Which paid more, JOYT or ULTY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.0%, so ULTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or ULTY?

With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and ULTY −12.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, JOYT or ULTY?

JOYT charges 0.35% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

JOYT vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its price in cash against JOYT’s 0.9%, though JOYT returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $117m for JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF and $576m for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

0.9%

JOYT cash paid, 1 year

46.0%

ULTY cash paid, 1 year

+14.6%

JOYT total return, 1 year

−12.4%

ULTY total return, 1 year

JOYT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 About even with SPY

JOYT

+14.6%

SPY

+14.8%

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

About even with SPY

JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

JOYT

+14.6%

about even with SPY

0.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. JOYT over 1 year: paid 0.9%, price +13.7%, total +14.6%, SPY +14.8%, −0.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

ULTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY

−12.4%

Own

−16.8%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.4 pts ahead of its own holdings

ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

−16.8%

ULTY

−12.4%

46.0% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. ULTY over 1 year: paid 46.0%, price −55.5%, total −12.4%, its own holdings −16.8%, +4.4 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

JOYT costs 0.95 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.0 points; ULTY is 4.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

JOYT vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	ULTY
Paid and earned
Measure	JOYT	ULTY
Total return, 1 year	+14.6%	−12.4%
Price change, 1 year	rose 13.7%	fell 55.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	JOYT	ULTY
Benchmark	S&P 500, measured through SPY	its own holdings
Cost and size
Measure	JOYT	ULTY
Expense ratio	0.35%	1.30%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$117m	$576m
Holdings
Measure	JOYT	ULTY
Holdings in common	15%

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

IQ Income Score99.1JOYT12.9ULTY

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

JOYT 99.1

ULTY 12.9

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

Aug 29, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 61 weekly returns

JOYT ULTY

Return

Total return edge JOYT +19.0% −14.0%

Annualized edge JOYT +16.0% −12.0%

Price return edge JOYT +18.0% −62.0%

Risk

Volatility edge JOYT 8.0% 20.0%

Max drawdown edge JOYT −6.6% −21.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge JOYT 1.42 −0.73

Sortino edge JOYT 2.31 −0.90

Calmar edge JOYT 2.43 −0.55

Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, JOYT returned more: +19.0% to −14.0%. JOYT swung less: 8.0% to 20.0%. JOYT fell less at its worst: −6.6% to −21.8%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: JOYT vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	JOYT	ULTY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+19.0%	−14.0%	JOYT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.0%	−12.0%	JOYT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+18.0%	−62.0%	JOYT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	8.0%	20.0%	JOYT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.9%	16.3%	JOYT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−6.6%	−21.8%	JOYT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.42	−0.73	JOYT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	2.31	−0.90	JOYT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.43	−0.55	JOYT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 61 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, JOYT and ULTY hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

15% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JOYT ULTY

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.13% 5.03%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON 4.16% 2.95%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK 8.18% 2.72%

META PLATFORMS INC COMMON 2.53% 2.22%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.33% 4.02%

LAM RESEARCH CORP COMMON 0.89% 4.00%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.65% 5.67%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.35% 2.85%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JOYT

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK 7.29%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON 6.57%

BROADCOM INC COMMON 2.17%

WELLS FARGO & CO COMMON 2.11%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.10%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.01%

MASTERCARD INC COMMON 1.87%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.63%

Only in ULTY

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 4.83%

MercadoLibre Inc 4.75%

Shopify Inc 4.74%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.68%

VanEck Gold Miners ETF 4.60%

Robinhood Markets Inc 3.79%

TransMedics Group Inc 3.74%

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 3.60%

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Side by side

JOYT JPMorgan Equity and Options Total Return ETF · Option income on SPY, paying quarterly ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly

Issuer JPMorgan YieldMax

Strategy option income synthetic covered call

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

Pays quarterly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 0.7% 60.9%

Expense ratio 0.35% 1.30%

Cash paid, 1 year 0.9% 46.0%

Price change, 1 year +13.7% −55.5%

Total return, 1 year +14.6% −12.4%

Benchmark return, 1 year +14.8% −16.8%

Ahead or behind −0.2 pts +4.4 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 100%

Age 1.2 years 2.7 years

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $117m $576m

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: JOYT vs ULTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	JOYT	ULTY	JOYT	ULTY	JOYT	ULTY
3 months	+2.0%	−8.3%	0.2%	14.3%	+2.2 pts	+3.4 pts
6 months	+7.8%	−9.9%	0.4%	26.6%	+2.8 pts	+1.6 pts
1 year	+14.6%	−12.4%	0.9%	46.0%	−0.1 pts	+4.4 pts
Since launchNot the same days: JOYT Aug 2025 · ULTY Feb 2024	+21.6%	−1.9%	0.9%	87.9%	+0.1 pts	not measured

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About each fund

JOYT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 13.7%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +14.6%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 0.7%, paid quarterly.

ULTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −12.4%. ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned −16.8% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 4.4 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 60.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% 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 paid more, JOYT or ULTY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, JOYT paid 0.9% of its starting price in cash and ULTY paid 46.0%, so ULTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, JOYT or ULTY?: With every distribution reinvested, JOYT returned +14.6% and ULTY −12.4% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, JOYT or ULTY?: JOYT charges 0.35% a year and ULTY charges 1.30%, so JOYT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

JOYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JOYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

JPMorgan website ↗

ULTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ULTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ULTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for ULTY ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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