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Name

As of 06/01/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$48.36

$3.37 B

8.44%

$4.08

0.74%

Vitals

YTD Return

1.9%

1 yr return

7.4%

3 Yr Avg Return

7.2%

5 Yr Avg Return

4.5%

Net Assets

$3.37 B

Holdings in Top 10

15.4%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$48.5
$47.97
$52.94

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.74%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover N/A

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund


Name

As of 06/01/2026

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$48.36

$3.37 B

8.44%

$4.08

0.74%

KNG - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 1.9%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 7.2%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 4.5%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 1.65%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 8.4%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    First Trust Advisors L.P.
  • Inception Date
    Mar 26, 2018
  • Shares Outstanding
    9675000
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Karan Sood

Fund Description

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Vest Financial LLC is the Fund’s investment sub-advisor (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“Vest”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" or the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“Sub-Advisor”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"). /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The Index is designed to track the performance of a hypothetical BuyWrite strategy on constituents of the Samp;P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which targets companies that are currently members of the Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" Index, have increased dividend /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"payments each year for at least 25 years and meet certain market capitalization and liquidity requirements. 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The Index is composed of two parts: (1) the equity components (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"i.e.,/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" stocks) of the Samp;P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index (the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“Aristocrat /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0%;"Stocks”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;") and (2) partially “written” (or sold) monthly “covered” call options on each stock, generally on the third Friday of each /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"month (the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“Covered Calls”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"). /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;"While the Fund seeks to make distributions that are above the current annual dividend yield /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0%;"of the Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;" Index, there is no guarantee that the Fund's distribution target will be achieved. The Advisor will /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0%;"periodically assess whether the Fund’s distribution target remains reasonable as market conditions change. The Fund does not seek to achieve any specific level of total return performance compared with the total return performance of the Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;" Index. Capital appreciation on the securities held by the Fund may be less than the capital appreciation /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0%;"of the Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;" Index, and the total return performance of the Fund may be less than the total return performance of /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0%;"the Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;" Index. In the event the value of the securities held by the Fund exceeds the strike prices of the call options /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0%;"on such securities, the capital appreciation on such securities is expected to be less than the capital appreciation of the /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;"Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-weight:bold;". /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"A written (sold) call option gives the buyer the right to purchase, and the seller the obligation, to sell shares of the underlying asset at a specified price (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“strike price”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;") at a specified date (/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;font-style:italic;"“expiration date”/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"). The writer (seller) of the call option receives /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"an amount (premium) for writing (selling) the option. In the event the underlying asset appreciates above the strike price as of the expiration date, and the buyer exercises the option, the writer (seller) of the call option will have to either sell the stock at the strike price to the buyer or pay the buyer the difference between the value of the underlying asset and the strike price (which loss is offset by the premium initially received), and in the event the underlying asset declines in value, the call option /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"may end up worthless and the writer (seller) of the call option retains the premium. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"In exchange for additional income in the form of a premium, the Fund will sell a call option on each of the stocks in the Index. If the value of a stock on the expiration date of the option is below the strike price, the option will not be exercised by the buyer and will expire. If the value of a stock on the expiration date is above the strike price, then the option finished “in the money.” Then, if the buyer exercises the option, the Fund either sells the stock at the strike price to the buyer or pays the buyer the difference between the strike price and the current market price of the stock. There may be times the Fund needs to sell securities when it would not otherwise do so in order to settle an option position, which could result in the distribution of premium from that option position being classified as a return of capital and make the Fund less tax-efficient than other /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"ETFs. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The Covered Calls are written (sold) by the Index generally on the third Friday of each month with an expiration typically on the third Friday of the following month and a strike price as close as possible to the closing price of the underlying Aristocrat Stock at the time the Covered Call is written. The Index employs a “partial covered call strategy,” meaning that Covered Calls will be typically written on a notional value less than the total value of each underlying Aristocrat Stock, such that the short position in each call option is “covered” by a portion of the corresponding Aristocrat Stock held by the Index, however, the notional value of the Covered Calls will not exceed 100% of the value of each underlying Aristocrat Stock. The Index is a hypothetical portfolio of options and equity securities. As such, the Index cannot actually buy or sell an option or equity security, but the Index reflects the value of such transactions as if the Index could actually engage in them. The Fund intends to replicate the options positions expressed by the Index by writing a series of short (written) call options on each of the Aristocrat Stocks. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The exact amount of Covered Calls written is based on a calculation designed to result in the Fund generating income from (i) dividends from the Aristocrat Stocks and (ii) premiums from writing Covered Calls that is 8% higher annually than the total /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"dividend yield of the Samp;P 500/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-2.75pt;"®/spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" Index constituents. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"While the Fund generally intends to replicate the Index, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets (exclusive of any collateral held from securities lending) in securities or other investments not included in the Index, but which the Fund’s sub-advisor believes will help the Fund track the Index. For example, the Fund may invest in securities that are not components of the Index to reflect various corporate actions and other changes to the Index (such as reconstitutions, additions, and deletions) or in options with slightly different strike prices or expiration dates than the options components of the Index to maximize the Fund’s liquidity by utilizing a broader range of options, while maintaining the overall risk, return, and other /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"characteristics of the Index. /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The Fund will seek to reduce or eliminate the portion of its distributions that are characterized as return of capital for tax purposes. Return of capital represents a return of a portion of a Fund shareholder’s invested capital and is not taxable in the year it is received unless the distribution exceeds a shareholder’s basis in the Fund. In order to reduce or eliminate the portion of the distribution characterized as return of capital, the Fund may engage in transactions designed to generate earnings and profits by undertaking taxable sales of assets. The desired result of such transactions would be to change the tax character of certain distributions from the Fund from return of capital to taxable dividends, thus accelerating the tax liability for current /spanspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"shareholders. Additionally, such transactions may cause the Fund to incur additional brokerage costs. /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"The equity portion of the Index is rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted annually and the Fund will make corresponding changes to its portfolio shortly after the Index changes are made public. The Fund’s strategy may involve frequently buying and selling portfolio securities. /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"The Fund will be concentrated in an industry or a group of industries to the extent that the /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"Index is so concentrated. As of January /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"30, 2026, the equity component of the Index was composed of 36 securities. As of /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"January /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"30, 2026, the Fund had significant investments in consumer staples companies and industrials companies, although /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"this may change from time to time./spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;" The Fund's investments will change as the Index changes and, as a result, the Fund may /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"have significant investments in /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"a jurisdiction, investment sector or industry or group of industries that it may not have had /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;margin-left:0%;"as of January /spanspan style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.00pt;"30, 2026. To the extent the Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in a given jurisdiction or investment sector, the Fund may be exposed to the risks associated with that jurisdiction or investment sector./span
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KNG - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period KNG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 1.9% -6.3% 48.0% 96.12%
1 Yr 7.4% -0.8% 92.5% 98.85%
3 Yr 7.2%* -0.2% 43.3% 99.37%
5 Yr 4.5%* 0.2% 25.0% 98.17%
10 Yr N/A* 4.0% 27.7% 69.11%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period KNG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 -2.1% -43.6% 32.4% 86.99%
2024 -2.8% -34.7% 47.5% 91.71%
2023 1.2% -16.9% 46.1% 81.93%
2022 -10.7% -43.2% 4.6% 37.69%
2021 20.2% -44.1% 57.5% 33.05%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period KNG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 1.9% -6.3% 48.0% 96.12%
1 Yr 7.4% -0.8% 92.5% 98.85%
3 Yr 7.2%* -0.2% 43.3% 99.37%
5 Yr 4.5%* 0.2% 25.0% 98.17%
10 Yr N/A* 4.0% 27.7% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period KNG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2025 6.6% -0.4% 32.7% 96.12%
2024 6.7% -17.4% 47.5% 94.65%
2023 7.5% -15.9% 46.7% 77.84%
2022 -7.1% -42.0% 8.5% 63.69%
2021 24.7% 6.9% 129.7% 65.23%

