Data as of .
ULTY vs YYY: which paid, and which earned it?
Over the year ULTY paid 44.9% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.1%, though YYY returned more with it reinvested.
ETFIQ Return Stability Score: YYY scores higher
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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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ULTY and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in ULTY | Only in YYY |
|---|---|
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.23% | abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund 3.61% |
| MercadoLibre Inc 4.99% | BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust 3.33% |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc 4.75% | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp 3.32% |
| Strategy Inc 4.66% | Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund/Closed-end Fund 3.30% |
| Comfort Systems USA Inc 4.61% | PIMCO High Income Fund 3.04% |
| Alphabet Inc 4.39% | Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund 2.98% |
| Lam Research Corp 4.34% | Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund 2.66% |
| Coherent Corp 4.30% | Western Asset Diversified Income Fund 2.45% |
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
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULTY | YYY | ULTY | YYY | ULTY | YYY | |
| 3 months | −1.1% | −2.5% | 13.7% | 3.1% | −3.3 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +14.0% | +4.7% | 30.1% | 6.5% | −4.0 pts | −13.3 pts |
| 1 year | −7.8% | +3.4% | 44.9% | 12.1% | −24.3 pts | −13.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +37.1% | not published | 37.7% | not published | −41.3 pts |
| Since launch | +10.7% | +117.8% | 86.9% | 112.4% | −44.1 pts | −519.1 pts |
| ULTY YieldMax(R) Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly | YYY Amplify CEF High Income ETF Option income on SPY, paying monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | YieldMax | Amplify |
| Strategy | synthetic covered call | option income |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy | S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualized | 59.8% | 13.3% |
| Expense ratio | 1.30% | 3.23% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 44.9% | 12.1% |
| Price change, 1 year | −54.1% | −8.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | −7.8% | +3.4% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Ahead or behind | −24.3 pts | −13.2 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 100% | not published |
| Age | 932 days | 5211 days |
| Net assets | $721m | $702m |
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).
YYY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, YYY paid 12.1% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 8.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.4%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as the proxy returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.3%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, ULTY or YYY?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, ULTY paid 44.9% of its starting price in cash and YYY paid 12.1%, 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 YYY?
- With every distribution reinvested, ULTY returned −7.8% and YYY returned +3.4% over the year to Sep 18, 2026, so YYY returned more.
- Which is cheaper, ULTY or YYY?
- ULTY charges 1.30% a year and YYY charges 3.23%, so ULTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, ULTY against YYY, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/ulty-vs-yyy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.