FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (KNG)

Cboe BZX: KNGExchange-traded fund from First Trust.

  • Expense ratio0.73%
  • Net assets$3.35B
  • Dividend yield5.94%
  • 1-year return+12.89%
  • Holdings69

KNG ETF price chart

KNG quote & trading statistics

KNG performance

Total return · as of October 17, 2026
  • YTD+9.36%
  • 1 year+12.89%
  • 3 years+10.00%/yr
  • 5 years+5.70%/yr
  • 10 years0.00%/yr
1Y volatility
13.57%
3Y volatility
11.31%
3Y Sharpe ratio
0.32

Returns include reinvested distributions; 3-, 5- and 10-year figures are annualized.

KNG top 10 holdings

FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF largest holdings by weight
#SymbolNameWeight
1FDSFactSet Research Systems Inc1.85%
2BDXBecton Dickinson and Company1.77%
3CAHCardinal Health Inc1.68%
4CVXChevron Corp1.68%
5ROPRoper Technologies Inc1.66%
6TGTTarget Corporation1.66%
7ADPAutomatic Data Processing Inc1.65%
8MDTMedtronic PLC1.64%
9EMREmerson Electric Company1.62%
10IBMInternational Business Machines1.58%

The top 10 holdings make up 16.8% of the fund (69 holdings in total). As of October 17, 2026.

KNG sector weights

Consumer Defensive
22.0%
Industrials
19.0%
Financial Services
13.2%
Healthcare
11.3%
Basic Materials
9.8%
Consumer Cyclical
5.6%
Utilities
5.2%
Technology
4.7%
Real Estate
3.8%
Energy
3.3%

KNG region weights

North America
94.5%
United Kingdom
1.5%
Europe Developed
1.5%

KNG asset allocation

U.S. stocks
97.3%
Non-U.S. stocks
2.1%
Cash
0.5%

KNG market-cap breakdown

Mid cap
54.9%
Large cap
28.1%
Small cap
17.6%
Mega cap
1.4%

About FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF

The fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities that comprise the index. The index is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical BuyWrite strategy on constituents of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which targets companies that are currently members of the S&P 500 Index.

KNG ETF FAQ

What is the KNG expense ratio?

FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF has a net expense ratio of 0.73%, or $73.00 a year for every $10,000 invested.

How much money is in KNG?

FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF has about $3.35B in net assets.

What are the top holdings of KNG?

The largest positions in KNG are FactSet Research Systems Inc (1.85%), Becton Dickinson and Company (1.77%), Cardinal Health Inc (1.68%). The fund holds 69 securities in total.

How has KNG performed?

KNG returned +12.89% over the past year and +5.70% a year over the past five years, including reinvested distributions.

Does KNG pay dividends?

KNG has a dividend yield of 5.94% and pays distributions quarterly.

When was KNG launched?

FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF began trading on March 26, 2018.

ETFs similar to KNG

Funds that track the same index or whose top-10 holdings overlap most with KNG's. Overlap: shared top-10 weight as a share of the larger top-10 total of the two funds.

ETFs with holdings most similar to KNG, compared by expense ratio, assets and 1-year return
SymbolFundOverlapExpense ratioNet assets1-year return
KNGFT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats…—0.73%$3.35B+12.89%
NOBLProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF98%0.35%$11.52B+14.69%