YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF · OARK · AMEX
Distribution report · updated Nov 12, 2026
$25.01 -2.91% on the day, -$0.75
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Yearly payout / yield
$8.06·32.23%
$0.155 weekly x 52 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.155/wk
not declared yet ⓘ
Next ex-date
—
was due ~Nov 12 ⓘ
Paying since
2023
91 payments on file
Pays
Weekly
52 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
27
Below its usual yield
OARK share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
OARK Dividend Growth (CAGR) ⓘ
1Y -62.0%3Y -36.7%
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-5 reverse split. The enlarge button shows all 91 payments since 2023.
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. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment.

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

At $8.06 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 745 OARK shares, about $18,632 at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $25.01. $1,000 a month takes about 1,489 shares, about $37,240. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF (OARK) pays $0.155 a share weekly, $8.06 a year, a 32.23% run-rate yield at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $25.01. It has made 91 distribution payments since 2023.

At today’s rate of $0.155 weekly and the last close of $25.01, this is what OARK pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach weekPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.155$0.67$8.06
100 shares$15.50$67.17$806.00
$10,000 invested (399.8 shares)$61.98$268.56$3,222.71
745 shares ($500/mo)$115.48$500.39$6,004.70
1,489 shares ($1,000/mo)$230.80$1,000.11$12,001.34

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 OARK shares reinvest into 0.62 new shares each payment, about 37.9 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 162 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 OARK’s own history in the OARK DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 12, 2026, OARK paid $13.83 a share while its NAV per share fell from $40.99 to $24.91. Total return was -$2.26 a share, so every dollar paid above was your own money coming back, and the share value fell $2.26 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

OARK Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

27/100Below its usual yieldvs its 3-yr history
  • OARK yields 32.23% today, at the Nov 12, 2026 close of $25.01.
  • Its own 3-year median is 41.47%, 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 3-year history as it is.
Since Jan 2023: lowest to highest month-end yield
19.93% low82.17% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 3-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 3 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 OARK’s Next Distribution? Ex-Date and Pay Date After November 2026

OARK has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual gap of about 7 days the next ex-date was due around Nov 12, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.155 a share, went ex on Nov 5, 2026 and paid Nov 6, 2026.

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

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

How Often Does OARK Pay?

OARK 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
$13.83 a share, in 52 payments.
-41.9% against the 12 months before ($23.78 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.

OARK vs Similar YieldMax Funds (BIGY, YBIT...)

Against the 10 YieldMax funds closest to OARK in fund size, OARK’s 32.23% run-rate yield is close to the group’s middle yield of 33.42%. 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
OARK $25.01YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF $0.155/wk$8.06/yr fwd 32.23% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
BIGY $49.98YieldMax Target 12 Big 50 Option Income ETF $0.498/mo$5.98/yr fwd 11.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
YBIT $17.59YieldMax Bitcoin Option Income Strategy ETF $0.143/wk$7.44/yr fwd 42.27% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
TSMY $13.20YieldMax TSM Option Income Strategy ETF $0.076/wk$3.95/yr fwd 29.94% 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
SOXY $77.39YieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF $0.773/mo$9.28/yr fwd 11.99% 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
HOOY $19.14YieldMax HOOD Option Income Strategy ETF $0.233/wk$12.12/yr fwd 63.30% 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
BRKC $43.16YieldMax BRK.B Option Income Strategy ETF $0.163/wk$8.48/yr fwd 19.64% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
XYZY $25.08YieldMax XYZ Option Income Strategy ETF $0.178/wk$9.26/yr fwd 36.91% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

OARK Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2023

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Nov 5, 2026Nov 6, 2026$0.155WeeklyRegular
Oct 29, 2026Oct 30, 2026$0.164WeeklyRegular
Oct 22, 2026Oct 23, 2026$0.15WeeklyRegular
Oct 15, 2026Oct 16, 2026$0.191WeeklyRegular
Oct 8, 2026Oct 9, 2026$0.167WeeklyRegular
Oct 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026$0.204WeeklyRegular
Sep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026$0.167WeeklyRegular
Sep 17, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.16WeeklyRegular
Sep 10, 2026Sep 11, 2026$0.207WeeklyRegular
Sep 3, 2026Sep 4, 2026$0.232WeeklyRegular
The other 81 OARK 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 OARK

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OARK Dividend Questions

How often does OARK pay distributions?

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

Does OARK pay distributions monthly?

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

When is the next OARK distribution?

OARK has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual gap of about 7 days the next ex-date was due around Nov 12, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.155 a share, went ex on Nov 5, 2026 and paid Nov 6, 2026. The current rate is $0.155 per share, $8.06 a year.

Did OARK pay a distribution in November 2026?

Yes: $0.155 a share, ex-date Nov 5, 2026, paid Nov 6, 2026. The next one is not on file yet.

How much does OARK pay per share?

OARK pays $0.155 a share weekly, $8.06 a year. At the Nov 12, 2026 close of $25.01 that is a 32.23% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 3-year median is 41.47%.

Does OARK’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about 3 months) averaged $0.1807, -24.2% against $0.2383 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 -62.0%.

Is OARK’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 $13.83 a share while its NAV per share went from $40.99 to $24.91. This is data, not investment advice. The full 8-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my OARK distributions?

Add OARK 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 OARK 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.