Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD vs SIXH: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 25.2% of its price in cash against SIXH’s 2.1%, though SIXH returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets: $47m on Nov 3, 2026 for Kurv High Income ETF, and $603m on Aug 31, 2026 for ETC 6 Meridian Hedged Equity-Index Option Strategy ETF.
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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, 2026.5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+18.0%
SIXH
+23.5%
5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
5.5 pts ahead of its own holdings
SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
its own holdings
+18.0%
SIXH
+23.5%
2.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. SIXH over 1 year: paid 2.1%, price +21.2%, total +23.5%, its own holdings +18.0%, +5.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
SIXH costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.5 points.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | KYLD | SIXH |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −5.0% | +23.5% |
| Price change | fell 21.4% (6 months) | rose 21.2% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own holdings | its own holdings |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 7.7 pts | ahead by 5.5 pts |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.08% | 0.69% |
| Net assets, KYLD as of Nov 3, 2026 and SIXH as of Aug 31, 2026 | $47m | $603m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 1% | |
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, KYLD and SIXH hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.
half
1% in common
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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 | SIXH | KYLD | SIXH | KYLD | SIXH |
| 3 months | −13.3% | +6.0% | 6.2% | 0.5% | +4.1 pts | +1.8 pts |
| 6 months | −10.9% | +10.3% | 11.9% | 1.0% | +7.6 pts | +3.5 pts |
| 1 year | −5.0% | +23.5% | 25.2% | 2.1% | not measured | +5.5 pts |
| 3 years | – | +47.6% | – | 6.8% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: KYLD Oct 2025 · SIXH May 2020 | −10.9% | +104.1% | 23.6% | 16.7% | not measured | not measured |
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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.
SIXH
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SIXH paid 2.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 21.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +23.5%. SIXH's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026) returned +18.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 3.2%, paid monthly.
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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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