KYLD Kurv High Income ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Since its launch on Oct 31, 2025, KYLD paid 20.5% in cash and still finished 11.8 points behind SPY.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, KYLD returned +1.2% with distributions reinvested and S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +13.0%, so a holder came out behind it by 11.8 points. The lighter segment is the 20.5% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Its ten largest equity positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREASURY BILL | not filed | 12.96% | |
| TREASURY BILL | not filed | 11.01% | |
| Global X Silver Miners ETF | SIL | 7.09% | |
| VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA | GDX | 6.38% | |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | AMD | 6.21% | |
| Intel Corp | INTC | 6.19% | |
| Howmet Aerospace Inc | HWM | 5.97% | |
| Teradyne Inc | TER | 5.77% | |
| BWX Technologies Inc | BWXT | 5.38% | |
| AppLovin Corp | APP | 5.32% |
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | SPY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 5.9% | −8.3% | −2.5% | +3.3% | −5.8 pts |
| 6 months | 13.6% | +6.0% | +19.9% | +16.0% | +3.9 pts |
| Since launch | 20.5% | −20.8% | +1.2% | +13.0% | −11.8 pts |
When KYLD pays
KYLD pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.1 a share, which went ex on Sep 9, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 16, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | $0.1 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | $0.1 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | $0.1 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | $0.1 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | $0.1 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | $0.1 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for KYLD (13, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.1 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $0.1 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Oct 31, 2025, KYLD has returned +1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.0% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, and has paid out 20.5% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 25.6%. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 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 | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026) | $50m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 25.6% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Oct 8, 2025) | 1.00% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 25.9% |
| Launched | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (Kurv 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
| Pays | weekly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 7 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 1 day |
| Last paid, per share | $0.1 ex Sep 9, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 12 distributions | $1.2 |
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 KYLD paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 11, 2026, KYLD paid 20.5% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 20.8%.
- Is KYLD ahead of SPY?
- Over the period from its launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KYLD returned +1.2% against +13.0% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, so a holder was behind it by 11.8 points.
- How often does KYLD pay, and how much?
- KYLD pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 25.6% at its price on Sep 11, 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 characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does KYLD next pay a distribution?
- KYLD pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 9, 2026 at $0.1 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 16, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
- What does KYLD 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.
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