Which paid more, BIGY or ULTY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.0%, 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, BIGY or ULTY?

With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and ULTY −12.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BIGY or ULTY?

BIGY charges 1.09% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so BIGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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BIGY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its price in cash against BIGY’s 13.1%, though BIGY returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $31m for YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF and $576m for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

13.1%

BIGY cash paid, 1 year

46.0%

ULTY cash paid, 1 year

+7.4%

BIGY total return, 1 year

−12.4%

ULTY total return, 1 year

BIGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY

+7.4%

SPY

+14.8%

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

13.1% as cash

7.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

7.4 pts behind SPY

BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

BIGY

+7.4%

7.4 pts behind SPY

13.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BIGY over 1 year: paid 13.1%, price −6.1%, total +7.4%, SPY +14.8%, −7.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ULTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY

−12.4%

Own

−16.8%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

46.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BIGY costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.8 points; ULTY is 18.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BIGY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BIGY	ULTY
Paid and earned
Measure	BIGY	ULTY
Total return, 1 year	+7.4%	−12.4%
Price change, 1 year	fell 6.1%	fell 55.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	29% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment	100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BIGY	ULTY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	BIGY	ULTY
Expense ratio	1.09%	1.30%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$31m	$576m
Holdings
Measure	BIGY	ULTY
Holdings in common	21%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BIGY scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score38BIGY12.9ULTY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

BIGY 38

ULTY 12.9

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

Nov 29, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 100 weekly returns

BIGY ULTY

Return

Total return edge BIGY +24.1% −6.0%

Annualized edge BIGY +11.9% −3.2%

Price return edge BIGY −0.9% −78.6%

Risk

Volatility edge BIGY 14.1% 21.8%

Max drawdown edge BIGY −17.4% −25.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BIGY 0.58 −0.22

Sortino edge BIGY 0.85 −0.29

Calmar edge BIGY 0.68 −0.12

Reading

From Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, BIGY returned more: +24.1% to −6.0%. BIGY swung less: 14.1% to 21.8%. BIGY fell less at its worst: −17.4% to −25.9%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BIGY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BIGY	ULTY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+24.1%	−6.0%	BIGY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.9%	−3.2%	BIGY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−0.9%	−78.6%	BIGY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	14.1%	21.8%	BIGY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	9.6%	16.8%	BIGY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−17.4%	−25.9%	BIGY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	−0.22	BIGY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.85	−0.29	BIGY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.68	−0.12	BIGY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 100 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, BIGY and ULTY hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BIGY ULTY

Alphabet Inc 7.37% 5.03%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.31% 4.68%

Amazon.com Inc 6.70% 2.95%

NVIDIA Corp 7.62% 2.72%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.69% 2.22%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.86% 4.02%

Palantir Technologies Inc 0.97% 2.85%

Lam Research Corp 0.62% 4.00%

Dell Technologies Inc 0.55% 2.47%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BIGY

Microsoft Corp 9.51%

Apple Inc 9.15%

Tesla Inc 3.63%

Broadcom Inc 3.57%

Eli Lilly & Co 3.14%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.92%

Walmart Inc 2.45%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 2.22%

Only in ULTY

Analog Devices Inc 5.67%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.83%

MercadoLibre Inc 4.75%

Shopify Inc 4.74%

VanEck Gold Miners ETF 4.60%

Robinhood Markets Inc 3.79%

TransMedics Group Inc 3.74%

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 3.60%

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Side by side

BIGY YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF · Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying monthly ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly

Issuer YieldMax YieldMax

Strategy synthetic covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark S&P 500 (SPY) ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 11.9% 60.9%

Expense ratio 1.09% 1.30%

Cash paid, 1 year 13.1% 46.0%

Price change, 1 year −6.1% −55.5%

Total return, 1 year +7.4% −12.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% −16.8%

Ahead or behind −7.4 pts +4.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 29% 100%

Age 2.0 years 2.7 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $31m $576m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.

Window by window

Window by window: BIGY vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BIGY	ULTY	BIGY	ULTY	BIGY	ULTY
3 months	−1.2%	−8.3%	3.0%	14.3%	−1.1 pts	+3.4 pts
6 months	+2.1%	−9.9%	6.4%	26.6%	−2.9 pts	+1.6 pts
1 year	+7.4%	−12.4%	13.1%	46.0%	−7.4 pts	+4.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BIGY Nov 2024 · ULTY Feb 2024	+26.8%	−1.9%	23.9%	87.9%	−5.3 pts	not measured

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About each fund

BIGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +7.4%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.9%, paid monthly. YieldMax estimates that 29% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

ULTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.4%. ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned −16.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BIGY or ULTY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BIGY paid 13.1% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.0%, 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, BIGY or ULTY?: With every distribution reinvested, BIGY returned +7.4% and ULTY −12.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BIGY or ULTY?: BIGY charges 1.09% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so BIGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BIGY and ULTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BIGY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

BIGY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for BIGY ↗

ULTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ULTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for ULTY ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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