APLY ETF — YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF

YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF (APLY)

APLY is an ETF that tracks the Apple (AAPL). As of August 19, 2026, its distribution rate is 25.30%, its trailing-12-month yield is 37.38%, its expense ratio is 1.04%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 54/100 (Caution). Fund total return is 45.6% over the past 3.3 years, 43.7 points behind AAPL at 89.3%.

At the current 25.30% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $2,530 per year, or $210.83 per month on an equivalent basis. Actual weekly payments vary.

APLY performance versus AAPL

Data as of August 19, 2026.

Fund total return is 45.6% over the past 3.3 years, 43.7 points behind AAPL at 89.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 11.8%.

APLY key facts

Data as of August 19, 2026.

Distribution Safety Score™

54 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

13.66%

Issuer

YieldMax

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/17/2023

Expense ratio

1.04%

Distribution rate

25.30%

Distribution frequency

Weekly

Trailing yield

37.38%

Last close

$11.55

AUM

$118,090,538

Average volume

266558.0

Last dividend

$0.0562

Ex-dividend date

08/20/2026

Payment date

08/21/2026

Beta

0.74

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (25.30%) 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 (37.38%) 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. We show a 30-day SEC yield when the fund publishes one. Schwab and other issuers may report a TTM distribution yield or SEC yield on a different date — all can be valid; they are not interchangeable. Fund total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is what the fund did, not your personal gain/loss. Figures below use Dividend Vision data as of August 19, 2026.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology · SEC yield

Sources and review

Data as of August 19, 2026.

Primary sources: YieldMax fund page; Index: Apple (AAPL); 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.

APLY risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed AAPL over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 11.8%.

Who may consider APLY — and who may not

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

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