KYLD Kurv High Income ETF
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Over the 6 months to Oct 30, 2026, KYLD paid 12.4% in cash and lost 6.3%, against −14.7% for its own holdings.
Promise check: MissedOver the time since its launch to Oct 30, 2026, KYLD paid 23.2% in cash and returned −10.4% in total, covering −44.8% of its payout.
KYLD risk and return scorecard
vs KYLD's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026)
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 · May 31, 2026What you earned
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First traded Oct 31, 2025More on KYLD
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return since launch, Oct 31, 2025
$17.32−5.9%1 day, priceClose, Oct 30, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 30, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | its own holdings | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Sep 30 – Oct 30, 2026 | −12.5% | 2.0% | −14.3% | −14.8% | +2.3 pts |
| 3M Jul 31 – Oct 30, 2026 | −8.7% | 6.4% | −14.4% | −11.0% | +2.3 pts |
| 6M May 1 – Oct 30, 2026 | −6.3% | 12.4% | −17.2% | −14.7% | +8.4 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026 | +0.5% | 21.5% | −19.4% | −4.9% | +5.4 pts |
| Since launch Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026 | −10.4% | 23.2% | −32.3% | not published | not available |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Oct 2025: no 1 year and 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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Money in and out
Monthly data · as of May 31, 2026KYLD: in the month to May 31, 2026, net $221k went out, by its SEC filing.
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions KYLD files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is May 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for KYLD, back to Sep 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare KYLD with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outSep 2025 to May 2026
KYLD, money in and money out each month from Sep 2025 to May 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from KYLD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 9 months listed, money came in on net in 6 and went out in 2.
Every bar is from KYLD’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 9 months listed, money came in on net in 6 and went out in 2.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
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 SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of May 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
KYLD key stats
KYLD return of capital and tax
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as of Oct 30, 2026
KYLD for holders outside the US
13 distributions for KYLD, $0.1 to $0.1 a share and $0.1 in the middle, Aug 5, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
KYLD pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.1 a share, which went ex on Oct 28, 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 Nov 4, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for KYLD. 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 KYLD. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
KYLD top ten by weight, 46.1% of the fund, of its 11 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: The fund’s SEC filing. Data as of Aug 31, 2026.
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About KYLD
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12 seats on KYLD, as of Oct 30, 2026: 1 Mixed, 6 Challenges, 5 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about KYLD
- How much has KYLD paid over the last 6 months?
- Over the 6 months to Oct 30, 2026, KYLD paid 12.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 17.2%.
- Is KYLD ahead of its own holdings?
- Over the 6 months to Oct 30, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, KYLD returned −6.3% against −14.7% for KYLD's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Aug 31, 2026), so a holder was ahead of it by 8.4 points.
- How often does KYLD pay, and how much?
- KYLD pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 30.0% at its price on Oct 30, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the KYLD distribution return of capital?
- Kurv estimates 98% of the distribution paid Oct 22, 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 Oct 28, 2026 at $0.1 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 4, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
- What does KYLD cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.08% a year.
- How much of KYLD’s distribution is return of capital?
- Kurv’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 98.0% of the distribution paid Oct 22, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 13, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026, the estimate is 98.9%. The annual report for the fiscal year to May 31, 2026 puts it at 60.1% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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