Which paid more, EGGY or YMAG?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 33.4%, so YMAG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or YMAG?

With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned −12.6% and YMAG +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, EGGY or YMAG?

EGGY charges 0.92% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so EGGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

EGGY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its price in cash against EGGY’s 30.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $158m on Aug 31, 2026 for NestYield Dynamic Income ETF, and $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

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At a glance

30.4%

EGGY cash paid, 1 year

33.4%

YMAG cash paid, 1 year

−12.6%

EGGY total return, 1 year

+5.8%

YMAG total return, 1 year

EGGY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY

−12.6%

SPY

+14.8%

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

27.4 pts behind SPY

EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

EGGY

−12.6%

27.4 pts behind SPY

30.4% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. EGGY over 1 year: paid 30.4%, price −37.9%, total −12.6%, SPY +14.8%, −27.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG

+5.8%

Own

+4.6%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% as cash

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

EGGY costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.4 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EGGY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	EGGY	YMAG
Paid and earned
Measure	EGGY	YMAG
Total return, 1 year	−12.6%	+5.8%
Price change, 1 year	fell 37.9%	fell 29.4%
Return of capital, issuer estimate	100% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment	11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	EGGY	YMAG
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	EGGY	YMAG
Expense ratio	0.92%	1.34%
Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026	$158m	$268m
Holdings
Measure	EGGY	YMAG
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score11.7EGGY23.1YMAG

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

EGGY 11.7

YMAG 23.1

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

Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 95 weekly returns

EGGY YMAG

Return

Total return edge YMAG +12.9% +19.9%

Annualized edge YMAG +6.9% +10.5%

Price return edge EGGY −35.3% −45.2%

Risk

Volatility edge YMAG 30.8% 20.1%

Max drawdown edge YMAG −32.5% −22.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge YMAG 0.24 0.40

Sortino edge YMAG 0.32 0.58

Calmar edge YMAG 0.21 0.46

Reading

From Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, YMAG returned more: +19.9% to +12.9%. YMAG swung less: 20.1% to 30.8%. YMAG fell less at its worst: −22.9% to −32.5%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: EGGY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	EGGY	YMAG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+12.9%	+19.9%	YMAG	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+6.9%	+10.5%	YMAG	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−35.3%	−45.2%	EGGY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	30.8%	20.1%	YMAG	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	23.3%	13.7%	YMAG	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.5%	−22.9%	YMAG	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.24	0.40	YMAG	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.32	0.58	YMAG	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.21	0.46	YMAG	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 95 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EGGY and YMAG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EGGY YMAG

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EGGY

Seagate Technology Holdings PL 13.26%

Bloom Energy Corp 8.93%

Lumentum Holdings Inc 8.38%

SK hynix Inc 5.56%

Vertiv Holdings Co 5.24%

Sandisk Corp 5.14%

Coherent Corp 5.11%

Alphabet Inc 4.80%

Only in YMAG

YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF 15.10%

YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF 15.04%

YieldMax Amzn Option Income ETF 14.92%

YieldMax Tsla Option Income ETF 14.83%

YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF 13.66%

YieldMax Meta Option Income Strategy ETF 13.26%

YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF 12.23%

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Side by side

EGGY NestYield Dynamic Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly

Issuer Nest Egg YieldMax

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

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

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 49.4% 31.4%

Expense ratio 0.92% 1.34%

Cash paid, 1 year 30.4% 33.4%

Price change, 1 year −37.9% −29.4%

Total return, 1 year −12.6% +5.8%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% +4.6%

Ahead or behind −27.4 pts +1.2 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 11%

Age 1.9 years 2.8 years

Net assets, EGGY as of Aug 31, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026 $158m $268m

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: EGGY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	EGGY	YMAG	EGGY	YMAG	EGGY	YMAG
3 months	−22.8%	+3.3%	8.7%	9.1%	−22.6 pts	+0.3 pts
6 months	−27.0%	+1.9%	15.7%	18.1%	−32.0 pts	−0.2 pts
1 year	−12.6%	+5.8%	30.4%	33.4%	−27.4 pts	+1.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: EGGY Dec 2024 · YMAG Jan 2024	+6.8%	+70.3%	50.5%	91.7%	−24.6 pts	not measured

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About each fund

EGGY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 27.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 49.4%, paid monthly. Nest Egg estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YMAG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, EGGY or YMAG?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, EGGY paid 30.4% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 33.4%, so YMAG paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, EGGY or YMAG?: With every distribution reinvested, EGGY returned −12.6% and YMAG +5.8% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, EGGY or YMAG?: EGGY charges 0.92% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so EGGY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

S&P 500 (SPY) →EGGY on its own →YMAG on its own →EGGY dividend history →EGGY holdings →YMAG dividend history →YMAG holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EGGY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EGGY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

EGGY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

Nest Egg website ↗

YMAG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YMAG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YMAG 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YMAG ↗

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How this is computed

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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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