APLY ETF returns, drawdowns and dividends
YieldMax AAPL Option Income Strategy ETF · Option income ETF
Chart shows price change, dividends not included · Prices through the close of · Updated after every US trading day · Source: Yahoo Finance
APLY returns by period
Total return assumes every dividend is reinvested at the closing price on its ex-dividend date. Price return is the change in the closing price alone. The 3 and 5 year rows also show the yearly rate (CAGR).
| Period | Since | Total return | Price return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +1.38% | -0.54% | |
| 3 months | +1.21% | -5.78% | |
| 6 months | +16.47% | -0.92% | |
| Year to date | +15.19% | -10.65% | |
| 1 year | +18.94% | -12.68% | |
| 3 years | +61.01% (+17.20%/yr) | -33.39% (-12.66%/yr) | |
| Since first close | +58.38% (+13.94%/yr) | -41.03% (-13.92%/yr) |
Did APLY's payouts keep up with its price?
Over the past year APLY paid out 28.30% of its starting price in distributions, while its price changed -12.68%. Reinvesting every payment gave a total return of +18.94%. The share price fell, but the payouts more than made up for it.
Option income funds pay out option premiums and often part of their own assets, so a high yield can come with a falling share price. Total return is the fair measure: it counts both the payouts and the price change. Compare all option income ETFs.
APLY returns by calendar year
| Year | Total return | Price return |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 26) | +15.19% | -10.65% |
| 2025 | +3.82% | -26.11% |
| 2024 | +18.70% | -8.10% |
APLY drawdowns and recovery
Max drawdown is the largest fall from a previous peak close to a later close within the period. The deepest fall in the stored history was 51.36%, from $22.80 on June 30, 2023 to $11.09 on June 25, 2026, and the price has not yet returned to that peak.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Max drawdown, 1 year | 21.35% |
| Max drawdown, 3 years | 44.44% |
| Max drawdown, 5 years | 51.36% |
| 52-week closing high | $14.10 Dec. 2, 2025 |
| 52-week closing low | $11.09 June 25, 2026 |
| Latest close | $11.91 Oct. 26, 2026 |
APLY dividends
APLY paid $3.86 per share in the last 12 months over 52 payments, a trailing yield of 32.41% at the latest close. The most recent ex-dividend date was Oct. 22, 2026 ($0.05 per share). Trailing yield is historical, not a forecast or an SEC 30-day yield.
| Year | Dividends per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | $3.10 | 43 |
| 2025 | $4.68 | 21 |
| 2024 | $4.50 | 12 |
Compare APLY with
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- AAPY +32.92%
- NDIV +37.90%
- HCOW +18.98%
- BALI +18.51%
- XLVI +17.91%
1-year return, total where available. Add any of them to the APLY chart, rank every ETF in the return explorer, or browse all ETF pages.
About these numbers
- Calculated by FindETFStock from daily closing prices and ex-dividend amounts reported by Yahoo Finance, starting April 18, 2023.
- Total assets are the fund's net assets as reported by Yahoo Finance; for a fund with several share classes, such as Vanguard's, the figure covers the whole fund. Trading volume is the 3-month average of shares traded per day, times the latest price.
- "5 years" is measured from the first stored close, about five years back; a fund or stock with a shorter history shows "Since first close" instead.
- Returns are before taxes and assume dividends are reinvested at the ex-date close with no costs.
- Past performance does not predict future results. This is not investment advice; see the financial disclaimer and methodology.