{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kyld-vs-spyi","section":"compare","title":"KYLD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return | ETFIQ","description":"KYLD paid 25.2% of its price in cash over the year and SPYI 12.1%. Total return with distributions reinvested was \u22125.0% against +14.0%, to Nov 4, 2026.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which paid more, KYLD or SPYI?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 25.2% of its starting price in cash and SPYI paid 12.1%, so KYLD paid more. 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Total return with distributions reinvested was \u22125.0% against +14.0%, to Nov 4, 2026.","dateModified":"2026-11-04","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"isAccessibleForFree":true,"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kyld-vs-spyi","license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/income.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Cash paid","Price change","Total return with distributions reinvested","Benchmark total return","Ahead or behind in percentage points","Distribution rate","Return of capital estimate","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Income ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]}],"characters":7369,"truncated":true,"content":"ETFIQ / Income ETFs / Compare ETFs / KYLD vs SPYI \n ETFIQ etfiq.com \u00b7 independent ETF data \n\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026 .\n\n KYLD vs SPYI: Dividend Yield & Total Return\n\n Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 25.2% of its price in cash against SPYI\u2019s 12.1%, though SPYI returned more with it reinvested.\n Copy this for sharing \n \n SPYI costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.0 points; SPYI is far larger, $12.7bn against $50m.\n KYLD and SPYI at a glance. As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. KYLD SPYI \n Expense ratio 1.08% 0.68% \n Net assets, as of Oct 28, 2026 $50m $12.7bn \n","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, KYLD against SPYI, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kyld-vs-spyi","a":{"ticker":"KYLD","name":"Kurv High Income ETF","issuer":"Kurv","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-04","verdict":"Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, KYLD paid 11.9% in cash and lost 10.9%, against \u221218.6% for its own holdings.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/kyld","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 6 months, on its starting price","value":"11.9%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 6 months","value":"\u221210.9%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against its own holdings","value":"+7.7 pts","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, latest payout (Kurv estimate)","value":"100.0%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"Kurv estimate"},{"label":"Last payment (paid weekly), ex-date Nov 4, 2026","value":"$0.10","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$47m","as_of":"2026-11-03","source":"issuer page, as of Nov 3, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"1.08%","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"497 XBRL, Sep 30, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"SPYI","name":"NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF","issuer":"NEOS","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-04","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, SPYI paid 12.1% in cash and returned 14.0% in total, against 14.8% for SPY.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/spyi","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price","value":"12.1%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+14.0%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against SPY","value":"\u22120.8 pts","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, latest payout (NEOS estimate)","value":"99.0%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"NEOS estimate"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 21, 2026","value":"$0.5087","as_of":"2026-10-21","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$12.7bn","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.68%","as_of":"2026-04-30","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":4,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kyld-vs-spyi"}