YieldMax GOOGL Option Income Strategy ETF
$11.90−0.32 (−2.58%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.14%
- Fund size
- $231M
- 1Y return
- +31.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 52.17%
- Holdings
- 7
- Volume · 30D
- 0.5M sh
- NAV per share
- $12.36
- 52W range
The ETF.net GOOY Grade
Score 52 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 11Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 65Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 79Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 78Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 84Category rank
Our read on GOOY
CGOOY doesn't own Alphabet. It rents it out. Options build the GOOGL exposure, and sold call spreads turn the stock's swings into a weekly paycheck while leaving some room to ride the shares higher.
GOOY seeks weekly income by selling call spreads on Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), while maintaining participation in GOOGL’s share-price appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Call spreads instead of plain written calls: the fund sells away a defined slice of upside, so it still aims to participate in GOOGL's share-price appreciation.yieldmaxetfs.com
- The income comes from harvesting option premium on Alphabet's volatility, not from dividends, and the fund intends to pay it out on a weekly schedule.yieldmaxetfs.com
- One of the more actively traded names in a crowded single-stock income field, so getting a fill usually isn't the hard part.
- Running since 2023, it's an early entry in the single-stock income wave and sits in the stronger half of that peer group on our review.
Worth knowing
- The 1.14% expense ratio runs a little above the typical fund in this category, and that tab is paid whether or not the premium engine cooperates.
- It all rides on one company. Exposure is built with options rather than Alphabet shares, so there's no diversification cushion and no direct ownership of the stock.yieldmaxetfs.com
- Payouts can include return of capital, meaning part of a distribution may be your own money handed back, which trims your cost basis.yieldmaxetfs.com
GOOY Holdings
- Other
- 7
- 105%
- United States Treasury Bill 07/08/2027
Geography
GOOY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | GOOY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.0% |
| 1 month | +2.1% |
| 3 months | +0.4% |
| 1 year | +31.9% |
| 3 years | +24.0% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GOOY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.0% | |
| 2025 | +54.0% | |
| 2024 | +12.7% | |
| 2023 | −3.8% |
GOOY in the news
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GOOY Dividends
- 52.17%
- $6.38
- $0.06 per share
- Weekly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | $0.06 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 7, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.08 |
GOOY Risk
- 25.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.70
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −24.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.77
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GOOY Cost
- The middle half of Single-Stock Option Income funds
- Median 1.07%
60 of the 71 Single-Stock Option Income funds charge less.