YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF · AIYY · AMEX
Distribution report · updated Nov 12, 2026
$7.23 -0.82% on the day, -$0.06
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Yearly payout / yield
$3.95·54.66%
$0.076 weekly x 52 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.076/wk
pays ~Nov 20 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 19est.
ex in 6 days ⓘ
Paying since
2024
79 payments on file
Pays
Weekly
52 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
27
Below its usual yield
AIYY share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
AIYY Dividend Growth (CAGR) ⓘ
1Y -73.6%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Amounts before Dec 2, 2025 are restated for the 1-for-10 reverse split. The enlarge button shows all 79 payments since 2024.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.

How Many AIYY Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $3.95 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 1,519 AIYY shares, about $10,982 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $7.23. $1,000 a month takes about 3,037 shares, about $21,958. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF (AIYY) pays $0.076 a share weekly, $3.95 a year, a 54.66% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $7.23. It has made 79 distribution payments since 2024.

At today’s rate of $0.076 weekly and the last close of $7.23, this is what AIYY pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach weekPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.076$0.33$3.95
100 shares$7.60$32.93$395.20
$10,000 invested (1,383.1 shares)$105.12$455.51$5,466.11
1,519 shares ($500/mo)$115.44$500.26$6,003.09
3,037 shares ($1,000/mo)$230.81$1,000.19$12,002.22

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 AIYY shares reinvest into 1.05 new shares each payment, about 72.2 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 96 shares. Here the share count grows fast partly because the price keeps falling: more shares, each worth less, so count the shares and their value together. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with AIYY’s own history in the AIYY DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 12, 2026, AIYY paid $7.63 a share while its NAV per share fell from $20.74 to $7.18. Total return was -$5.93 a share, so every dollar paid above was your own money coming back, and the share value fell $5.93 more on top.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • NAV trend: is the fund’s share price holding up report
  • Lifetime total return: did holders make money since launch rating
  • Distribution funded by NAV: is it paying you with your own money report
  • Earned vs paid: does total return cover what it pays rating
  • Distribution stability: how much the payout jumps around history
  • Distribution trend: is the payout growing or shrinking history
  • Crash test: how the fund held up in market drops history
  • Yield sanity: is the yield too high to be believable rating
  • NAV-eroding class: funds that pay out more than they make report

AIYY Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

27/100Below its usual yieldvs its 2-yr history
  • AIYY yields 54.66% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $7.23.
  • Its own 2-year median is 70.96%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout moves with option income, so it has no steady yield norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 2-year history as it is.
Since Jan 2024: lowest to highest month-end yield
25.16% low132.71% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 2-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 2 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is AIYY’s Next Distribution? Ex-Date and Pay Date After November 2026

AIYY has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 7 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 19, 2026, with the cash around Nov 20, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.076 a share, went ex on Nov 12, 2026 and paid Nov 13, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 7 days (weekly)
  • Payment: usually about 1 days after the ex-date

Before AIYY declares, its AIYY next payout estimate is on its YieldMax tracker page. Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does AIYY Pay?

AIYY pays weekly, 52 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 7 days, and the cash usually lands about 1 days later.

Paid in the 12 months to Nov 12, 2026
$7.63 a share, in 53 payments.
-82.9% against the 12 months before ($44.59 in 16 payments).
By ex-date, the same 12 months the NAV check on this page reads. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays weekly - every month has payments.

AIYY vs Similar YieldMax Funds (XYZY, FIAT...)

Against the 10 YieldMax funds closest to AIYY in fund size, AIYY’s 54.66% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 44.34%. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: in income funds it often comes with a faster-falling share price, so read it next to the NAV trend and the rating.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating
AIYY $7.23YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF $0.076/wk$3.95/yr fwd 54.66% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
XYZY $23.81YieldMax XYZ Option Income Strategy ETF $0.178/wk$9.26/yr fwd 38.87% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FIAT $18.44YieldMax Short COIN Option Income Strategy ETF $0.307/wk$15.96/yr fwd 86.57% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
BRKC $43.07YieldMax BRK.B Option Income Strategy ETF $0.163/wk$8.48/yr fwd 19.68% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
NFLY $5.93YieldMax NFLX Option Income Strategy ETF $0.047/wk$2.44/yr fwd 41.21% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
WNTR $17.43YieldMax MSTR Short Option Income Strategy ETF $0.259/wk$13.47/yr fwd 77.27% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
QDTY $35.17YieldMax Nasdaq 100 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF $0.2124/wk$11.04/yr fwd 31.40% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
XOMO $10.51YieldMax XOM Option Income Strategy ETF $0.05/wk$2.60/yr fwd 24.74% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PYPY $26.23YieldMax PYPL Option Income Strategy ETF $0.279/wk$14.51/yr fwd 55.31% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SNOY $9.42YieldMax SNOW Option Income Strategy ETF $0.086/wk$4.47/yr fwd 47.47% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SMCY $3.38YieldMax SMCI Option Income Strategy ETF $0.041/wk$2.13/yr fwd 63.08% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

AIYY Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2024

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Nov 12, 2026Nov 13, 2026$0.076WeeklyRegular
Nov 5, 2026Nov 6, 2026$0.075WeeklyRegular
Oct 29, 2026Oct 30, 2026$0.096WeeklyRegular
Oct 22, 2026Oct 23, 2026$0.079WeeklyRegular
Oct 15, 2026Oct 16, 2026$0.089WeeklyRegular
Oct 8, 2026Oct 9, 2026$0.088WeeklyRegular
Oct 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026$0.098WeeklyRegular
Sep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026$0.10WeeklyRegular
Sep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.112WeeklyRegular
Sep 10, 2026Sep 11, 2026$0.111WeeklyRegular
The other 69 AIYY payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for AIYY

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AIYY Dividend Questions

How often does AIYY pay distributions?

AIYY pays weekly, 52 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 7 days, and the cash usually lands about 1 days later.

Does AIYY pay distributions monthly?

More often than that: AIYY pays weekly, 52 times a year.

When is the next AIYY distribution?

AIYY has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 7 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 19, 2026, with the cash around Nov 20, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.076 a share, went ex on Nov 12, 2026 and paid Nov 13, 2026. The current rate is $0.076 per share, $3.95 a year.

Does AIYY pay a distribution in November 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Nov 19, 2026, with the cash around Nov 20, 2026, so a payment in November 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does AIYY pay per share?

AIYY pays $0.076 a share weekly, $3.95 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $7.23 that is a 54.66% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 2-year median is 70.96%.

Does AIYY’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about 3 months) averaged $0.0928, -22.5% against $0.1198 for the 12 before. Its payout floats with the income the fund earns each period, so there is no fixed rate to raise. Measured over a full year, the payout rate changed -73.6%.

Is AIYY’s distribution safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. In the 12 months to Nov 12, 2026 it paid $7.63 a share while its NAV per share went from $20.74 to $7.18. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my AIYY distributions?

Add AIYY to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run AIYY in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular distribution per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 12, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 8 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.