Data as of Nov 12, 2026.
INK vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Return, fees and overlap, side by side.
Pair scorecard
INK costs 0.99 points a year less; YMAG is far larger, $266m against $5.3m.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | INK | YMAG |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +3.2% |
| Price change | fell 1.2% (since Nov 4, 2026) | fell 30.1% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 100% of the Nov 13, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 1.34% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 11, 2026 | $5.3m | $266m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
Not measured
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
INK
−1.2%
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
INK
−1.2%
0.0% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. INK since launch: paid 0.0%, price −1.2%, total −1.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Not measured
YMAG over 1 year: paid 32.7%, price −30.1%, total +3.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
YMAG
+3.2%
32.7% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
YMAG over 1 year: paid 32.7%, price −30.1%, total +3.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
YMAG
+3.2%
32.7% as cash
32.7% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 32.7%, price −30.1%, total +3.2%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 12, 2026.
Data to Nov 12, 2026.Side by side
As of Nov 12, 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 | INK | YMAG | INK | YMAG | INK | YMAG |
| 3 months | – | −0.3% | – | 8.8% | – | not measured |
| 6 months | – | −3.8% | – | 17.2% | – | not measured |
| 1 year | – | +3.2% | – | 32.7% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: INK Nov 2026 · YMAG Jan 2024 | −1.2% | +65.2% | 0.0% | 92.1% | not measured | not measured |
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INK
Over the period from its first trade on Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026, INK paid 0.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.2%.
No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.
Over the year to Nov 12, 2026, YMAG paid 32.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 30.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.2%. At its price on Nov 12, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 36.3%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 13, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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How this is computed
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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