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FINY vs YRAM: which paid, and which earned it?

FINY and YRAM both write options for income.

GraniteShares YieldBOOST Financials ETF and YieldMax Memory and Storage Portfolio Option Income ETF.

7.7%FINY cash paid, 1 year
1.6%YRAM cash paid, 1 year
+9.2%FINY total return, 1 year
+6.1%YRAM total return, 1 year
FINY0.6 pts ahead of XLF · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
XLF+8.7%FINY+9.2%7.7% of it arrived as cash0.6 pts ahead of XLFTotal return, distributions reinvestedXLF+8.7%FINY+9.2%7.7% as cash0.6 pts ahead of XLF
YRAM3 pts ahead of SMH · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SMH+3.1%YRAM+6.1%1.6% as cash3 pts ahead of SMHTotal return, distributions reinvestedSMH+3.1%YRAM+6.1%3 pts ahead of SMH

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FINY and YRAM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in FINYOnly in YRAM
Treasury Bill 100.00%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 43.96%
Micron Technology Inc 17.72%
Sandisk Corp 7.60%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 6.80%
Western Digital Corp 6.44%
DRAM 10/16/2026 55.01 C 5.07%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 3.55%
SKHY 10/16/2026 155.01 C 3.38%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FINY and YRAM over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
FINYYRAMFINYYRAMFINYYRAM
3 months+5.0%not published4.2%not published+0.4 ptsnot published
Since launch+9.2%+6.1%7.7%1.6%+0.6 pts+3.0 pts
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FINY and YRAM on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FINY
GraniteShares YieldBOOST Financials ETF
Synthetic covered call on XLF, paying weekly
YRAM
YieldMax Memory and Storage Portfolio Option Income ETF
Synthetic covered call on SMH
IssuerGraniteSharesYieldMax
Strategysynthetic covered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkFinancials sector (XLF)Semiconductors (SMH), used as the proxy
Paysweeklynot established
Payout rate, annualized11.2%8.8%
Expense ratio1.07%not published
Cash paid, 1 year7.7% (since launch on May 5, 2026)1.6% (since launch on Aug 25, 2026)
Price change, 1 year+1.2%+4.5%
Total return, 1 year+9.2% (since launch on May 5, 2026)+6.1% (since launch on Aug 25, 2026)
Benchmark return, 1 year+8.7%+3.1%
Ahead or behind+0.6 pts+3.0 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate96%97%
Age136 days24 days
Net assets$760,476$5m

FINY in plain words

Over the period since launch on May 5, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, FINY paid 7.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.2%. Financials sector (XLF) returned +8.7% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.6 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.2%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Jul 7, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

YRAM in plain words

Over the period since launch on Aug 25, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026, YRAM paid 1.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 4.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +6.1%. Semiconductors (SMH), used as the proxy returned +3.1% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 3.0 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid periodically. YieldMax estimates that 97% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

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FINY against YRAM, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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