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MSTY vs ULTY
YieldMax(R) MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF and YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF, side by side on the income desk.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| MSTY YieldMax(R) MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF | ULTY YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | YieldMax |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | synthetic covered call |
| Benchmark | MicroStrategy (MSTR) | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy |
| Pays | weekly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 68.2% | 60.4% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.30% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 35.0% | 48.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | −79.0% | −52.1% |
| Total return, 1 year | −50.8% | −2.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | −56.4% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | +5.7 pts | −22.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 99% | 100% |
| Age | 925 days | 918 days |
MSTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, MSTY paid 35.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 79.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −50.8%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) returned −56.4% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 5.7 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 68.2%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 99% of the distribution paid Sep 4, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
ULTY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ULTY paid 48.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 52.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.9%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 22.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 60.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, MSTY or ULTY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, MSTY paid 35.0% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 48.3%, so ULTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, MSTY or ULTY?
- With every distribution reinvested, MSTY returned −50.8% and ULTY returned −2.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so ULTY returned more.
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