APLY Dividend Yield

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

$11.87

As of Nov 9, 2026, APLY (YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF) yields 31.45%, paying $3.73 a share a year in weekly distributions at its $11.87 price. It costs 1.04% a year and manages $111.4M. Over the last 3 years it returned 16.4% a year with distributions reinvested, against 23.3% for the S&P 500.

Dividend yield

31.45%

Paid a Year

$3.73

Expense Ratio

1.04%

Assets

$111.4M

3-Yr Return

16.4%/yr

Frequency

Weekly

Key facts about APLY

Data as of Nov 9, 2026 · Source: SmarterDividends data

As of Nov 9, 2026, APLY yields 31.45% and pays about $3.73 a share a year, weekly.
APLY paid $3.7330 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 9, 2026, in 52 payments.
APLY's expense ratio is 1.04% a year, or $104.00 on $10,000.
APLY is an ETF from YieldMax ETFs with $111.4M in assets, started Apr 17, 2023.
Since Apr 2023, APLY's share price has fallen 42%, while its total return with distributions reinvested was 57%.

Cite this page

SmarterDividends, "APLY Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 9, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/APLY

What $10,000 in APLY became

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From Apr 2023 to Oct 2026, month-end values

Payouts reinvested

$15,707

Payouts taken as cash

$13,338

$7,527 of it cash

S&P 500 (SPY)

$18,976

Since Apr 2023, APLY's share price has fallen 42%, while its total return with distributions reinvested was 57%. Part of what it paid out came out of the share price, which is what investors call NAV erosion: the income was real, but so was the shrinking price.

APLY total return

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

Period	Total return	Price return	S&P 500
1 year	+17.3%	−13.5%	+12.0%
3 years	+16.4%	−13.5%	+23.3%
Since Apr 2023	+13.8%	−14.4%	+20.1%

APLY distributions

Every payment →

Ex-date	Paid	Per share	vs a year earlier
Nov 5, 2026	—	$0.0570	−48.6%
Oct 29, 2026	Oct 30, 2026	$0.0580	−55.7%
Oct 22, 2026	Oct 23, 2026	$0.0480	−56.8%
Oct 15, 2026	Oct 16, 2026	$0.0580	−67.0%
Oct 8, 2026	Oct 9, 2026	$0.06	−83.2%
Oct 1, 2026	Oct 2, 2026	$0.06	−82.7%
Sep 24, 2026	Sep 25, 2026	$0.0780	−81.0%
Sep 17, 2026	Sep 18, 2026	$0.0690	−74.4%
Sep 10, 2026	Sep 11, 2026	$0.0450	—
Sep 3, 2026	Sep 4, 2026	$0.0580	—
Aug 27, 2026	Aug 28, 2026	$0.0560	—
Aug 20, 2026	Aug 21, 2026	$0.0560	—

What APLY holds

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

FGXXX First American Government Obligs X2.2%

APLY questions

What is APLY's dividend yield?

As of Nov 9, 2026, APLY yields 31.45%. Over the last 12 months it paid $3.7330 a share in 52 payments, against a $11.87 share price.

How often does APLY pay dividends?

APLY pays weekly, 52 times a year.

How much does 100 shares of APLY pay?

At about $3.7330 a share a year, 100 shares of APLY pay about $373.30 a year, $7.18 each week, before tax.

What is APLY's expense ratio?

APLY's expense ratio is 1.04% a year: $104.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.

What is APLY's total return?

In the year to Oct 2026, APLY returned 17.3% a year with distributions reinvested, of which -13.5% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.

Does APLY have NAV erosion?

Fund facts

Type: ETF
Issuer: YieldMax
Started: Apr 17, 2023
Expense ratio: 1.04%
Assets: $111.4M
Dividend yield: 31.45%
Paid in the last year: $3.7330 (52 payments)
Last payment: $0.0570 · ex Nov 5, 2026
Beta (3 years): 0.56

Income Calculator

At $3.73 / yr per share

Shares owned

Per payment (weekly)$7.18

Annual$373.30

Monthly avg$31.11

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APLY total return calculatorAny start year, with or without reinvesting APLY dividend calculator100 shares pay $373.30 a year, $7.18 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.