DDDD YieldMax(R) U.S. Stocks Target Double Distribution ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY
Since its launch on Mar 12, 2026, DDDD paid 1.6% in cash and still finished 5.2 points behind SPY.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, DDDD returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested and S&P 500 (SPY) returned +15.4%, so a holder came out behind it by 5.2 points. The lighter segment is the 1.6% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | SPY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 1.5% | +2.0% | +3.6% | +3.3% | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | 1.6% | +8.6% | +10.3% | +16.0% | −5.7 pts |
| Since launch | 1.6% | +8.5% | +10.2% | +15.4% | −5.2 pts |
When DDDD pays
DDDD pays on no established schedule. The last distribution was $0.505 a share, which went ex on Jul 2, 2026, with payment about 2 days later.
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for DDDD (1, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | $0.505 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Mar 12, 2026, DDDD has returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.4% for S&P 500 (SPY), and has paid out 1.6% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays periodically, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 18.1%. YieldMax estimates that 67% of the distribution paid Jul 6, 2026 was a return of capital. That is the issuer’s own Rule 19a-1 estimate and a tax characterization, made before the fund year closes: it says the payment included money the fund gave back rather than earned, not that the fund is eroding.
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | not established |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026) | $8m |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 18.1% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Nov 26, 2025) | 1.01% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 1.5% |
| Launched | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (YieldMax 19a-1 estimate) | 66.7% |
| Pays | on no established schedule |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.505 ex Jul 2, 2026 |
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 DDDD paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Mar 12, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, DDDD paid 1.6% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 8.5%.
- Is DDDD ahead of SPY?
- Over the period from its launch on Mar 12, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, DDDD returned +10.2% against +15.4% for S&P 500 (SPY), so a holder was behind it by 5.2 points.
- How often does DDDD pay, and how much?
- DDDD pays on no established schedule. The latest distribution annualizes to 18.1% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the DDDD distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 67% of the distribution paid Jul 6, 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 DDDD next pay a distribution?
- DDDD pays on no established schedule. The last distribution went ex on Jul 2, 2026 at $0.505 a share.
- What does DDDD cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.01% a year.
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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