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NUGY · GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF
GraniteShares · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the period since launch on Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, NUGY paid 51.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 50.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −1.3%. Gold miners (GDX) returned +32.2% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 33.4 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 59.4%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Gold miners (GDX) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 59.4% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.07% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 104.5% |
| Launched | Nov 18, 2025 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 14.6% / −14.3% / +0.4% / +25.9% / −25.5 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 29.4% / −38.4% / −9.4% / −2.1% / −7.3 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / GDX / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 51.8% / −50.4% / −1.3% / +32.2% / −33.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (GraniteShares 19a-1 estimate) | 96.4% |
Questions people ask
- How much has NUGY paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, NUGY paid 51.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 50.4%.
- Is NUGY ahead of GDX?
- Over the period from its launch on Nov 18, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, NUGY returned −1.3% against +32.2% for Gold miners (GDX), so a holder was behind it by 33.4 points.
- How often does NUGY pay, and how much?
- NUGY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 59.4% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the NUGY distribution return of capital?
- GraniteShares estimates 96% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does NUGY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% a year.
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