KNG FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% in cash and returned 20.8% in total, against 23.9% for NOBL.
Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% in cash and returned 20.8% in total, covering 236.4% of its payout.
KNG risk and return scorecard
vs NOBL · Apr 2018 to Oct 2026 · 447 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 21, 2026More on KNG
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$53.37+2.8%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | NOBL | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +11.0% | 0.7% | +10.2% | +12.3% | −1.3 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +5.2% | 2.0% | +3.0% | +5.6% | −0.4 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +13.5% | 4.3% | +8.9% | +14.9% | −1.4 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +16.5% | 7.2% | +8.6% | +19.6% | −3.1 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +20.8% | 8.8% | +11.1% | +23.9% | −3.1 pts |
| 3Y Nov 3, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 | +41.8% | 26.9% | +9.7% | +48.6% | −6.8 pts |
| 5Y Nov 5, 2021 – Nov 4, 2026 | +35.7% | 32.1% | −4.6% | +42.3% | −6.6 pts |
| Since launch Mar 27, 2018 – Nov 4, 2026 | +120.8% | 61.2% | +34.1% | +139.8% | −19.0 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Mar 27, 2018 – Nov 4, 2026 | +9.6% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
KNG paid 8.8% in cash over the year and returned 20.8% in total, more than it paid out.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026KNG: in the 22 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $45.3m went out.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
Aug 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
KNG, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 5 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 44 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 0 days, out on 5. 44 days missing.
KNG, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 5 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 230 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 0 days, out on 5. 230 days missing.
KNG, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 0 days and went out on 5 days, of the 21 days with daily data; the other 379 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 0 days, out on 5. 379 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from First Trust’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for KNG, back to Feb 2021, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare KNG with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months21 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into KNG each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outOct 2023 to Nov 2026
KNG, money in and money out each month from Oct 2023 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Oct 2023 to Jul 2026 are from KNG’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Aug 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 25 and went out in 10.
Bars for Oct 2023 to Jul 2026 are from KNG’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 25 and went out in 10.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
KNG key stats
KNG return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
Liquid: trades at a typical spread of 0.06%, and its holdings can absorb $284m a day.
KNG for holders outside the US
13 distributions for KNG, $0.3402 to $0.3699 a share and $0.347 in the middle, Oct 21, 2025 to Oct 21, 2026. 1 further ex-date is expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so it is not drawn.
KNG pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.3538 a share, which went ex on Oct 21, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 20, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for KNG. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for KNG. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below KNG.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: 236.4% · 91st pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
KNG top ten by weight, 16.1% of the fund, of its 137 equity positions, from the holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the issuer’s own daily file.
Source: First Trust’s daily holdings file. Updated each trading day. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
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About KNG
How we measure
12 seats on KNG, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Supports, 1 Mixed, 9 Challenges, 1 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about KNG
- How much has KNG paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, KNG paid 8.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 11.1%.
- Is KNG ahead of NOBL?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KNG returned +20.8% against +23.9% for S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL), so a holder was behind it by 3.1 points.
- How often does KNG pay, and how much?
- KNG pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 8.0% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the KNG distribution return of capital?
- First Trust estimates 80% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does KNG next pay a distribution?
- KNG pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 21, 2026 at $0.3538 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Nov 20, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does KNG cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.74% a year.
- How much of KNG’s distribution is return of capital?
- First Trust’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 80.0% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid May 29, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the estimate is 80.3%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025 puts it at 0.0% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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