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AIYY Dividend Yield

YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF · YieldMax · ETF · weekly payer

As of Nov 8, 2026, AIYY (YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF) yields 107.62%, paying $7.54 a share a year in weekly distributions at its $7.01 price. It costs 0.99% a year and manages $47.5M. Over the last year it returned -42.0% a year with distributions reinvested, against 12.0% for the S&P 500.

Dividend yield

107.62%

Paid a Year

$7.54

Expense Ratio

0.99%

Assets

$47.5M

1-Yr Return

-42.0%/yr

Frequency

Weekly

Key facts about AIYY

Data as of · Source: SmarterDividends data

  • As of Nov 8, 2026, AIYY yields 107.62% and pays about $7.54 a share a year, weekly.
  • AIYY paid $7.5440 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 8, 2026, in 52 payments.
  • AIYY's expense ratio is 0.99% a year, or $99.00 on $10,000.
  • AIYY is an ETF from YieldMax ETFs with $47.5M in assets, started Nov 27, 2023.
  • Since Nov 2023, AIYY's share price has fallen 96%, and even with every distribution reinvested it lost 75%.
Cite this page

SmarterDividends, "AIYY Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 8, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/AIYY

What $10,000 in AIYY became

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From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, month-end values

Payouts reinvested

$2,526

Payouts taken as cash

$6,115

$5,752 of it cash

S&P 500 (SPY)

$17,169

Since Nov 2023, AIYY's share price has fallen 96%, and even with every distribution reinvested it lost 75%. Its payouts didn't make up for the falling price, the clearest form of NAV erosion.

AIYY total return

A year, through Oct 2026. Total return counts every payout, reinvested; price return doesn't.

PeriodTotal returnPrice returnS&P 500
1 year−42.0%−70.4%+12.0%
Since Nov 2023−37.6%−67.9%+20.4%

AIYY distributions

Every payment →
Ex-datePaidPer share
Nov 5, 2026—$0.0750
Oct 29, 2026Oct 30, 2026$0.0960
Oct 22, 2026Oct 23, 2026$0.0790
Oct 15, 2026Oct 16, 2026$0.0890
Oct 8, 2026Oct 9, 2026$0.0880
Oct 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026$0.0880
Sep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026$0.10
Sep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.1120
Sep 10, 2026Sep 11, 2026$0.1110
Sep 3, 2026Sep 4, 2026$0.0890
Aug 27, 2026Aug 28, 2026$0.10
Aug 20, 2026Aug 21, 2026$0.0810

What AIYY holds

Top ten holdings and sector weights as the fund reports them.

  1. FGXXX First American Government Obligs X9.6%

AIYY questions

What is AIYY's dividend yield?

As of Nov 8, 2026, AIYY yields 107.62%. Over the last 12 months it paid $7.5440 a share in 52 payments, against a $7.01 share price.

How often does AIYY pay dividends?

AIYY pays weekly, 52 times a year.

How much does 100 shares of AIYY pay?

At about $7.5440 a share a year, 100 shares of AIYY pay about $754.40 a year, $14.51 each week, before tax.

What is AIYY's expense ratio?

AIYY's expense ratio is 0.99% a year: $99.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.

What is AIYY's total return?

In the year to Oct 2026, AIYY returned -42.0% a year with distributions reinvested, of which -70.4% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.

Does AIYY have NAV erosion?

Since Nov 2023, AIYY's share price has fallen 96%, and even with every distribution reinvested it lost 75%. Its payouts didn't make up for the falling price, the clearest form of NAV erosion.

Fund facts

Type
ETF
Issuer
YieldMax
Started
Nov 27, 2023
Expense ratio
0.99%
Assets
$47.5M
Dividend yield
107.62%
Paid in the last year
$7.5440 (52 payments)
Last payment
$0.0750 · ex Nov 5, 2026

Income Calculator

At $7.54 / yr per share

Per payment (weekly)$14.51
Annual$754.40
Monthly avg$62.87
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AIYY total return calculatorAny start year, with or without reinvestingAIYY dividend calculator100 shares pay $754.40 a year, $14.51 each week

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Fund facts from the fund's own reports via Yahoo Finance; payments and returns from SmarterDividends records. For information only, not investment advice.