Simplify Kayne Anderson Energy and Infrastructure Credit ETF
$25.12−0.03 (−0.14%)
- 0.76%
- $150M
- +4.1%
- 6.92%
- 0M sh
- $25.05
- low $24.79high $26.31
The ETF.net KNRG Grade
C
Score 55 out of 100
- 9 of 25
Score 55 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25. The letter stays C for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D29 out of 100Rank 17 of 25Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A70 out of 100Rank 7 of 14Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A76 out of 100Rank 2 of 20Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 10 of 25Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B56 out of 100Rank 11 of 25Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B61 out of 100Rank 12 of 25
Our read on KNRG
CMost energy funds buy the stocks. KNRG lends to the sector instead: an actively managed book of energy and infrastructure bonds, loans and preferred shares picked by Kayne Anderson, with income paid monthly.
The Fund primarily seeks current income and secondarily seeks capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Kayne Anderson subadvises, bringing decades of public and private energy infrastructure investing to a credit book of bonds, notes, loans and hybrids.simplify.ussimplify.us
- Income first by design: the prospectus puts current income ahead of capital appreciation, and the fund distributes monthly.simplify.us
- Active, not index-bound: an opportunistic relative-value mandate that targets higher credit quality than traditional high yield bond indices.simplify.us
Worth knowing
- The 0.76% expense ratio runs about double the median bond ETF in its peer group, the price of a specialist active manager.
- Launched in 2025, still small and thinly traded, so spreads can be wider than in long-established bond ETFs.
- A single-sector credit sleeve tied to energy and infrastructure borrowers, including loans and preferreds, not a broad bond market holding.simplify.us
KNRG Holdings
- Bonds
- 42
- 46%
- BLKCQP 7.5 12/15/33 Corp
Sectors
- Utilities100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
KNRG Performance
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KNRG$10,415
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | KNRG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.2% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −0.8% |
| 1 year | +4.1% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | KNRG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.2% | |
| 2025 | +7.3% |
KNRG in the news
KNRG Dividends
- 6.92%
- $1.74
- $0.14 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
KNRG Risk
- 4.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.62
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −2.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.22
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
KNRG Cost
0.76%
KNRG0.76%
- The middle half of Multi-Sector Bond Income funds
- Median 0.55%
15 of the 23 Multi-Sector Bond Income funds charge less.
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