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PLYY GraniteShares YieldBOOST PLTR ETF

Synthetic covered call on PLTR, paying weekly

Since its launch on Sep 23, 2025, PLYY paid 49.2% in cash and still finished 25.9 points behind PLTR.

GraniteShares · Income ETFs · data as of

Key facts

49.2%Cash paid, since launch, on its starting price
−28.6%Total return, since launch
−25.9 ptsAgainst PLTR
95.4%Return of capital, latest payout (GraniteShares estimate)

Method

What a holder got

PLYY against PLTRPLYY returned −28.6% with distributions reinvested against −2.7% for Palantir (PLTR), a gap of −25.9 pts. Of that, 49.2% arrived as cash rather than price.−28.6%PLYY total return−2.7%Palantir (PLTR)

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PLYY returned −28.6% with distributions reinvested and Palantir (PLTR) returned −2.7%, so a holder came out behind it by 25.9 points. The lighter segment is the 49.2% that arrived as cash rather than as price.

Method

Period by period

PLYY over each window to Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowCash paidPriceTotal returnPLTRAhead or behind
3 months12.6%−12.3%+0.6%+38.3%−37.7 pts
6 months23.9%−37.5%−14.5%+17.9%−32.4 pts
Since launch49.2%−68.0%−28.6%−2.7%−25.9 pts

Method

When PLYY pays

PLYY pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.0863 a share, which went ex on Sep 18, 2026 and was paid on Sep 22, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 25, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.

Expected distributions for PLYY. 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.
Ex-datePay dateAmountBasis
Sep 25, 2026Sep 29, 2026$0.0863ETFIQ projection
Oct 2, 2026Oct 6, 2026$0.0863ETFIQ projection
Oct 9, 2026Oct 13, 2026$0.0863ETFIQ projection
Oct 16, 2026Oct 20, 2026$0.0863ETFIQ projection
Oct 23, 2026Oct 27, 2026$0.0863ETFIQ projection
Oct 30, 2026Nov 3, 2026$0.0863ETFIQ projection
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for PLYY (13, most recent first)
Cash distributions per share for PLYY. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Ex-dateAmount
Sep 18, 2026$0.0863
Sep 11, 2026$0.0837
Sep 4, 2026$0.0868
Aug 28, 2026$0.0882
Aug 21, 2026$0.0885
Aug 14, 2026$0.0883
Aug 7, 2026$0.0889
Jul 31, 2026$0.0908
Jul 24, 2026$0.0909
Jul 17, 2026$0.0935
Jul 10, 2026$0.0937
Jul 2, 2026$0.0916
Jun 26, 2026$0.0935

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Method

In plain words

Since it launched on Sep 23, 2025, PLYY has returned −28.6% with distributions reinvested, against −2.7% for Palantir (PLTR), and has paid out 49.2% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 55.5%. GraniteShares estimates that 95% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 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.

PLYY (GraniteShares YieldBOOST PLTR ETF), income ETFs fields as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Strategysynthetic covered call
BenchmarkPalantir (PLTR)
Paysweekly
Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 17, 2026)$2m
Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ)55.5%
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Sep 11, 2025)1.07%
Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ)153.5%
LaunchedSep 23, 2025
Return of capital, latest distribution (GraniteShares 19a-1 estimate)95.4%
Paysweekly
Typical gap between ex-dates7 days
Typical wait from ex-date to payment4 days
Last paid, per share$0.0863 ex Sep 18, 2026
Sum of the last 12 distributions$1.0713

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 PLYY paid over the last year?
Over the period from its launch on Sep 23, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, PLYY paid 49.2% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 68.0%.
Is PLYY ahead of PLTR?
Over the period from its launch on Sep 23, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, PLYY returned −28.6% against −2.7% for Palantir (PLTR), so a holder was behind it by 25.9 points.
How often does PLYY pay, and how much?
PLYY pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 55.5% at its price on Sep 18, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
Is the PLYY distribution return of capital?
GraniteShares estimates 95% of the distribution paid Aug 25, 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 PLYY next pay a distribution?
PLYY pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 18, 2026 at $0.0863 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 25, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 4 days.
What does PLYY cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 1.07% 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.

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