KNG - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

KNG Category Low Category High KNG % Rank
Net Assets 3.37 B 2.59 M 238 B 31.58%
Number of Holdings 139 2 1671 20.67%
Net Assets in Top 10 536 M 603 K 47.6 B 43.65%
Weighting of Top 10 15.40% 4.5% 99.2% 97.79%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Sysco Corp 1.58%
  2. CH Robinson Worldwide Inc 1.58%
  3. Colgate-Palmolive Co 1.55%
  4. Chevron Corp 1.54%
  5. Exxon Mobil Corp 1.54%
  6. Church Dwight Co Inc 1.52%
  7. NextEra Energy Inc 1.52%
  8. PepsiCo Inc 1.52%
  9. Franklin Resources Inc 1.52%
  10. Amcor PLC 1.52%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High KNG % Rank
Stocks
100.53% 3.70% 130.75% 0.63%
Cash
0.12% 0.00% 26.41% 88.77%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 22.62% 52.36%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 3.66% 49.74%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 127.82% 50.89%
Other
-0.65% -1.51% 19.37% 99.79%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High KNG % Rank
Industrials
21.94% 0.00% 42.76% 0.95%
Consumer Defense
20.77% 0.00% 34.10% 1.48%
Healthcare
12.30% 0.00% 27.67% 88.08%
Basic Materials
11.57% 0.00% 20.01% 1.90%
Financial Services
10.80% 0.00% 58.05% 96.20%
Consumer Cyclical
8.20% 0.00% 22.74% 20.68%
Utilities
4.90% 0.00% 27.04% 43.57%
Real Estate
4.33% 0.00% 90.54% 28.48%
Energy
3.57% 0.00% 54.00% 87.13%
Technology
1.62% 0.00% 54.02% 97.47%
Communication Services
0.00% 0.00% 26.58% 98.31%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High KNG % Rank
US
100.53% 3.70% 130.75% 0.63%
Non US
0.00% 0.00% 27.70% 64.74%

KNG - Expenses

Operational Fees

KNG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.74% 0.03% 7.64% 63.54%
Management Fee 0.74% 0.00% 1.50% 83.16%
12b-1 Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 9.22%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.50% N/A

Sales Fees

KNG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 1.00% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 0.95% 4.00% N/A

Trading Fees

KNG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

KNG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 0.00% 240.00% 81.38%

KNG - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

KNG Category Low Category High KNG % Rank
Dividend Yield 8.44% 0.00% 16.67% 14.29%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

KNG Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly Annual Quarterly Quarterly

Net Income Ratio Analysis

KNG Category Low Category High KNG % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.65% -1.51% 4.28% 33.62%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

KNG Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Semi-Annually Annually

Distributions History

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KNG - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Karan Sood


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Mar 26, 2018

4.18

4.2%

CEO & Managing Director, Head of Product Development

Howard Rubin


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Mar 26, 2018

4.18

4.2%

Mr. Rubin has over twenty years of experience as a portfolio manager. Mr. Rubin joined Cboe Vest in 2017. Prior to joining Cboe Vest, Mr. Rubin served as Director of Portfolio Management at ProShares Advisors LLC from December 2007 to September 2013. Mr. Rubin also served as Senior Portfolio Manager of ProFund Advisors LLC from November 2004 to December 2007 and Portfolio Manager of ProFund Advisors LLC from April 2000 through November 2004. Mr. Rubin holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Rubin received a master’s degree in Finance from George Washington University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.13 86.59 8.32 6.71