YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY)
| Assets | $1.40B |
| Expense Ratio | 1.30% |
| PE Ratio | 44.09 |
| Shares Out | 34.44M |
| Dividend (ttm) | $58.38 |
| Dividend Yield | 146.01% |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Payout Ratio | 6,429.96% |
| 1-Year Return | -60.80% |
| Volume | 606,970 |
| Open | 40.03 |
| Previous Close | 40.06 |
| Day's Range | 39.86 - 40.23 |
| 52-Week Low | 38.80 |
| 52-Week High | 102.70 |
| Beta | n/a |
| Holdings | 102 |
| Inception Date | Feb 28, 2024 |
About ULTY
Fund Home PageThe YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is actively managed, seeking to provide monthly income through a portfolio of covered call strategies. The fund generates income via option premiums, dividends from directly held US stocks, and US treasuries ULTY was launched on Feb 28, 2024 and is issued by YieldMax.
Top 10 Holdings
46.21% of assets| Name | Symbol | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcom Inc. | AVGO | 5.20% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | META | 5.15% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | PWR | 5.00% |
| iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | IBIT | 4.82% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | PLTR | 4.75% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | GOOGL | 4.64% |
| Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares | TMF | 4.42% |
| International Business Machines Corporation | IBM | 4.14% |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc. | HOOD | 4.08% |
| Circle Internet Group, Inc. | CRCL | 4.00% |
Dividends
| Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2025 | $0.5881 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $0.594 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $0.642 | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.626 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.788 | Nov 6, 2025 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.848 | Oct 30, 2025 |
News
ULTY: The Reverse Split Is An Indication Of Failure
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY) has seen its NAV collapse 79% since inception. Its total return is now negative. ULTY's strategy of holding volatile stocks and writing call options ha...
ULTY: Leveraging It For The Highest Returns
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF is designed for income-focused investors, leveraging covered calls on large tech stocks to generate high yield. Criticism about NAV erosion is overstated; ULT...
ULTY: Don't Fall For This 100%+ Dividend Yield Trap
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF offers an extremely high yield but employs an aggressive covered call strategy on risky, hype-driven stocks. ULTY's net asset value and share price have decli...
ULTY: 90% Yield But The Volatility And NAV Erosion May Not Be Worth It
YieldMax has rapidly grown to $17 billion AUM, capitalizing on demand for leveraged and ultra-high yield ETFs. While single-stock ETFs like MSTY, NVDY, CONY, and TSLY dominate, the YieldMax Ultra Opti...
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Weekly Distributions on ULTY, LFGY, YMAX, YMAG, SLTY, and Others
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® ETFs today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Group 1 weekly pay ETFs listed in the table below. Group 1 Distribu...
Are covered call ETFs like JEPI, JEPQ, ULTY, and XYLD worth it?
Covered call ETFs like JEPI, JEPQ, ULTY, and XYLD have done well in the past few years, attracting billions of dollars in assets as investors embraced their high dividends. JEPI, the biggest covered ...
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Transition to Weekly Distributions Across Product Suite
NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® ETFs today announced a significant enhancement to its distribution framework, moving all single stock option income ETFs to a weekly distribution ...
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on BABO, MARO, ULTY, MRNY, SLTY and Others
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group B ETFs listed in the table below. ETF Ticker 1 E...
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on TSLY, ULTY, SLTY, TSMY, RBLY, and Others
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group A ETFs listed in the table below. ETF Ticker 1 ETF ...
ULTY And SLTY: The Gambler's Income ETF Has A Twin
The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY) remains a high-risk, high-reward choice, best suited for speculative income investors seeking outsized yield at high costs. ULTY's recent strategy ...
Why I Like ULTY But Not Over 50% Yielding YMAX
The YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs receives a Sell rating, while the YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF is rated Buy. YMAX has outperformed ULTY since ULTY's inception, but its st...
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on WNTR, MSTY, ULTY, SLTY, SMCY, and Others
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group D ETFs listed in the table below.
ULTY: NAV Decay Remains A Big Challenge
The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF offers an ultra-high forward distribution yield of over 80%, targeting investors seeking immediate, recurring weekly income. ULTY generates income by hold...
ULTY: Eye-Popping 88%+ Distribution Yield From Volatile Holdings
The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF provides a monster distribution rate, but it has experienced share price/NAV erosion over time. For a short period, that erosion was reversed, but that wa...
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on ULTY, CONY, FIAT, HOOY, LFGY and Others
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group C ETFs listed in the table below.
ULTY ETF: Capital Erosion Likely To Worsen In H2 2025
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF's latest dividend payouts signal income pressure and ongoing capital erosion concerns. The pressure is likely to persist in 2H 2025 due to below-average volat...
ULTY ETF is a 117% yielding fund, beating VOO: is it a buy?
The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF (ULTY) has done well this year and is hovering at the highest point on record. ULTY was trading at $5.62, up by over 54% from its lowest level in April th...
ULTY: Looks Compelling At This Price Range
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF offers attractive high-yield income through covered calls and puts, limiting downside risk for investors. ULTY's recent implementation of puts has stabilized ...
ULTY: Strategy Has Improved, But Let's Maintain Realistic Expectations
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF offers an exceptionally high yield (~86.5%) through weekly distributions, attracting income-focused investors. ULTY's strategy shift to holding underlying equ...
ULTY: How YieldMax Reduced NAV Erosion While Sustaining 80%+ Yields
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF has improved performance after a strategic shift, stabilizing NAV and maintaining an 87%+ yield. ULTY now employs diverse option strategies, including collars...
ULTY: 100%+ Yield That Has To Be Ignored
The YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF offers extremely high yields through complex synthetic option strategies, but carries significant risk and high fees. ULTY's weekly payouts and synthetic ...
ULTY: The New Strategy Has Worked, But Conditions May Be Shifting
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF has delivered strong recent returns, outperforming QQQ but trailing ARKK since mid-March. ULTY employs a covered call and put-buying strategy on high-volatili...
Why We're Avoiding This 89% Dividend ETF
It's a trap I see investors fall into all the time: pouncing on yields that are so high as to be, frankly, absurd. Case in point: the 89% (not a typo!
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on ULTY, MARO, SLTY, BABO, DIPS and Others
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group B ETFs listed in the table below.
YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on SNOY, ULTY, GOOY, TSLY, LFGY, and Others
CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group A ETFs listed in the table below.