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ULTY vs XRMI: 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 XRMI’s 11.9%, though XRMI returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $576m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF, and $62m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF.

At a glance
46.0%
ULTY cash paid, 1 year
11.9%
XRMI cash paid, 1 year
−12.4%
ULTY total return, 1 year
+8.7%
XRMI total return, 1 year
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.
XRMI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 6.1 pts behind SPY
XRMI
+8.7%
SPY
+14.8%

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

11.9% as cash

6.1 pts behind SPY

Total return, distributions reinvested

6.1 pts behind SPY

XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

SPY

+14.8%

XRMI

+8.7%

6.1 pts behind SPY

11.9% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XRMI over 1 year: paid 11.9%, price −3.8%, total +8.7%, SPY +14.8%, −6.1 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XRMI costs 0.70 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.1 points; ULTY is 11.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ULTY vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureULTYXRMI
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 year−12.4%+8.7%
Price change, 1 yearfell 55.5%fell 3.8%
Return of capital, issuer estimate100% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment95% of the Sep 24, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarkits own holdingsS&P 500, measured through SPY
Cost and size
Expense ratio1.30%0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$694m$62m
Holdings
Holdings in common14%
ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · XRMI scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
IQ Income Score12.9ULTY45.2XRMI

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

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

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Method

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, ULTY and XRMI hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ULTY XRMI
Alphabet Inc 5.03% 3.28%
Amazon.com Inc 2.95% 4.17%
NVIDIA Corp 2.72% 7.63%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.22% 1.92%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 4.02% 1.22%
Lam Research Corp 4.00% 0.58%
Palantir Technologies Inc 2.85% 0.44%
Analog Devices Inc 5.67% 0.28%
Dell Technologies Inc 2.47% 0.18%
Quanta Services Inc 3.11% 0.16%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 2.07% 0.14%
Robinhood Markets Inc 3.79% 0.10%
Only in one fund ↓
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%
TransMedics Group Inc 3.74%
Strategy Inc 3.49%
Figure Technology Solutions Inc 3.33%
Only in XRMI
APPLE INC. 7.12%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.42%
BROADCOM INC. 2.89%
ALPHABET INC. 2.64%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1.47%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.46%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.42%
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Side by side

ULTY YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly XRMI Global X S&P 500 Risk Managed Income ETF · Option income on SPY, paying monthly
Strategy synthetic covered call option income
Benchmark ULTY's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) S&P 500 (SPY)
Pays weekly monthly
Payout rate, annualized 60.9% 10.6%
Expense ratio 1.30% 0.60%
Cash paid, 1 year 46.0% 11.9%
Price change, 1 year −55.5% −3.8%
Total return, 1 year −12.4% +8.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year −16.8% +14.8%
Ahead or behind +4.4 pts −6.1 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 100% 95%
Age 2.7 years 5.2 years
Net assets, ULTY as of Nov 3, 2026 and XRMI as of Oct 12, 2026 $576m $62m

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: ULTY vs XRMI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowULTYXRMIULTYXRMIULTYXRMI
3 months−8.3%+1.6%14.3%2.9%+3.4 pts+1.8 pts
6 months−9.9%+5.4%26.6%6.0%+1.6 pts+0.4 pts
1 year−12.4%+8.7%46.0%11.9%+4.4 pts−6.1 pts
3 years–+30.8%–35.1%–−52.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: ULTY Feb 2024 · XRMI Aug 2021−1.9%+17.6%87.9%45.0%not measured−66.7 pts

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About each fund
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.

XRMI

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XRMI paid 11.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +8.7%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 6.1 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 10.6%, paid monthly. Global X estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Sep 24, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ULTY or XRMI?
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ULTY paid 46.0% of its starting price in cash and XRMI paid 11.9%, 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, ULTY or XRMI?
With every distribution reinvested, ULTY returned −12.4% and XRMI +8.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, ULTY or XRMI?
ULTY charges 1.30% a year and XRMI charges 0.60%, so XRMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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