Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
MSFO vs OARK: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its price in cash against MSFO’s 26.1%, though MSFO returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $100m for YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF and $40m for YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF.
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
MSFT
−1.2%
MSFO
+0.2%
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
MSFT
−1.2%
MSFO
+0.2%
1.4 pts ahead of MSFT
26.1% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. MSFO over 1 year: paid 26.1%, price −30.2%, total +0.2%, MSFT −1.2%, +1.4 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.1.2 pts ahead of ARKK
OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKK
−3.5%
OARK
−2.3%
1.2 pts ahead of ARKK
Total return, distributions reinvested
1.2 pts ahead of ARKK
OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
ARKK
−3.5%
OARK
−2.3%
1.2 pts ahead of ARKK
32.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. OARK over 1 year: paid 32.3%, price −37.0%, total −2.3%, ARKK −3.5%, +1.2 pts. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
OARK costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; MSFO is 2.5 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | MSFO | OARK |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +0.2% | −2.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 30.2% | fell 37.0% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 89% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | Microsoft (MSFT) | ARK Innovation ETF, measured through ARKK |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.03% | 1.00% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 | $100m | $40m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 38% | |
MSFO 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
OARK among the 164 income ETFs not writing on a single company
A percentile among the 74 income ETFs writing on a single company. OARK 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
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, MSFO and OARK hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.
half
38% 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 | MSFO | OARK | MSFO | OARK | MSFO | OARK |
| 3 months | +31.5% | +13.7% | 12.5% | 8.9% | −4.8 pts | −8.3 pts |
| 6 months | +20.2% | +9.8% | 19.5% | 19.6% | −5.4 pts | −7.3 pts |
| 1 year | +0.2% | −2.3% | 26.1% | 32.3% | +1.5 pts | +1.2 pts |
| 3 years | +57.1% | +86.2% | 79.1% | 103.7% | −7.7 pts | −66.3 pts |
| Since launchNot the same days: MSFO Aug 2023 · OARK Nov 2022 | +64.8% | +56.0% | 83.2% | 90.3% | −3.4 pts | −83.1 pts |
MSFO
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MSFO paid 26.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 30.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.2%. Microsoft (MSFT) returned −1.2% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 34.0%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 89% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
OARK
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, OARK paid 32.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 37.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −2.3%. ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) returned −3.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Oct 28, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 27.5%, paid weekly.
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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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