MARO ETF — YieldMax MARA Option Income Strategy ETF

YieldMax MARA Option Income Strategy ETF (MARO)

Updated October 2, 2026.

MARO is an ETF linked to Marathon Digital (MARA). its distribution rate is 96.42%, its trailing-12-month yield is 212.08%, its expense ratio is 1.00%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 27/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is -58.0% over the past 1.8 years, 7.2 points behind MARA at -50.8%.

At the current 96.42% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $9,642 per year. Actual weekly payments vary.

MARO performance versus MARA

Price and return data through 2026-10-02.

Total return is -58.0% over the past 1.8 years, 7.2 points behind MARA at -50.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -47.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 65.5%.

MARO key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

27 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

26.03%

Issuer

YieldMax

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

12/09/2024

Expense ratio

1.00%

Distribution rate

96.42%

Distribution frequency

Weekly

Trailing yield

212.08%

Last close

$3.84 (as of 2026-10-02)

AUM

$56,175,893

Average volume

1237271.0

Last dividend

$0.0712

Latest 19(a) ROC estimate

0.00%

Last ex-dividend date

10/01/2026

Last payment date

10/02/2026

Beta

2.6951

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (96.42%) 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 (212.08%) 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: 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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