{
 "ticker": "APLY",
 "name": "YieldMax(R) AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF",
 "issuer": "YieldMax",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/aply",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/aply",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/aply.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, APLY paid 32.4% in cash and still finished 18.6 points behind AAPL.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_1_year_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price",
   "value": "32.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "APLY, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 32.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+26.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "APLY, total return, 1 year: +26.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_aapl",
   "label": "Against AAPL",
   "value": "\u221218.6 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "APLY, against AAPL: \u221218.6 pts, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "return_of_capital_latest_payout",
   "label": "Return of capital, latest payout (YieldMax estimate)",
   "value": "84.2%",
   "source": "YieldMax estimate",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "APLY, return of capital, latest payout (YieldMax estimate): 84.2%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$99m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "APLY, net assets: $99m (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.04%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 24, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "APLY, expense ratio: 1.04% (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 24, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "synthetic covered call",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "Apple (AAPL)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "weekly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$99m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "19.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.04%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 24, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_last_12_months_over_today_s_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, last 12 months, over today\u2019s price",
   "value": "35.9%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Apr 18, 2023",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "return_of_capital_latest_distribution",
   "label": "Return of capital, latest distribution",
   "value": "84.2%",
   "source": "YieldMax 19a-1 estimate"
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "weekly",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_gap_between_ex_dates",
   "label": "Typical gap between ex-dates",
   "value": "7 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_wait_from_ex_date_to_payment",
   "label": "Typical wait from ex-date to payment",
   "value": "1 day",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "last_paid_per_share",
   "label": "Last paid, per share",
   "value": "$0.0452 ex Sep 10, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sum_of_the_last_12_distributions",
   "label": "Sum of the last 12 distributions",
   "value": "$0.8857",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "8.3%",
   "Price": "\u22120.4%",
   "Total return": "+8.2%",
   "AAPL": "+14.2%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22126.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "18.2%",
   "Price": "+2.2%",
   "Total return": "+21.6%",
   "AAPL": "+33.1%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221211.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Cash paid": "32.4%",
   "Price": "\u22129.6%",
   "Total return": "+26.4%",
   "AAPL": "+45.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221218.6 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Cash paid": "69.8%",
   "Price": "\u221237.9%",
   "Total return": "+52.2%",
   "AAPL": "+91.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221238.8 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "74.3%",
   "Price": "\u221241.3%",
   "Total return": "+55.8%",
   "AAPL": "+102.8%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221247.0 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has APLY paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, APLY paid 32.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 9.6%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is APLY ahead of AAPL?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, APLY returned +26.4% against +45.0% for Apple (AAPL), so a holder was behind it by 18.6 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does APLY pay, and how much?",
   "a": "APLY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 19.8% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is the APLY distribution return of capital?",
   "a": "YieldMax estimates 84% of the distribution paid Sep 11, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion."
  },
  {
   "q": "When does APLY next pay a distribution?",
   "a": "APLY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 10, 2026 at $0.0452 a share. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Sep 16, 2026 but not the amount."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does APLY cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 1.04% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}