XEY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Ether ETF
Synthetic covered call on ETHA, paying weekly
Since its launch on Apr 28, 2026, XEY paid 16.3% in cash and still finished 13.4 points behind ETHA.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, XEY returned −3.1% with distributions reinvested and Ether (ETHA) returned +10.3%, so a holder came out behind it by 13.4 points. The lighter segment is the 16.3% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | ETHA | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 10.1% | −8.5% | +2.1% | +52.4% | −50.3 pts |
| Since launch | 16.3% | −19.8% | −3.1% | +10.3% | −13.4 pts |
When XEY pays
XEY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.1318 a share, which went ex on Sep 11, 2026 and was paid on Sep 15, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 18, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.1318 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | $0.1318 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | $0.1318 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 | $0.1318 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | $0.1318 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | $0.1318 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for XEY (13, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.1318 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.1306 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.1356 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.1296 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.1469 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.1907 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.1957 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $0.1872 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $0.1888 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $0.187 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | $0.1849 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.1986 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | $0.2126 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Apr 28, 2026, XEY has returned −3.1% with distributions reinvested, against +10.3% for Ether (ETHA), and has paid out 16.3% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 34.0%. No Rule 19a-1 notice has been published for this fund, so there is no issuer estimate of how much of its distributions was a return of capital.
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | Ether (ETHA) (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Net assets (source, as filed for Jun 30, 2026) | $593,212 |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 34.0% |
| Expense ratio | not read by ETFIQ |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 20.4% |
| Launched | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Pays | weekly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 7 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 4 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.1318 ex Sep 11, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 12 distributions | $2.0074 |
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation from exchange prices and cash distributions (Tiingo end-of-day), total return with distributions reinvested. Return of capital is the issuer’s estimate. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much has XEY paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Apr 28, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, XEY paid 16.3% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 19.8%.
- Is XEY ahead of ETHA?
- Over the period from its launch on Apr 28, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, XEY returned −3.1% against +10.3% for Ether (ETHA), so a holder was behind it by 13.4 points.
- How often does XEY pay, and how much?
- XEY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 34.0% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- When does XEY next pay a distribution?
- XEY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 11, 2026 at $0.1318 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 18, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 4 days.
The words on this page
- Total return
- What a holder actually ended up with: price change plus every distribution, reinvested. The only figure that answers whether you came out ahead.
- Cash paid
- Distributions over the window as a share of what the fund cost at the start. A measure of cash delivered, not of return: a fund can pay a great deal and still lose money.
- Ahead or behind
- The fund’s total return minus the benchmark’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. Both sides reinvest.
- Return of capital
- The issuer’s own estimate, in a Rule 19a-1 notice, of how much of a distribution was your own money returned. An estimate and a tax characterization, not a measure of erosion.
- Covered call
- Selling call options on shares the fund holds. It collects a premium and gives up the gains above the strike, which is why these funds pay well and lag a rising market.
Every term used here, defined in full on the income ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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