AIYY YieldMax(R) AI Option Income Strategy ETF
Over the year to Oct 2, 2026, AIYY paid 33.4% in cash and finished 5.3 points behind AI.
Over the 3 months to Oct 2, 2026, AIYY returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested and (AI) returned +21.5%, so a holder came out behind it by 11.8 points. The lighter segment is the 16.4% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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Over the 6 months to Oct 2, 2026, AIYY returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested and (AI) returned +27.4%, so a holder came out behind it by 19.5 points. The lighter segment is the 31.6% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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Over the 1 year to Oct 2, 2026, AIYY returned −44.9% with distributions reinvested and (AI) returned −39.6%, so a holder came out behind it by 5.3 points. The lighter segment is the 33.4% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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From launch to Oct 2, 2026, AIYY returned −75.2% with distributions reinvested and (AI) returned −62.9%, so a holder came out behind it by 12.3 points. The lighter segment is the 58.7% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
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AIYY paid 33.4% in cash. Its price fell 72.5%, so 100% of what you were paid came back out of your own capital.
Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?
50.7% of the 70 sit at or below AIYY on this measure.
17.9% of the 70 sit at or below AIYY on this measure.
Weighted evenly, those two positions are what the score combines, across the 70 income ETFs writing on a single company. Neither spread above is the score: a fund can sit further right on one and score lower.
A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.
| What it measures | This fund | Its percentile | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| against its benchmark | −5.3 pts | 50.7 | 50% |
| what happened to the principal | −72.5% | 17.9 | 50% |
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | AI | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3M Jul 2 – Oct 2, 2026 | 16.4% | −7.5% | +9.7% | +21.5% | −11.8 pts |
| 6M Apr 2 – Oct 2, 2026 | 31.6% | −24.7% | +7.9% | +27.4% | −19.5 pts |
| 1Y Oct 2, 2025 – Oct 2, 2026 | 33.4% | −72.5% | −44.9% | −39.6% | −5.3 pts |
| Since launch Nov 28, 2023 – Oct 2, 2026 | 58.7% | −96.3% | −75.2% | −62.9% | −12.3 pts |
AIYY over each window to Oct 2, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
13 distributions for AIYY, $0.0812 to $0.1165 a share and $0.1002 in the middle, Jul 9, 2026 to Oct 1, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
AIYY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.0977 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Oct 7, 2026, payable Oct 8, 2026, but has not declared the amount.
Expected distributions for AIYY. Where the basis is a projection, ETFIQ has carried the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date and held the amount at the last one paid; neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for AIYY. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
In the year to Oct 2, 2026, a net $558k came in; in the month to Oct 2, 2026, a net $558k came in.
AIYY, net flow each day in the month to Oct 2, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, a net +$558k over the 1 month.
AIYY, net flow each day in the three months to Oct 2, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 0 days, a net +$558k over the 3 months.
AIYY, net flow each week in the year to Oct 2, 2026: money came in on 1 week and went out on 0 weeks, a net +$558k over the 1 year.
Computed by ETFIQ from YieldMax’s daily figures: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value, dated to the day of the count. Each figure is net, money in less money out.
Net flow into AIYY each trading day, Oct 2, 2026, most recent first. Computed by ETFIQ from YieldMax’s daily figures.
Net flow into AIYY each week, Oct 2, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with a figure. Computed by ETFIQ.
AIYY, net flow each month from Nov 2023 to Oct 2026: money came in in 26 months and went out in 5 months.
Net flow into AIYY each month, most recent first. A month from SEC Form N-PORT is sales and reinvestments less redemptions as filed; a later month is the sum of its days, and says so where a day is missing.
Every day and month ETFIQ holds for AIYY, back to 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed
Against its benchmark: −5.3 pts · 51st pct, −238.4 pts to +88.0 pts across 70. What happened to the principal: −72.5% · 18th pct, −87.4% to +122.8% across 70. 50.7% of the 70 sit at or below AIYY on this measure.
In plain words
Questions people ask about AIYY
- How much has AIYY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Oct 2, 2026, AIYY paid 33.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 72.5%.
- Is AIYY ahead of AI?
- Over the year to Oct 2, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, AIYY returned −44.9% against −39.6% for (AI), so a holder was behind it by 5.3 points.
- How often does AIYY pay, and how much?
- AIYY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 68.6% at its price on Oct 2, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the AIYY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 0% of the distribution paid Oct 2, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does AIYY next pay a distribution?
- AIYY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 1, 2026 at $0.0977 a share. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Oct 7, 2026 but not the amount.
- What does AIYY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.99% a year.
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ETFIQ, AIYY, income ETFs, data as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/aiyy
ETFIQ. (Oct 2, 2026). AIYY, income ETFs. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/aiyy
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