Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
YMAG vs YYY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YMAG paid 33.4% of its price in cash against YYY’s 12.4%, and returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $268m for YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs and $674m for Amplify CEF High Income ETF.
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. Total return, distributions reinvested. 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.Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
YYY
+1.9%
12.4% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YYY over 1 year: paid 12.4%, price −10.3%, total +1.9%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
YMAG costs 1.89 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; YYY is 2.5 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | YMAG | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +5.8% | +1.9% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 29.4% | fell 10.3% |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 11% of the Nov 5, 2026 payment | 18% of the Oct 30, 2026 payment |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | its own holdings | its own holdings |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 1.34% | 3.23% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $268m | $674m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Feb 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 142 weekly returnsFrom Feb 2024 to Oct 2026, YMAG returned more: +59.6% to +22.4%. YYY swung less: 10.2% to 19.5%. YYY fell less at its worst: −10.4% to −23.7%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | YMAG | YYY | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +59.6% | +22.4% | YMAG | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +18.7% | +7.7% | YMAG | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −48.9% | −12.9% | YYY | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 19.5% | 10.2% | YYY | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 13.0% | 7.6% | YYY | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −23.7% | −10.4% | YYY | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.75 | 0.35 | YMAG | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 1.13 | 0.47 | YMAG | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 0.79 | 0.74 | YMAG (slight) | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 142 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, YMAG and YYY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
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
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | YMAG | YYY | YMAG | YYY | YMAG | YYY |
| 3 months | +3.3% | −4.9% | 9.1% | 3.2% | +0.3 pts | not measured |
| 6 months | +1.9% | −4.1% | 18.1% | 6.2% | −0.2 pts | not measured |
| 1 year | +5.8% | +1.9% | 33.4% | 12.4% | +1.2 pts | not measured |
| 3 years | – | +35.2% | – | 38.6% | – | not measured |
| Since launchNot the same days: YMAG Jan 2024 · YYY Jun 2012 | +70.3% | +114.4% | 91.7% | 113.6% | not measured | not measured |
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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). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
No 1-year comparison: a quarter's holdings filing is missing from the year.
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YYY paid 12.4% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.3%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +1.9%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 13.8%, paid monthly. Amplify estimates that 18% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice).
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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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