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Total Return Analyzer

A distribution rate is not a return. This measures what a fund actually produced — cumulative distributions set against the change in NAV over the same window.

YieldMax Memory and Storage Portfolio Option Income ETF — See your real returns after distributions and NAV changes. Real yield: -0.4% (headline: 4.2%).

Price$48.79
Headline Yield4.2%
Real Yield-0.4%
NAV Change (6M)-4.5%
YRAM Total Return Analyzer

Your REAL Return

-0.4%

$-43.99

Distributions Received

$404.82

5 payments

NAV Change

-4.5%

$-448.81

Current Value

$9,956.01

195.77 shares @ $48.79

Yield Reality Check

Headline yield vs actual yield after NAV change

Headline

4.2%

→

Real

-0.4%

Distributions vs NAV — YRAM

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

YRAM DRIP calculator

Project YRAM returns with DRIP

Pre-filled with live YRAM 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 a total return figure include?

Total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions received over the holding period, and the change in NAV 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 how much of the 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 Memory and Storage Portfolio Option Income ETF (YRAM) is issued by YieldMax. Actively managed portfolio of memory and storage companies (DRAM and NAND makers, memory controller designers, SSD and HDD manufacturers) with an options-based income overlay. Weekly distributions. 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. How wide that gap becomes from here depends on the price movement and volatility of the names YRAM writes against. Assessing that means working through the holdings rather than studying the wrapper alone. Koyfin lets you screen and research those holdings individually — 20% off for YieldMaxCalc readers.

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