDY | KYLD | QLDY | KYLD | QLDY |
| 3 months | −13.3% | −4.5% | 6.2% | 9.5% | +4.1 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 6 months | −10.9% | −3.1% | 11.9% | 18.5% | +7.6 pts | −2.8 pts |
| 1 year | −5.0% | +9.1% | 25.2% | 35.3% | not measured | −3.2 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: KYLD Oct 2025 · QLDY Sep 2025 | −10.9% | +13.2% | 23.6% | 39.1% | not measured | −3.7 pts |
No 1-year comparison: it had filed no holdings by Nov 4, 2025, the year's first day. KYLD's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned −18.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 7.7 pts.
Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 21.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −10.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.4%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
QLDY
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, QLDY paid 35.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.1%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +12.3% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 19.7%, paid weekly. Defiance estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Nov 2, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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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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