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Safest high-yield ETFs

Every ETF here yields at least 8% — but instead of ranking by headline yield, we bucket them by our own Distribution Safety Score™, so the funds with the most durable payouts sit at the top and the highest NAV-erosion risk sinks to the bottom. This is the list only Dividend Vision can build: high income, safety-ranked. Not investment advice.

422 funds match this screen. Membership and fund data are both as of , refreshed on every build.

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DV Scorecard

Our proprietary snapshot of this list — averages and standouts, computed from the funds below. Not investment advice.

Avg Distribution Safety Score™57/100across 422 funds
Median Yield18.27%dividend yield
Median 1-Yr Return+4.4%price change, 1 year
Payout CadenceMonthlymost common
Avg Expense Ratio1.00%annual fee
Highest YieldUBRL191.17%
Highest SafetyRDVIscore 99
Best Safety-Adj. YieldRGYYsafety 72 · 84.82%

Yield distribution

How distributions cluster across this category.

Yield vs AUM

Each bubble is one ETF. Top 4 by yield and top 4 by AUM are labelled.

Risk vs reward

Distribution rate across the bottom, Distribution Safety Score up the side. Yellow rings mark the best Safety-Adjusted Yield™ — distribution rate adjusted for safety — among funds with a proven safety score of 60+.

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422 ETFs tracked

Grouped by distribution frequency. Ticker links open the full per-fund page.

Top 20 by distribution rate

TickerIssuerETF NameDist. Rate
UBRLGraniteSharesGraniteShares 2x Long UBER Daily ETF191.17%
SLONProSharesProShares Ultra Solana ETF150.47%
KPDDKraneSharesKraneShares 2x Long PDD Daily ETF142.53%
CRCOYieldMaxYieldMax CRCL Option Income Strategy ETF107.71%
MSTYYieldMaxYieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF107.27%
PTIRGraniteSharesGraniteShares 2x Long PLTR Daily ETF106.67%
HOOYYieldMaxYieldMax HOOD Option Income Strategy ETF105.53%
SMCYYieldMaxYieldMax SMCI Option Income Strategy ETF101.30%
RTYYGraniteSharesGraniteShares YieldBOOST RIOT ETF95.42%
RGTUTradrTradr 2X Long RGTI Daily ETF92.26%
MAAYGraniteSharesGraniteShares YieldBOOST MARA ETF92.23%
CONYYieldMaxYieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF89.61%
MSTWRoundhill InvestmentsRoundhill MSTR WeeklyPay ETF89.52%
SOUXDefiance ETFsDefiance Daily Target 2X Long SOUN ETF88.38%
RGYYGraniteSharesGraniteShares YieldBOOST RGTI ETF84.82%
CRYGraniteSharesGraniteShares YieldBOOST CRCL ETF83.25%
MAROYieldMaxYieldMax MARA Option Income Strategy ETF81.92%
APPXTradrTradr 2X Long APP Daily ETF81.76%
HMYYGraniteSharesGraniteShares YieldBOOST HIMS ETF79.52%
CWYGraniteSharesGraniteShares YieldBOOST CRWV ETF79.15%

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