Ranked by cash distributions as a percent of the starting price, one year, as of . Rebuilt every trading night.
The income ETFs that paid the most cash
Paying the most cash and making the most money are different things. The price change and the benchmark gap are on the same row.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Cash paid | Price change | Total return | vs benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMDY | YieldMax(R) AMD Option Income Strategy ETF | 89.8% | +8.9% | +139.4% | −55.8 pts |
| 2 | MRNY | YieldMax(R) MRNA Option Income Strategy ETF | 89.7% | +89.1% | +348.2% | −151.2 pts |
| 3 | WNTR | YieldMax(R) MSTR Short Option Income Strategy ETF | 85.1% | −47.5% | +29.5% | +85.9 pts |
| 4 | TSYY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST TSLA ETF | 65.8% | −69.7% | −15.5% | −20.1 pts |
| 5 | FIAT | YieldMax(R) Short COIN Option Income Strategy ETF | 64.0% | −48.7% | +15.6% | +55.4 pts |
| 6 | NVYY | GraniteShares YieldBOOST Natural Gas ETF | 57.5% | −53.3% | +5.7% | +25.1 pts |
| 7 | TSLY | YieldMax(R) TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF | 55.9% | −41.6% | +7.7% | +3.1 pts |
| 8 | TSII | REX TSLA Growth & Income ETF | 54.7% | −44.5% | +0.4% | −4.2 pts |
| 9 | HOOY | YieldMax(R) HOOD Option Income Strategy ETF | 54.5% | −52.6% | +6.0% | −12.6 pts |
| 10 | TSMY | YieldMax(R) TSM Option Income Strategy ETF | 53.7% | +0.9% | +66.1% | −18.2 pts |
| 11 | GDXY | YieldMax(R) Gold Miners Option Income Strategy ETF | 53.2% | −29.5% | +27.0% | −27.8 pts |
| 12 | CVNY | YieldMax(R) CVNA Option Income Strategy ETF | 52.5% | −49.6% | +5.6% | +4.8 pts |
| 13 | CHPY | YieldMax(R) Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF | 51.7% | +29.5% | +96.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 14 | PLTY | YieldMax(R) PLTR Option Income Strategy ETF | 50.5% | −41.5% | +14.9% | +3.3 pts |
| 15 | BABO | YieldMax(R) BABA Option Income Strategy ETF | 50.3% | −51.6% | −11.5% | +1.2 pts |
Method
Cash paid is every distribution over the window, as a percent of the price at the start of it. It is not a return: the price change sits beside it. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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