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KYLD vs SIOO: which paid, and which earned it?

KYLD and SIOO both write options for income.

Kurv High Income ETF and VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF.

20.9%KYLD cash paid, 1 year
11.1%SIOO cash paid, 1 year
+2.0%KYLD total return, 1 year
+10.8%SIOO total return, 1 year
KYLD10.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+12.9%KYLD+2.0%20.9% cash10.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+12.9%KYLD+2.0%10.9 pts behind SPY
SIOOAbout even with OEF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
OEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% of it arrived as cashabout even with OEFTotal return, distributions reinvestedOEF+11.0%SIOO+10.8%11.1% as cashabout even with OEF

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KYLD and SIOO hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions KYLD and SIOO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingKYLDSIOO
Broadcom Inc5.17%3.57%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc6.21%2.00%
Intel Corp6.19%1.12%
Only in each
Only in KYLDOnly in SIOO
TREASURY BILL 12.96%NVIDIA Corp 9.83%
TREASURY BILL 11.01%Apple Inc 9.24%
Global X Silver Miners ETF 7.09%United States Treasury Bill 12/10/2026 7.85%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA 6.38%Microsoft Corp 5.91%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 5.97%Amazon.com Inc 4.41%
Teradyne Inc 5.77%Alphabet Inc 3.62%
BWX Technologies Inc 5.38%Meta Platforms Inc 3.12%
AppLovin Corp 5.32%Micron Technology Inc 2.37%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

KYLD and SIOO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
KYLDSIOOKYLDSIOOKYLDSIOO
3 months−6.3%+4.0%5.6%3.7%−8.5 pts+0.7 pts
6 months+24.4%+14.3%14.1%7.9%+6.4 pts−5.8 pts
Since launch+2.0%+10.8%20.9%11.1%−10.9 pts−0.2 pts
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KYLD and SIOO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
KYLD
Kurv High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying weekly
SIOO
VistaShares Target 15 S&P 100 Distribution ETF
Covered call on OEF, paying monthly
IssuerKurvVistaShares
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 100 (OEF)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized25.6%15.1%
Expense ratio1.00%not published
Cash paid, 1 year20.9% (since launch on Oct 31, 2025)11.1% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Price change, 1 year−20.5%−1.1%
Total return, 1 year+2.0% (since launch on Oct 31, 2025)+10.8% (since launch on Dec 11, 2025)
Benchmark return, 1 year+12.9%+11.0%
Ahead or behind−10.9 pts−0.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age322 days281 days
Net assets$49m$21m

KYLD in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, KYLD paid 20.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.6%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

SIOO in plain words

Over the period since launch on Dec 11, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, SIOO paid 11.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +10.8%. S&P 100 (OEF) returned +11.0% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 15.1%, paid monthly.

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Where these figures came from

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KYLD against SIOO, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, KYLD against SIOO, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kyld-vs-sioo Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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