AIYY ETF — YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF

YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF (AIYY)

Updated October 8, 2026.

AIYY is an ETF linked to C3.ai (AI). its distribution rate is 61.49%, its trailing-12-month yield is 122.33%, its expense ratio is 0.99%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 9/100 (High risk). Total return is -77.1% over the past 2.9 years, 15.3 points behind AI at -61.8%.

At the current 61.49% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $6,149 per year. Actual weekly payments vary.

AIYY performance versus AI

Price and return data through 2026-10-08.

Total return is -77.1% over the past 2.9 years, 15.3 points behind AI at -61.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -46.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 54.9%.

AIYY key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

9 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

5.53%

Issuer

YieldMax

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/27/2023

Expense ratio

0.99%

Distribution rate

61.49%

Distribution frequency

Weekly

Trailing yield

122.33%

Last close

$7.40 (as of 2026-10-08)

AUM

$45,722,982

Average volume

76329.0

Last dividend

$0.0875

Latest 19(a) ROC estimate

96.34%

Last ex-dividend date

10/08/2026

Last payment date

10/09/2026

Beta

2.0011

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (61.49%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (122.33%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: YieldMax or company page; Index: C3.ai (AI); prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AIYY risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed AI over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 54.9%.

Who may consider AIYY — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching AI total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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