{
 "ticker": "KNG",
 "name": "FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/kng",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/kng",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/kng.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-18",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KNG paid 8.5% in cash and still finished 1.6 points behind NOBL.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_1_year_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price",
   "value": "8.5%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "KNG, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 8.5%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+8.3%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "KNG, total return, 1 year: +8.3%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_nobl",
   "label": "Against NOBL",
   "value": "\u22121.6 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "KNG, against NOBL: \u22121.6 pts, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "8.8%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "KNG, latest payout, annualized: 8.8%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$3.3bn",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "KNG, net assets: $3.3bn (issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.74%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "KNG, expense ratio: 0.74% (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "dividend stocks with call overlay",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$3.3bn",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "8.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.74%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_last_12_months_over_today_s_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, last 12 months, over today\u2019s price",
   "value": "8.5%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Mar 27, 2018",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "monthly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_gap_between_ex_dates",
   "label": "Typical gap between ex-dates",
   "value": "30 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_wait_from_ex_date_to_payment",
   "label": "Typical wait from ex-date to payment",
   "value": "2 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "last_paid_per_share",
   "label": "Last paid, per share",
   "value": "$0.3621 ex Aug 21, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sum_of_the_last_12_distributions",
   "label": "Sum of the last 12 distributions",
   "value": "$4.212",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "2.2%",
   "Price": "\u22120.3%",
   "Total return": "+1.8%",
   "NOBL": "+1.9%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22120.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "4.4%",
   "Price": "+2.7%",
   "Total return": "+7.1%",
   "NOBL": "+8.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22120.9 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Cash paid": "8.5%",
   "Price": "\u22120.4%",
   "Total return": "+8.3%",
   "NOBL": "+9.9%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22121.6 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Cash paid": "25.4%",
   "Price": "\u22124.2%",
   "Total return": "+24.0%",
   "NOBL": "+28.3%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22124.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "59.4%",
   "Price": "+24.1%",
   "Total return": "+101.5%",
   "NOBL": "+116.7%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221215.2 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has KNG paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KNG paid 8.5% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 0.4%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is KNG ahead of NOBL?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KNG returned +8.3% against +9.9% for S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL), so a holder was behind it by 1.6 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does KNG pay, and how much?",
   "a": "KNG pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 8.8% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "When does KNG next pay a distribution?",
   "a": "KNG pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Aug 21, 2026 at $0.3621 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 30 days the ex-date falls near Sep 21, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does KNG cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 0.74% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-21",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}