PLTY YieldMax PLTR Option Income Strategy ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PLTY paid 39.1% in cash and lost 7.0% in total, against −10.0% for PLTR.
Promise check: MissedOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, PLTY paid 39.1% in cash and returned −7.0% in total, covering −17.9% of its payout. Since launch it covered 106.9%.
PLTY risk and return scorecard
vs PLTR · Oct 2024 to Oct 2026 · 106 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 29, 2026More on PLTY
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$31.95−1.8%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | PLTR | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −9.7% | 3.8% | −13.0% | −9.3% | −0.4 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +3.6% | 15.6% | −10.8% | +8.4% | −4.8 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +24.4% | 28.8% | −6.3% | +28.3% | −3.9 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +0.7% | 34.9% | −38.0% | −3.4% | +4.1 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −7.0% | 39.1% | −49.3% | −10.0% | +3.0 pts |
| Since launch Oct 8, 2024 – Nov 4, 2026 | +169.4% | 158.5% | −37.9% | +314.2% | −144.8 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Oct 8, 2024 – Nov 4, 2026 | +61.3% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Oct 2024: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 77 income ETFs writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed
PLTY paid 39.1% in cash over the year while its total return was −7.0%, so it paid out more than it returned.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026PLTY: in the 23 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $6.9m came in, over 22 of 23 trading days.
Nov 3, 2026
Oct 28, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Oct 5, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
PLTY, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 5 days, of the 22 days with daily data; the other 43 have none. Before Oct 2, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 5. 43 days missing.
PLTY, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 5 days, of the 22 days with daily data; the other 229 have none. Before Oct 2, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 5. 229 days missing.
PLTY, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 2 days and went out on 5 days, of the 22 days with daily data; the other 378 have none. Before Oct 2, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 2 days, out on 5. 378 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 2, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from YieldMax’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for PLTY, back to Oct 2024, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare PLTY with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months22 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year6 weeks
Net flow into PLTY each week, Oct 2, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outOct 2024 to Nov 2026
PLTY, money in and money out each month from Oct 2024 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Oct 2024 to Jul 2026 are from PLTY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Aug 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 24 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 5.
Bars for Oct 2024 to Jul 2026 are from PLTY’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 24 months listed, money came in on net in 18 and went out in 5.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
PLTY key stats
PLTY return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
Liquid: trades at a typical spread of 0.26%, and its holdings can absorb $476m a day.
PLTY for holders outside the US
13 distributions for PLTY, $0.2238 to $0.746 a share and $0.2885 in the middle, Aug 6, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
PLTY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.2856 a share, which went ex on Oct 29, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Nov 5, 2026, payable Nov 6, 2026, but has not declared the amount.
Expected distributions for PLTY. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for PLTY. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 77 income ETFs writing on a single company sitting at or below PLTY.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: −17.9% · 54th pct, −365.9% to 498.6% across 77.
Also against XVPT.
About PLTY
How we measure
12 seats on PLTY, as of Nov 4, 2026: 6 Challenges, 6 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about PLTY
- How much has PLTY paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, PLTY paid 39.1% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 49.3%.
- Is PLTY ahead of PLTR?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, PLTY returned −7.0% against −10.0% for Palantir (PLTR), so a holder was ahead of it by 3.0 points.
- How often does PLTY pay, and how much?
- PLTY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 46.5% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the PLTY distribution return of capital?
- YieldMax estimates 94% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 PLTY next pay a distribution?
- PLTY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 29, 2026 at $0.2856 a share. The issuer has set the next ex-date at Nov 5, 2026 but not the amount.
- What does PLTY cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% a year.
- How much of PLTY’s distribution is return of capital?
- YieldMax’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 94.5% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 7, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026, the estimate is 66.6%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025 puts it at 0.6% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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