ETF comparison
KNG vs XYLD
Both Covered-Call Income.
FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF · Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF
Holdings overlap
69 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KNG and XYLD would leave roughly 11.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XYLD is 14 bps cheaper than KNG. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for KNG.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with KNG vs XYLD.
Top shared holdings
69 shared in total| # | Holding | In KNG | In XYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORP | 1.51% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 2 | WALMART INC | 1.48% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 3 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 1.48% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 4 | CATERPILLAR INC | 1.62% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 5 | ABBVIE INC | 1.50% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 6 | CHEVRON CORP | 1.51% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 7 | PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY (THE) | 1.50% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 8 | COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) | 1.53% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 9 | LINDE PLC | 1.47% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 10 | PEPSICO INC | 1.49% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 1.31% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 12 | MCDONALD'S CORP | 1.42% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in KNG
1 total- DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS 0.27%
Only in XYLD
435 total- NVIDIA CORPORATION 8.00%
- APPLE INC. 6.57%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.27%
- ALPHABET INC. 3.69%
- BROADCOM INC. 3.26%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.94%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.21%
- TESLA, INC. 1.77%
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.43%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.