Aptus Enhanced Yield ETF
$21.76−0.11 (−0.48%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Fund size
- $371M
- 1Y return
- +6.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 8.18%
- Holdings
- 9
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $21.82
- 52W range
The ETF.net JUCY Grade
Score 67 of 100 sits in the B 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.CScore 54Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 71Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 84Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 79Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 72Category rank
Our read on JUCY
BTreasuries with a payout target attached. Aptus pairs U.S. government fixed income with an income overlay and, per its own shareholder report, aims to keep monthly distributions in roughly the 5% to 12% range, topping up with return of capital when income runs short.
The retrieved SEC material establishes that JUCY's pre-June 24, 2025 fixed-income and equity-linked-note strategy no longer represents its current objective. The replacement objective is not stated in the available evidence.
Why people hold it
- The payout policy is written down, not improvised: relatively stable monthly distributions targeted at roughly 5% to 12% a year rather than whatever coupons and premiums happen to land.sec.gov
- The foundation is U.S. government fixed income, not corporate credit, and the fund grades itself against the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index with a short-dated Treasury index alongside it.sec.gov
- Actively managed by a team that can dial the overlay, and it sits in the upper half of its small group of Treasury-overlay income ETFs. Running since 2022.
Worth knowing
- At 0.60% the fee is mid-pack: TLTX (0.29%), TLTW and BUCK (0.35%) run their versions of Treasury-plus-options income for less.
- Hitting the distribution target can involve return of capital: the fund states it may pay some back when monthly payouts exceed the income it earned. That trims your cost basis.sec.gov
- The strategy was reworked in mid-2025, so the record spans two different recipes. The earlier equity-linked-note approach is not what you own today.
JUCY Holdings
- Bonds
- 9
- 91%
- 91282CCR0
Geography
- United States100.00%
JUCY 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 | JUCY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +3.9% |
| 1 month | −0.3% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +6.2% |
| 3 years | +4.5% |
| 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 | JUCY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +3.9% | |
| 2025 | +5.5% | |
| 2024 | +3.9% | |
| 2023 | +3.2% | |
| 2022 | +0.7% |
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JUCY Dividends
- 8.18%
- $1.79
- $0.15 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.15 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.15 |
JUCY Risk
- 1.7%
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.
- 0.05
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.
- −1.6%
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.
- 0.11
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
JUCY Cost
- The middle half of Treasury Option Income funds
- Median 0.65%
5 of the 13 Treasury Option Income funds charge less.