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VOOY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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VOOY and YMAG both write options for income.

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Net assets: $268m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs, beside XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF.

At a glance
1.5%
VOOY cash paid, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
33.4%
YMAG cash paid, 1 year
+0.3%
VOOY total return, since launch, Sep 2, 2026
+5.8%
YMAG total return, 1 year
VOOY · since launch to Nov 4, 2026 Not measured
VOOY
+0.3%
none

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

Total return, distributions reinvested

Not measured

VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

VOOY

+0.3%

1.5% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. VOOY since launch: paid 1.5%, price −1.2%, total +0.3%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YMAG · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings
YMAG
+5.8%
Own
+4.6%

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% of it arrived as cash

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

Total return, distributions reinvested

1.2 pts ahead of its own holdings

YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

its own holdings

+4.6%

YMAG

+5.8%

33.4% as cash

33.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YMAG over 1 year: paid 33.4%, price −29.4%, total +5.8%, its own holdings +4.6%, +1.2 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

VOOY costs 0.59 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

VOOY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
MeasureVOOYYMAG
Paid and earned
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.8%
Price changefell 1.2% (since Sep 2, 2026)fell 29.4% (1 year)
Return of capital, issuer estimate26% of the Oct 7, 2026 payment11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Benchmarknot publishedits own holdings
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%1.34%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$268m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

VOOY XFUNDS Large Cap Income ETF · Option income YMAG YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs · Synthetic covered call on its own holdings, paying weekly
Strategy option income synthetic covered call
Benchmark none YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026)
Pays not established weekly
Payout rate, annualized 9.1% 31.4%
Expense ratio 0.75% 1.34%
Cash paid, 1 year 1.5% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026) 33.4%
Price change, 1 year −1.2% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026) −29.4%
Total return, 1 year +0.3% (since launch, Sep 2, 2026) +5.8%
Benchmark return, 1 year not published +4.6%
Ahead or behind not available +1.2 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate 26% 11%
Age 63 days 2.8 years
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $268m

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: VOOY vs YMAG: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Total returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
WindowVOOYYMAGVOOYYMAGVOOYYMAG
3 months–+3.3%–9.1%–+0.3 pts
6 months–+1.9%–18.1%–−0.2 pts
1 year–+5.8%–33.4%–+1.2 pts
Since launchNot the same days: VOOY Sep 2026 · YMAG Jan 2024+0.3%+70.3%1.5%91.7%not measurednot measured

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About each fund
VOOY

Over the period from its first trade on Sep 2, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, VOOY paid 1.5% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 1.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +0.3%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.1%, paid periodically. XFUNDS estimates that 26% of the distribution paid Oct 7, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

YMAG

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 29.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +5.8%. YMAG's own holdings, without the options (from its filed holdings, rebalanced at each filing; latest Nov 2, 2026) returned +4.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.2 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 31.4%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 11% of the distribution paid Nov 5, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).

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VOOY charges 0.75% a year and YMAG charges 1.34%, so VOOY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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