Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
GOOY vs YMAX: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its price in cash against YMAX’s 36.1%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $217m for YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF and $352m for YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs.
3.8 pts behind GOOGL
GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
GOOGL
+21.8%
GOOY
+18.0%
39.5% of it arrived as cash
3.8 pts behind GOOGL
Total return, distributions reinvested
3.8 pts behind GOOGL
GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
GOOGL
+21.8%
GOOY
+18.0%
39.5% as cash
3.8 pts behind GOOGL
39.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GOOY over 1 year: paid 39.5%, price −20.9%, total +18.0%, GOOGL +21.8%, −3.8 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.14.9 pts behind its own holdings
YMAX over 1 year: paid 36.1%, price −42.4%, total −4.0%, its own holdings +10.9%, −14.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
its own holdings
+10.9%
YMAX
−4.0%
14.9 pts behind its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
14.9 pts behind its own holdings
YMAX over 1 year: paid 36.1%, price −42.4%, total −4.0%, its own holdings +10.9%, −14.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
its own holdings
+10.9%
YMAX
−4.0%
36.1% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAX over 1 year: paid 36.1%, price −42.4%, total −4.0%, its own holdings +10.9%, −14.9 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
GOOY costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.0 points; YMAX is 1.6 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | GOOY | YMAX |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +18.0% | −4.0% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 20.9% | fell 42.4% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 35% of the Oct 29, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Alphabet (GOOGL) | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.14% | 1.33% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $217m | $352m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
GOOY among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company
How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 74 income ETFs writing on a single company and 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
YMAX among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company
A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. YMAX is a percentile among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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 →
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method
Risk and return
Jan 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 143 weekly returnsGOOY returned more: +72.3% to +38.1%. YMAX swung less: 21.8% to 25.1%. GOOY fell slightly less at its worst: −23.6% to −24.1%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | GOOY | YMAX | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +72.3% | +38.1% | GOOY | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +21.9% | +12.5% | GOOY | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −41.1% | −64.9% | GOOY | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 25.1% | 21.8% | YMAX | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 16.6% | 15.1% | YMAX (slight) | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −23.6% | −24.1% | GOOY (slight) | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.74 | 0.45 | GOOY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.12 | 0.65 | GOOY | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.93 | 0.52 | GOOY | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 143 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, GOOY and YMAX hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | GOOY | YMAX | GOOY | YMAX | GOOY | YMAX |
| 3 months | −1.2% | +10.0% | 7.2% | 10.6% | +2.3 pts | −18.4 pts |
| 6 months | −6.2% | +10.4% | 18.0% | 22.3% | +0.8 pts | −15.1 pts |
| 1 year | +18.0% | −4.0% | 39.5% | 36.1% | −3.8 pts | −14.9 pts |
| 3 years | +88.3% | – | 89.5% | – | −80.2 pts | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: GOOY Jul 2023 · YMAX Jan 2024 | +75.1% | +43.9% | 83.8% | 93.4% | −72.3 pts | not measured |
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GOOY and YMAX are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- Income paid. GOOY paid 39.5% and YMAX 36.1% (cash paid over 1 year, as a share of its price at the start), a gap of 3.4 points.
- What each is measured against. GOOY is measured against Alphabet (GOOGL) and YMAX against its own holdings.
- Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 28, 2026).
Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
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GOOY
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GOOY paid 39.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.9%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.0%. Alphabet (GOOGL) returned +21.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.8 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 26.4%, paid weekly.
YMAX
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, YMAX paid 36.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 42.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −4.0%. YMAX's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Oct 26, 2026) returned +10.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 14.9 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 39.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 35% of the distribution paid Oct 29, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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