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KGLD · Kurv Gold Enhanced Income ETF
Kurv · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, KGLD paid 16.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 7.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.0%. Gold (GLD) returned +24.5% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 15.1%, paid monthly. Kurv estimates that 86% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Gold (GLD) (proxy) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 15.1% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | not published |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 15.2% |
| Launched | Jul 8, 2025 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / GLD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 3.7% / −1.8% / +2.0% / +2.7% / −0.6 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / GLD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 6.4% / −22.5% / −16.1% / −14.1% / −2.1 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / GLD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 16.4% / +7.8% / +24.0% / +24.5% / −0.5 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / GLD / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 19.2% / +12.7% / +32.2% / +33.7% / −1.5 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Kurv 19a-1 estimate) | 86.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has KGLD paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, KGLD paid 16.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 7.8%.
- Is KGLD ahead of GLD?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KGLD returned +24.0% against +24.5% for Gold (GLD), so a holder was about even with it by 0.5 points.
- How often does KGLD pay, and how much?
- KGLD pays monthly. The latest distribution annualises to 15.1% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the KGLD distribution return of capital?
- Kurv estimates 86% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
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