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ULTY vs YMAG: which paid, and which earned it?

Over the year ULTY paid 44.9% of its price in cash against YMAG’s 35.5%, though YMAG returned more with it reinvested.

YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF and YieldMax(R) Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.

44.9%ULTY cash paid, 1 year
35.5%YMAG cash paid, 1 year
−7.8%ULTY total return, 1 year
+9.7%YMAG total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YMAG scores higher

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

ULTY 3.8YMAG 33.83.8, the lowest in this set96.8, the highest

A percentile among the 173 income ETFs writing on an index or proxy. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All income ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

ULTY24.3 pts behind SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%ULTY−7.8%24.3 pts behind SPY
YMAG1.5 pts behind MAGS · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
MAGS+11.2%YMAG+9.7%35.5% of it arrived as cash1.5 pts behind MAGSTotal return, distributions reinvestedMAGS+11.2%YMAG+9.7%1.5 pts behind MAGS

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ULTY and YMAG hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ULTY and YMAG both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingULTYYMAG
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20312.74%0.87%
Only in each
Only in ULTYOnly in YMAG
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.23%YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF 14.58%
MercadoLibre Inc 4.99%YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF 14.24%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 4.75%YieldMax Tsla Option Income ETF 14.21%
Strategy Inc 4.66%YieldMax Amzn Option Income ETF 14.11%
Comfort Systems USA Inc 4.61%YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF 14.11%
Alphabet Inc 4.39%YieldMax Meta Option Income Strategy ETF 13.99%
Lam Research Corp 4.34%YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF 13.90%
Coherent Corp 4.30%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ULTY and YMAG over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
ULTYYMAGULTYYMAGULTYYMAG
3 months−1.1%+6.1%13.7%9.4%−3.3 pts−1.6 pts
6 months+14.0%+15.4%30.1%21.1%−4.0 pts−5.3 pts
1 year−7.8%+9.7%44.9%35.5%−24.3 pts−1.5 pts
Since launch+10.7%+70.7%86.9%89.1%−44.1 pts−34.1 pts
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ULTY and YMAG on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ULTY
YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
YMAG
YieldMax(R) Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs
Synthetic covered call on MAGS, paying weekly
IssuerYieldMaxYieldMax
Strategysynthetic covered callsynthetic covered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyMagnificent Seven (MAGS)
Paysweeklyweekly
Payout rate, annualized59.8%30.9%
Expense ratio1.30%1.34%
Cash paid, 1 year44.9%35.5%
Price change, 1 year−54.1%−28.1%
Total return, 1 year−7.8%+9.7%
Benchmark return, 1 year+16.6%+11.2%
Ahead or behind−24.3 pts−1.5 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%80%
Age932 days962 days
Net assets$721m$297m

ULTY in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 54.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −7.8%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 24.3 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 59.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

YMAG in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YMAG paid 35.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 28.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.7%. Magnificent Seven (MAGS) returned +11.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.5 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 30.9%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 80% of the distribution paid Sep 17, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

Questions people ask

Which paid more, ULTY or YMAG?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting price in cash and YMAG paid 35.5%, 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 YMAG?
With every distribution reinvested, ULTY returned −7.8% and YMAG returned +9.7% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so YMAG returned more.
Which is cheaper, ULTY or YMAG?
ULTY charges 1.30% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so ULTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ULTY against YMAG, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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