YMAX Dividend History
YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs is a weekly-paying ETF from YieldMax ETFs. This page holds all 33 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
Declared and upcoming: YMAX has announced a payment of $0.0599 per share with an ex-date of Aug 19, 2026, payable Aug 20, 2026. To collect it, shares must be owned before the ex-date.
Growth: Growth needs two complete calendar years of payouts, or two full years of coverage. Our YMAX record starts 2026-01-07 and holds no complete calendar year yet across 33 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 YMAX keeps distributing on its current schedule.
Payment range, trailing twelve months: smallest $0.0336 (ex-date Mar 25, 2026), largest $0.0998 (ex-date Apr 22, 2026), a spread of 197%. Payments this variable make single-month extrapolation unreliable; use the trailing twelve-month total for planning.
Coverage: our YMAX record starts Jan 7, 2026 and holds 33 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 YMAX Pay?
Months in which YMAX'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 19, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | $0.0599 | 48.95% |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Aug 13, 2026 | $0.0608 | 45.69% |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.0588 | 20.01% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 30, 2026 | $0.0574 | 43.73% |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.0691 | 22.98% |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | $0.0726 | 26.85% |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 | $0.0709 | 24.52% |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 | $0.0727 | 52.83% |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.0756 | 40.67% |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.0766 | 45.35% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | $0.0795 | 70.05% |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.0931 | 72.76% |
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 YMAX tax page.
Weekly distributions Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 with sponsor-published return-of-capital percentages. Coverage starts Jan 2026: earlier payments ran on a different schedule and we publish only the verified weekly era for now (deeper history to be added). 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 | $2.5926 | partial |
Frequently Asked Questions
How often does YMAX pay dividends?
YMAX pays weekly. In our records the typical gap between ex-dividend dates is about 7 days.
What was YMAX's most recent dividend?
$0.0599 per share, with an ex-date of Aug 19, 2026 and payment on Aug 20, 2026, per YieldMax: YMAX fund page (distribution table incl. return-of-capital percentages) (as of 2026-08-18).
When is YMAX's next dividend?
Declared: $0.0599 per share, ex-date Aug 19, 2026, payable Aug 20, 2026. Shares must be owned before the ex-date to collect it.
Is YMAX's dividend growing?
Growth needs two complete calendar years of payouts, or two full years of coverage. Our YMAX record starts 2026-01-07 and holds no complete calendar year yet across 33 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 YMAX keeps distributing on its current schedule.
Why do YMAX's payments vary so much?
Across trailing twelve months the smallest payment was $0.0336 and the largest $0.0998, a spread of 197%. 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 YMAX's payout with the YMAX dividend calculator, pre-loaded with the trailing figure above where the record supports it. Method and data standards are on the methodology page.