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FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (KNG)
About this ETF
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV - FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors LP. The fund is co-managed by Vest Financial, LLC. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests directly and through derivatives in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It uses derivatives such as options to create its portfolio. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of large-cap companies. It invests in dividend paying stocks of companies. The fund seeks to track the performance of the Cboe S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income Index Monthly Series, by using full replication technique. First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV -…
Price
Top 10 holdings
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. WST | 1.78% |
| Franklin Resources, Inc. BEN | 1.70% |
| AbbVie Inc. ABBV | 1.67% |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. TROW | 1.65% |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP | 1.65% |
| Caterpillar Inc. CAT | 1.64% |
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW | 1.62% |
| The J.M. Smucker Company SJM | 1.61% |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB | 1.61% |
| Essex Property Trust, Inc. ESS | 1.60% |
Sector mix
Price chart
Returns
| 1 month | +3.17% |
| 3 months | +3.86% |
| 6 months | +1.79% |
| Year to date | +3.99% |
| 1 year | +1.51% |
| 3 years (ann.) | -0.71% |
| 5 years (ann.) | -0.98% |
| 10 years (ann.) | — |
Risk profile
| Volatility (1y, ann.) | 10.50% |
| Sharpe (1y) | 0.19 |
| Sharpe (3y) | -0.01 |
| Sortino (1y) | 0.34 |
| Max drawdown (1y) | -9.16% |
| Max drawdown (5y) | -21.15% |
| Max drawdown (full) | -35.11% |
| Beta vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.34 |
| Correlation vs S&P 500 (1y) | 0.41 |
Technical outlook as of 2026-07-13
The Monte Carlo cone is drawn on the price chart above (Forecast overlay); RSI, MACD and the rest of the oscillators live in its indicator panels.
Full holdings
| Constituent | ISIN | Market value | Weight |
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Sector breakdown
Geographic exposure
Cost vs. peers
Comparison universe: 256 funds of the same asset class.
Cost impact calculator
Dividend history
Distributing share class Income is paid out to shareholders.
| Ex-date | Payment | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-30 | USD 0.3470 |
| 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-29 | USD 0.3402 |
| 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-30 | USD 0.3475 |
| 2026-03-26 | 2026-03-31 | USD 0.3445 |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-27 | USD 0.3699 |
| 2026-01-21 | 2026-01-30 | USD 0.3620 |
| 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-31 | USD 0.3435 |
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-28 | USD 0.3439 |
| 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-31 | USD 0.3435 |
| 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-30 | USD 0.3475 |
| 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-29 | USD 0.3557 |
| 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-31 | USD 0.3553 |
| 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-30 | USD 0.3501 |
| 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-30 | USD 0.3598 |
| 2025-04-22 | 2025-04-30 | USD 0.3463 |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-03-31 | USD 0.3627 |
| 2025-02-21 | 2025-02-28 | USD 0.3622 |
| 2025-01-22 | 2025-01-31 | USD 0.3628 |
| 2024-12-13 | 2024-12-31 | USD 0.3780 |
| 2024-11-21 | 2024-11-29 | USD 0.3822 |
| 2024-10-22 | 2024-10-31 | USD 0.3928 |
| 2024-09-26 | 2024-09-30 | USD 0.3913 |
| 2024-08-21 | 2024-08-30 | USD 0.3802 |
| 2024-07-23 | 2024-07-31 | USD 0.3757 |
| 2024-06-27 | 2024-06-28 | USD 0.3730 |
| 2024-05-21 | 2024-05-31 | USD 0.3829 |
| 2024-04-23 | 2024-04-30 | USD 0.3741 |
| 2024-03-21 | 2024-03-28 | USD 0.3821 |
| 2024-02-21 | 2024-02-29 | USD 0.3735 |
| 2024-01-23 | 2024-01-31 | USD 0.3733 |
| 2023-12-22 | 2023-12-29 | USD 0.3797 |
| 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-30 | USD 0.3648 |
| 2023-10-24 | 2023-10-31 | USD 0.3578 |
| 2023-09-22 | 2023-09-29 | USD 0.3812 |
| 2023-08-22 | 2023-08-31 | USD 0.5549 |
| 2023-06-27 | 2023-06-30 | USD 0.5070 |
| 2023-03-24 | 2023-03-31 | USD 0.5097 |
| 2022-12-23 | 2022-12-30 | USD 0.5286 |
| 2022-09-23 | 2022-09-30 | USD 0.5019 |
| 2022-06-24 | 2022-06-30 | USD 0.4995 |
ESG profile
Benchmark: average of 66 funds of the same asset class with derived ESG data.
Similar ETFs
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Yield (TTM) | Return 1y | Sharpe 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio XEQT.TO | 0.20% | 14.36B | 1.60% | +25.31% | 1.89 |
| Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio VEQT.TO | 0.22% | 11.06B | 1.24% | +26.33% | 1.94 |
| FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF BUFR | 0.95% | 10.09B | — | +14.32% | 2.06 |
| Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio VGRO.TO | 0.22% | 7.42B | 1.75% | +20.49% | 1.87 |
| Capital Group Core Balanced ETF CGBL | 0.33% | 7.08B | 1.88% | +10.67% | 1.04 |
| Eaton Vance Total Return Bond ETF EVTR | 0.32% | 5.61B | 4.72% | -0.81% | -0.18 |
| iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF IALT | 0.99% | 5.00B | 0.40% | — | — |
| VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF EMLC | 0.30% | 4.80B | 6.27% | +0.79% | 0.14 |
| VanEck High Yield Muni ETF HYD | 0.32% | 4.51B | 4.32% | +2.55% | 0.65 |
| Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio VBAL.TO | 0.22% | 4.00B | 2.11% | +14.75% | 1.67 |
Cheaper alternatives
No fund of the class reaches 60% portfolio overlap — showing the cheapest funds of the class instead.
| Fund | TER | AUM (USD) | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Income Focus ETF INCM | 0.38% | 1.65B | 8.0% |
| iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF AOA | 0.19% | 3.21B | 4.7% |
| iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio XEQT.TO | 0.20% | 14.36B | 4.4% |
| Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio VEQT.TO | 0.22% | 11.06B | 4.2% |
| iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF AOR | 0.20% | 3.67B | 3.5% |
