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KYLD · Kurv High Income ETF
Kurv · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the period since launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, KYLD paid 20.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 19.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +13.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.3%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% 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 | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 25.3% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | not published |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 25.1% |
| Launched | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 6.1% / −4.0% / +2.0% / +4.7% / −2.7 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 13.3% / +5.4% / +19.3% / +15.2% / +4.2 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 20.1% / −19.7% / +2.0% / +13.9% / −11.9 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Kurv 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has KYLD paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, KYLD paid 20.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 19.7%.
- Is KYLD ahead of SPY?
- Over the period from its launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KYLD returned +2.0% against +13.9% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, so a holder was behind it by 11.9 points.
- How often does KYLD pay, and how much?
- KYLD pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 25.3% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the KYLD distribution return of capital?
- Kurv estimates 100% 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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