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Income ETFs

GRNI vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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GRNI and YMAG both write options for income.

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Net assets: $55m on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF, and $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

At a glance
9.5%
GRNI cash paid, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
33.4%
YMAG cash paid, 1 year
+9.0%
GRNI total return, since launch, Nov 18, 2025
+5.8%
YMAG total return, 1 year
GRNI · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
GRNI
+9.0%
none

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% of it arrived as cash

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

GRNI

+9.0%

9.5% as cash

9.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. GRNI since launch: paid 9.5%, price −0.6%, total +9.0%, not measured against a benchmark. 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% of it arrived 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%

33.4% cash

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

GRNI costs 0.35 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GRNI vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureGRNIYMAG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.8%
Price changefell 6.4% (6 months)fell 29.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own stocksits own holdings
Against its benchmark, same daysbehind by 0.8 ptsahead by 1.2 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.99%1.34%
Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026$55m$268m
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Method

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GRNI YMAG
Only in one fund ↓
Only in GRNI
Arista Networks Inc 2.98%
General Electric Co 2.79%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.69%
Packaging Corp of America 2.69%
PNC Financial Services Group I 2.67%
Robinhood Markets Inc 2.65%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2.63%
Eli Lilly & Co 2.61%
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

GRNI Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap & Income ETF · Option income on its own stocks, paying monthly YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) 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 10.5% 31.4%
Expense ratio 0.99% 1.34%
Cash paid, 1 year 9.5% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) 33.4%
Price change, 1 year −0.6% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) −29.4%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% (since launch, Nov 18, 2025) +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +4.6%
Ahead or behind not available +1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate not published 11%
Age 351 days 2.8 years
Net assets, GRNI as of Jul 31, 2026 and YMAG as of Nov 3, 2026 $55m $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: GRNI vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowGRNIYMAGGRNIYMAGGRNIYMAG
3 months−3.9%+3.3%2.5%9.1%−0.6 pts+0.3 pts
6 months−1.6%+1.9%5.0%18.1%−0.8 pts−0.2 pts
1 year–+5.8%–33.4%–+1.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: GRNI Nov 2025 · YMAG Jan 2024+9.0%+70.3%9.5%91.7%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
GRNI

GRNI's own stocks, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Jul 31, 2026) returned −0.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts.

Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GRNI paid 5.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 6.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.6%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.5%, paid monthly.

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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, GRNI or YMAG?
GRNI charges 0.99% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so GRNI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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