KSLV Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF
Covered call on SLV, paying monthly
Since its launch on Sep 30, 2025, KSLV paid 30.9% in cash and still finished 6.6 points behind SLV.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, KSLV returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested and Silver (SLV) returned +41.4%, so a holder came out behind it by 6.6 points. The lighter segment is the 30.9% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | SLV | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 6.4% | −6.7% | 0.0% | +0.7% | −0.7 pts |
| 6 months | 12.4% | −16.2% | −4.3% | −2.6% | −1.7 pts |
| Since launch | 30.9% | +5.4% | +34.9% | +41.4% | −6.6 pts |
When KSLV pays
KSLV pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.6 a share, which went ex on Sep 16, 2026, with payment about 2 days later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Oct 14, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | $0.6 | ETFIQ projection |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for KSLV (12, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.6 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $0.6 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.6 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $0.6 |
| May 20, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | $0.75 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $0.55 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $0.5 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $0.5 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Sep 30, 2025, KSLV has returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +41.4% for Silver (SLV), and has paid out 30.9% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays monthly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 27.4%. Kurv estimates that 91% of the distribution paid Aug 20, 2026 was a return of capital. That is the issuer’s own Rule 19a-1 estimate and a tax characterization, made before the fund year closes: it says the payment included money the fund gave back rather than earned, not that the fund is eroding.
| Strategy | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Silver (SLV) (proxy) |
| Pays | monthly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 17, 2026) | $122m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 27.4% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jun 13, 2025) | 1.00% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 29.3% |
| Launched | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Kurv 19a-1 estimate) | 91.0% |
| Pays | monthly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 28 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.6 ex Sep 16, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 12 distributions | $7.7 |
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much has KSLV paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, KSLV paid 30.9% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 5.4%.
- Is KSLV ahead of SLV?
- Over the period from its launch on Sep 30, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KSLV returned +34.9% against +41.4% for Silver (SLV), so a holder was behind it by 6.6 points.
- How often does KSLV pay, and how much?
- KSLV pays monthly. The latest distribution annualizes to 27.4% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the KSLV distribution return of capital?
- Kurv estimates 91% of the distribution paid Aug 20, 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 KSLV next pay a distribution?
- KSLV pays monthly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 16, 2026 at $0.6 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 28 days the ex-date falls near Oct 14, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does KSLV cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.00% a year.
The words on this page
- Total return
- What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
- Cash paid
- Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
- Ahead or behind
- The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
- Return of capital
- The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
- Covered call
- Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.
Every term used here, defined in full on the income ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, KSLV, income ETFs, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/kslv Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.