Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
KYLD vs VOOY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
KYLD and VOOY both write options for income.
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Net assets: $47m on Nov 3, 2026 for Kurv High Income ETF, beside XFUNDS Large Cap 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.Not measured
VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOOY
+0.3%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
VOOY
+0.3%
1.5% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
VOOY costs 0.33 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | KYLD | VOOY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −5.0% | not published |
| Price change | fell 21.4% (6 months) | fell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | 26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own holdings | not published |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 7.7 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.08% | 0.75% |
| Net assets | $47m | not read by ETFIQ |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
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 | VOOY | KYLD | VOOY | KYLD | VOOY |
| 3 months | −13.3% | – | 6.2% | – | +4.1 pts | – |
| 6 months | −10.9% | – | 11.9% | – | +7.6 pts | – |
| 1 year | −5.0% | – | 25.2% | – | not measured | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: KYLD Oct 2025 · VOOY Sep 2026 | −10.9% | +0.3% | 23.6% | 1.5% | 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.
VOOY
Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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