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YSPY · GraniteShares YieldBOOST SPY ETF
GraniteShares · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, YSPY paid 35.0% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 24.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +12.7%. (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 9.8%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 87% of the distribution paid Jun 30, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | (SPY) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 9.8% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 1.15% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 46.5% |
| Launched | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 3.4% / −1.1% / +2.4% / +4.7% / −2.3 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 13.1% / −9.0% / +4.8% / +15.2% / −10.3 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 35.0% / −24.5% / +12.7% / +20.0% / −7.3 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / SPY / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 48.4% / −39.8% / +15.7% / +31.8% / −16.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (GraniteShares 19a-1 estimate) | 86.5% |
Questions people ask
- How much has YSPY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, YSPY paid 35.0% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 24.5%.
- Is YSPY ahead of SPY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, YSPY returned +12.7% against +20.0% for (SPY), so a holder was behind it by 7.3 points.
- How often does YSPY pay, and how much?
- YSPY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 9.8% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the YSPY distribution return of capital?
- GraniteShares estimates 87% of the distribution paid Jun 30, 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 YSPY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.15% a year.
Where these figures came from
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