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CBOE VEST S&P 500 DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS TARGET INCOME ETF

$51.46+2.12% vs prior close
485352-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

The FT Cboe Vest S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF® (the "Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Cboe S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats Target Income Index Monthly Series (the "Index"). The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets (including investment borrowings) in the common stocks and call options that comprise the Index. The Fund, using an indexing investment approach, attempts to replicate, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Index. The Index is owned, developed, maintained and calculated by S&P Opco, LLC (the "Index Provider"). Cboe Vest Financial LLC is the Fund's investment sub-advisor ("Cboe Vest" or the "Sub-Advisor").

KNG price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateKNG close
Sep 22, 2026$49.46
Sep 23, 2026$49.23
Sep 24, 2026$48.52
Sep 25, 2026$48.71
Sep 28, 2026$48.64
Sep 29, 2026$48.44
Sep 30, 2026$48.14
Oct 1, 2026$48.13
Oct 2, 2026$48.20
Oct 5, 2026$48.43
Oct 6, 2026$48.59
Oct 7, 2026$48.18
Oct 8, 2026$48.87
Oct 9, 2026$48.86
Oct 12, 2026$49.19
Oct 13, 2026$49.29
Oct 14, 2026$49.71
Oct 15, 2026$50.24
Oct 16, 2026$50.50
Oct 19, 2026$50.19
Oct 20, 2026$50.73
Oct 21, 2026$50.39
Oct 22, 2026$51.46

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +4.7% so far this year. At 0.75% a year it is not the cheapest way in — RSP has a reported fee of 0.20%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$3.2Bassets under management
0.75%expense ratio · $75 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
337Kavg daily volume, 30 days
68holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 28, 2023 · beta 0.24

Sector weights

  • Consumer Defensive23.84%
  • Industrials23.25%
  • Consumer Non-Durables17.82%
  • Finance13.02%
  • Process Industries12.17%
  • Producer Manufacturing10.87%
  • Financial Services10.62%
  • Basic Materials10.53%
  • Healthcare10.43%
  • Health Technology8.91%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Consumer Defensive23.84%
Industrials23.25%
Consumer Non-Durables17.82%
Finance13.02%
Process Industries12.17%
Producer Manufacturing10.87%
Financial Services10.62%
Basic Materials10.53%
Healthcare10.43%
Health Technology8.91%

Country weights

  • United States100.53%
  • Switzerland3.2%
  • United Kingdom3%
  • Ireland1.5%
  • Other0.93%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States100.53%
Switzerland3.2%
United Kingdom3%
Ireland1.5%
Other0.93%
Performance
1 week+1.9%
1 month+4.0%
3 months+2.3%
6 months+2.9%
YTD+4.7%
1 year+5.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against KNG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat KNG on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$890.4B+$33.3B-72bp on fee · 275× the assets · +$33.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$57.9B+$717M-71bp on fee · 18× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36B+$208M-71bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-70bp on fee · 38× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.8B+$148M-71bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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