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AIYY Total Return Analyzer

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YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF — See your real returns after distributions and NAV changes. Real yield: -69.0% (headline: 56.9%).

Price$9.13
Headline Yield56.9%
Real Yield-69.0%
NAV Change (1Y)-80.2%
AIYY Total Return Analyzer

Your REAL Return

-69.0%

$-6,895.00

Distributions Received

$1,124.48

36 payments

NAV Change

-80.2%

$-8,019.48

Current Value

$3,105.00

216.45 shares @ $9.15

Yield Reality Check

Headline yield vs actual yield after NAV change

Headline

56.8%

Real

-69.0%

Distributions vs NAV — AIYY

Blue = share value, green bars = cumulative distributions, green line = total value, dashed = original investment.

AIYY DRIP calculator

Project AIYY returns with DRIP

Pre-filled with live AIYY data. Model 1, 5, or 10-year DRIP returns with after-tax math, adjustable yield assumptions, and Bull/Base/Bear scenarios.

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What does the AIYY total return include?

AIYY total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions you received from AIYY over the holding period, and the change in NAV (share price) across the same window. Many high-yield funds advertise distribution rates that look spectacular in isolation but mask meaningful NAV erosion. The analyzer above shows exactly how much of your AIYY return came from distributions versus price change — a 50% annualized distribution rate paired with a 30% NAV decline is a very different investment than a 50% distribution with flat NAV.

YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF (AIYY) is issued by YieldMax. Sells call options on AI to generate weekly income. That strategy directly shapes the gap between headline yield and real yield: option-premium and covered-call funds tend to show large gaps, while traditional dividend ETFs and index funds usually show small ones.

For the detail behind each payment, see the AIYY dividend history. To project how future AIYY distributions compound under DRIP, open the AIYY dividend calculator.