VAIE vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
VAIE and YMAG both write options for income. Net assets on Oct 19, 2026: $67m for VegaShares US Equity Autocallable Income ETF and $290m for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs.
VAIE costs 0.60 points a year less; YMAG is 4.4 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| VAIE | YMAG | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.74% | 1.34% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026 | $67m | $290m |
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +9.3% |
| Benchmark | not published | its own holdings |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Against its benchmark, same days | ahead by 0.9 pts | |
| Price change | fell 3.6% (since May 12, 2026) | fell 27.3% (1 year) |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 0% of the Oct 22, 2026 payment | |
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
VAIE
+3.3%
6.8% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. VAIE since launch: paid 6.8%, price −3.6%, total +3.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
0.8 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −27.3%, total +9.3%, its own holdings +8.5%, +0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
its own holdings
+8.5%
YMAG
+9.3%
34.2% of it arrived as cash
0.8 pts ahead of its own holdings
Total return, distributions reinvested
0.8 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −27.3%, total +9.3%, its own holdings +8.5%, +0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
its own holdings
+8.5%
YMAG
+9.3%
34.2% as cash
34.2% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 34.2%, price −27.3%, total +9.3%, its own holdings +8.5%, +0.8 pts. Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Figures to Oct 20, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | VAIE | YMAG | VAIE | YMAG | VAIE | YMAG |
| 3 months | +2.5% | +5.8% | 4.1% | 9.6% | not measured | +0.5 pts |
| 6 months | – | +7.2% | – | 19.7% | – | +1.1 pts |
| 1 year | – | +9.3% | – | 34.2% | – | +0.9 pts |
| Since launch Not the same days: VAIE May 2026 · YMAG Jan 2024 | +3.3% | +73.1% | 6.8% | 90.7% | not measured | not measured |
Source: ETFIQ. – means no data for this window, usually because the fund is younger than it. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid is what the fund distributed over the window, as a share of its price at the start. Payout rate is its latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
About VAIE
Over the period from its first trade on May 12, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026, VAIE paid 6.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.6%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.3%. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 16.8%, paid weekly.
About YMAG
Over the year to Oct 20, 2026, YMAG paid 34.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 27.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +9.3%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Oct 19, 2026) returned +8.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.9 pts. At its price on Oct 20, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 35.8%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Oct 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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