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MRNY YieldMax(R) MRNA Option Income Strategy ETF

Synthetic covered call on MRNA, paying weekly

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, MRNY paid 93.8% in cash and still finished 148.8 points behind MRNA.

YieldMax · Income ETFs · data as of

Key facts

93.8%Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price
+356.5%Total return, 1 year
−148.8 ptsAgainst MRNA
0.0%Return of capital, latest payout (YieldMax estimate)

Method

ETFIQ Return Stability Score

50.0joint 37th of 64

MRNY paid 93.8% in cash and its price rose 93.6%, so the payout came out of returns rather than principal.

Was the payout funded by returns, or by your own capital?

Against its benchmark
AMYY −218.2 ptsAMDY −76.2 ptsDIPS −43.1 ptsNVYY −20.9 ptsXOMO −19.9 ptsTQQY −19.6 ptsAZYY −19.3 ptsAPLY −17.0 ptsCOYY −16.3 ptsGOOP −14.1 ptsMARO −13.2 ptsMSTW −12.2 ptsHOOW −11.0 ptsCOIW −10.7 ptsTSMY −10.3 ptsPLTW −9.3 ptsGMEY −8.7 ptsTSLW −8.3 ptsGOOY −8.0 ptsNFLW −7.9 ptsAMZP −7.3 ptsMETW −7.1 ptsAAPY −7.0 ptsTSYY −6.8 ptsMSFW −6.5 ptsMSFY −6.4 ptsXYZY −6.4 ptsHCOW −6.3 ptsYSPY −6.3 ptsAVGW −5.6 ptsNFLP −5.1 ptsAMZW −4.0 ptsSMCY −3.9 ptsAMZY −3.8 ptsSNOY −3.8 ptsBRKW −3.7 ptsHOOY −3.4 ptsAIYY −3.3 ptsTSLP −3.2 ptsFBY −2.7 ptsNVDW −1.4 ptsBRKC −1.3 ptsPYPY −1.2 ptsDRAY −0.7 ptsNVDY −0.2 ptsRBLY +0.9 ptsTSII +1.1 ptsGOOW +1.4 ptsMSFO +2.1 ptsNVII +2.5 ptsAAPW +2.6 ptsBABO +4.2 ptsNFLY +4.4 ptsPLTY +4.6 ptsCONY +5.1 ptsMSTY +5.3 ptsRDYY +5.5 ptsCVNY +7.2 ptsTSLY +7.5 ptsCRSH +23.2 ptsAMDW +58.4 ptsFIAT +60.8 ptsWNTR +78.8 ptsMRNY −148.8 ptsMRNY −148.8 pts−218.2 pts+78.8 pts

2.3% of the 64 sit at or below MRNY on this measure.

What happened to the principal
COYY −87.2%MSTW −85.9%RBLY −81.9%MSTY −79.7%COIW −77.9%MARO −77.0%AIYY −73.3%DRAY −73.2%RDYY −72.9%CONY −70.2%TSYY −70.1%SMCY −66.5%NFLW −65.0%BABO −57.9%HOOW −57.4%NFLY −57.3%HOOY −56.4%CVNY −54.5%NFLP −54.5%TSLW −54.2%GMEY −52.7%PYPY −52.7%NVYY −52.3%TSII −51.4%XYZY −51.4%WNTR −51.3%PLTW −50.7%TSLY −49.5%DIPS −47.3%METW −46.9%FIAT −45.5%PLTY −45.2%FBY −44.9%AMYY −44.7%AZYY −42.9%AVGW −42.1%CRSH −39.8%TQQY −35.4%TSLP −34.5%MSFW −33.1%AMZY −32.0%MSFO −29.9%AMZW −27.6%MSFY −25.4%YSPY −25.0%SNOY −24.8%NVDW −22.8%NVDY −22.3%NVII −21.1%BRKW −16.9%GOOY −16.6%BRKC −15.6%AMZP −14.6%APLY −11.3%XOMO −10.0%TSMY −8.1%GOOW −3.7%HCOW −0.3%AAPW +7.9%GOOP +8.5%AAPY +19.2%AMDY +28.6%AMDW +110.0%MRNY +93.6%MRNY +93.6%−87.2%+110.0%

97.7% of the 64 sit at or below MRNY on this measure.

Weighted evenly, those two positions are what the score combines, across the 64 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 the score is computed from
What it measuresThis fundIts percentileWeight
against its benchmark−148.8 pts2.350%
what happened to the principal+93.6%97.750%

All income ETFs ranked by this score · How it is computed

81st of 369 income ETFs by net assets

What a holder got

MRNY against MRNAMRNY returned +356.5% with distributions reinvested against +505.3% for Moderna (MRNA), a gap of −148.8 pts. Of that, 93.8% arrived as cash rather than price.+356.5%MRNY total return+505.3%Moderna (MRNA)93.8% as cash

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, MRNY returned +356.5% with distributions reinvested and Moderna (MRNA) returned +505.3%, so a holder came out behind it by 148.8 points. The lighter segment is the 93.8% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Method

Period by period

MRNY over each window to Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowCash paidPriceTotal returnMRNAAhead or behind
3 months29.5%+83.1%+130.8%+140.8%−10.1 pts
6 months44.9%+79.7%+169.7%+199.8%−30.1 pts
1 year93.8%+93.6%+356.5%+505.3%−148.8 pts
Since launch65.4%−83.3%+31.8%+93.1%−61.3 pts

Method

In plain words

Since it launched on Oct 24, 2023, MRNY has returned +31.8% with distributions reinvested, against +93.1% for Moderna (MRNA), and has paid out 65.4% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 87.5%. YieldMax estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 18, 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.

MRNY (YieldMax(R) MRNA Option Income Strategy ETF), income ETFs fields as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Strategysynthetic covered call
BenchmarkModerna (MRNA)
Paysweekly
Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 18, 2026)$182m
Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ)87.5%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 24, 2026)1.00%
Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ)48.5%
LaunchedOct 24, 2023
Return of capital, latest distribution (YieldMax 19a-1 estimate)0.0%

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 MRNY paid over the last year?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, MRNY paid 93.8% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 93.6%.
Is MRNY ahead of MRNA?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, MRNY returned +356.5% against +505.3% for Moderna (MRNA), so a holder was behind it by 148.8 points.
How often does MRNY pay, and how much?
MRNY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 87.5% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
Is the MRNY distribution return of capital?
YieldMax estimates 0% of the distribution paid Sep 18, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
What does MRNY cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 1.00% 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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Where MRNY is written about

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