ULTY Dividend History
YieldMax Ultra Option Income Strategy ETF is a weekly-paying ETF from YieldMax ETFs. This page holds all 32 distributions in our record, each with its ex-dividend date, pay date, and amount per share, along with the payout figures that record supports.
Every figure below was read from YieldMax on Aug 18, 2026. The full citation sits in the Source and Citation card.
What the Record Shows
Next payment window, expected rather than declared: based on the observed 7-day gap between ex-dates, the next ex-date would ordinarily fall between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 21, 2026. This is a pattern read from the record, not an announcement; the fund can change timing or amount at will.
Growth: Growth needs two complete calendar years of payouts, or two full years of coverage. Our ULTY record starts 2026-01-07 and holds no complete calendar year yet across 32 payments. On the record we hold, the rolling comparison can first be computed on January 7, 2028 and the calendar-year comparison on January 1, 2029, so this figure fills in around January 2028 as long as ULTY keeps distributing on its current schedule.
Payment range, trailing twelve months: smallest $0.3082 (ex-date Aug 5, 2026), largest $0.5186 (ex-date Jan 14, 2026), a spread of 68%. Payments this variable make single-month extrapolation unreliable; use the trailing twelve-month total for planning.
Coverage: our ULTY record starts Jan 7, 2026 and holds 32 payments. None of them yet fall inside a complete calendar year, so year-on-year comparisons wait. Metrics needing more history than that are marked rather than estimated.
Payout Chart
Each payment per share, split-adjusted, most recent 24 payments.
Which Months Does ULTY Pay?
Months in which ULTY's ex-dividend dates landed over the most recent two years of records. Payment usually arrives days to two weeks after the ex-date; exact dates are in the history table below.
Other payers with the same pattern are listed on the January page, and the full calendar view is on payments by month.
Distribution History
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| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Return of Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Aug 13, 2026 | $0.3179 | 100.00% |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.3082 | 100.00% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 30, 2026 | $0.3096 | 0.00% |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.3176 | 0.00% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | $0.3302 | 0.00% |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | $0.3384 | 100.00% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.3411 | 0.00% |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.3817 | 100.00% |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.3899 | 100.00% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | $0.3485 | 100.00% |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.3960 | 100.00% |
| May 27, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | $0.3946 | 100.00% |
Return of capital (ROC) is the sponsor's estimate of how much of each payment was your own capital handed back rather than income the fund earned. A high ROC share means the headline distribution overstates what the fund generated; it also defers rather than creates tax, because ROC lowers your cost basis. We show the sponsor's figure on every payment because a distribution table without it reads as income, and that is not what these payments always are. The full treatment is on the ULTY tax page.
Weekly distributions Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 with sponsor-published return-of-capital percentages. Coverage starts Jan 2026: the fund paid on a monthly schedule before moving to weekly distributions, and we publish only the verified weekly era for now (deeper history to be added). The sponsor publishes the estimated return-of-capital share of each payment; ROC is not income, it returns part of your own capital and changes the tax character of the distribution.
Calendar-Year Totals, Split-Adjusted
| Year | Total / Share | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $12.9477 | partial |
Frequently Asked Questions
How often does ULTY pay dividends?
ULTY pays weekly. In our records the typical gap between ex-dividend dates is about 7 days.
What was ULTY's most recent dividend?
$0.3179 per share, with an ex-date of Aug 12, 2026 and payment on Aug 13, 2026, per YieldMax: ULTY fund page (distribution table incl. return-of-capital percentages) (as of 2026-08-18).
When is ULTY's next dividend?
Nothing is declared yet. Based on the observed payment pattern, the next ex-date would ordinarily fall between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 21, 2026. That is a pattern read from the record, not an announcement.
Is ULTY's dividend growing?
Growth needs two complete calendar years of payouts, or two full years of coverage. Our ULTY record starts 2026-01-07 and holds no complete calendar year yet across 32 payments. On the record we hold, the rolling comparison can first be computed on January 7, 2028 and the calendar-year comparison on January 1, 2029, so this figure fills in around January 2028 as long as ULTY keeps distributing on its current schedule.
Why do ULTY's payments vary so much?
Across trailing twelve months the smallest payment was $0.3082 and the largest $0.5186, a spread of 68%. Funds whose distributions depend on option income or portfolio flows pay what the period produced, so single payments are a poor basis for income planning. Trailing twelve-month totals absorb this variation.
Project income from ULTY's payout with the ULTY dividend calculator, pre-loaded with the trailing figure above where the record supports it. Method and data standards are on the methodology page.