MARO ETF — YieldMax MARA Option Income Strategy ETF

YieldMax MARA Option Income Strategy ETF (MARO)

MARO is an ETF that tracks the Marathon Digital (MARA). As of August 19, 2026, its distribution rate is 70.25%, its trailing-12-month yield is 228.50%, its expense ratio is 1.00%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 5/100 (High risk). Fund total return is -63.0% over the past 1.7 years, 2.3 points behind MARA at -60.7%.

At the current 70.25% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $7,025 per year, or $585.42 per month on an equivalent basis. Actual weekly payments vary.

MARO performance versus MARA

Data as of August 19, 2026.

Fund total return is -63.0% over the past 1.7 years, 2.3 points behind MARA at -60.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 65.5%.

MARO key facts

Data as of August 19, 2026.

Distribution Safety Score™

5 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

3.51%

Issuer

YieldMax

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/09/2024

Expense ratio

1.00%

Distribution rate

70.25%

Distribution frequency

Weekly

Trailing yield

228.50%

Last close

$3.79

AUM

$42,232,857

Average volume

250116.0

Last dividend

$0.0512

Ex-dividend date

08/20/2026

Payment date

08/21/2026

Beta

2.6951

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (70.25%) 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 (228.50%) 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: Marathon Digital (MARA); 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.

MARO risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed MARA over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 65.5%.

Who may consider MARO — and who may not

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

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