YBST GraniteShares YieldBOOST Single Stock Universe ETF
Synthetic covered call on SPY, paying weekly
Since its launch on Dec 16, 2025, YBST paid 30.5% in cash and still finished 38.0 points behind SPY.
Key facts
What a holder got
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, YBST returned −24.5% with distributions reinvested and S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +13.5%, so a holder came out behind it by 38.0 points. The lighter segment is the 30.5% that arrived as cash rather than as price.
Period by period
| Window | Cash paid | Price | Total return | SPY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | 10.9% | −14.9% | −4.2% | +3.3% | −7.5 pts |
| 6 months | 22.2% | −28.7% | −7.3% | +16.0% | −23.3 pts |
| Since launch | 30.5% | −51.7% | −24.5% | +13.5% | −38.0 pts |
When YBST pays
YBST pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.104 a share, which went ex on Sep 8, 2026 and was paid on Sep 10, 2026. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 15, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | $0.104 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | $0.104 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | $0.104 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 | $0.104 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 | $0.104 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | $0.104 | ETFIQ projection from the fund’s own cadence |
Every distribution ETFIQ holds for YBST (13, most recent first)
| Ex-date | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.104 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.1036 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $0.1047 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $0.1062 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.1092 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.1106 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $0.121 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $0.1264 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | $0.1307 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $0.1356 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | $0.1326 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | $0.1379 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.1366 |
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In plain words
Since it launched on Dec 16, 2025, YBST has returned −24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.5% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, and has paid out 30.5% of its starting value in cash along the way. It pays weekly, and at its current price the latest distribution annualizes to 44.4%. No Rule 19a-1 notice has been published for this fund, so there is no issuer estimate of how much of its distributions was a return of capital.
| Strategy | synthetic covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 10, 2026) | $970,603 |
| Latest payout, annualized (ETFIQ) | 44.4% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Dec 8, 2025) | 1.38% |
| Cash paid, last 12 months, over today’s price (ETFIQ) | 63.0% |
| Launched | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Pays | weekly |
| Typical gap between ex-dates | 7 days |
| Typical wait from ex-date to payment | 2 days |
| Last paid, per share | $0.104 ex Sep 8, 2026 |
| Sum of the last 12 distributions | $1.4226 |
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 YBST paid over the last year?
- Over the period from its launch on Dec 16, 2025 to Sep 11, 2026, YBST paid 30.5% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 51.7%.
- Is YBST ahead of SPY?
- Over the period from its launch on Dec 16, 2025 to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, YBST returned −24.5% against +13.5% for S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy, so a holder was behind it by 38.0 points.
- How often does YBST pay, and how much?
- YBST pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 44.4% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- When does YBST next pay a distribution?
- YBST pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Sep 8, 2026 at $0.104 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Sep 15, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 2 days.
- What does YBST cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 1.38% 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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