When I look at YieldMax funds, I do not start by sorting for the biggest payout number. The yields can be so high that the more useful question is whether the payout is coming with enough price and total-return support to make the role understandable.
So I read this April snapshot more like a risk-check journal than a ranking. I want to see which names combine high Dividend TTM with severe price decline, which names have improving or positive price behavior, and which rows are too incomplete to compare.
The current list includes CHPY, CONY, FEAT, FIVY, GDXY, GPTY, LFGY, MINY, MSTY, NVDY, QDTY, RDTY, RNTY, SDTY, SLTY, SOXY, TSLY, ULTY, YMAG, YMAX, and YQQQ.
Some rows are incomplete where the visible snapshot did not include enough data. Those values are shown as N/A.
| Fund Ticker | Dividend TTM | Price CAGR | Total Return CAGR | Payout Support Risk | Stability | Dividend TTM (MoM) | Price Growth (MoM) | Total Return CAGR (MoM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHPY | 32.80% | 62.11% | 27.71% | Low | LOW | 37.75% (-4.95pp) | 34.52% (+27.59pp) | N/A |
| CONY | 204.16% | -52.59% | 8.02% | Elevated | LOW | 211.72% (-7.56pp) | -53.59% (+1.00pp) | N/A |
| FEAT | 86.39% | -50.98% | 8.14% | Elevated | LOW | 92.24% (-5.85pp) | -54.10% (+3.12pp) | N/A |
| FIVY | 49.82% | -39.96% | 9.29% | Elevated | LOW | 53.87% (-4.05pp) | -44.41% (+4.45pp) | N/A |
| GDXY | 67.80% | -20.17% | -6.59% | Elevated | LOW | 61.55% (+6.25pp) | -17.19% (-2.98pp) | N/A |
| GPTY | 36.28% | -11.76% | 20.29% | Elevated | LOW | 41.17% (-4.89pp) | -23.60% (+11.84pp) | N/A |
| LFGY | 89.75% | -46.86% | 18.15% | Elevated | LOW | 103.58% (-13.83pp) | -53.81% (+6.95pp) | N/A |
| MINY | N/A | N/A | 4.40% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| MSTY | 238.01% | -48.62% | 27.67% | Elevated | LOW | 298.76% (-60.75pp) | -53.38% (+4.76pp) | N/A |
| NVDY | 70.33% | -12.35% | 8.23% | Elevated | LOW | 72.80% (-2.47pp) | -13.77% (+1.42pp) | N/A |
| QDTY | 33.59% | -16.91% | 10.92% | Elevated | LOW | 35.97% (-2.38pp) | -23.84% (+6.93pp) | N/A |
| RDTY | 45.02% | -20.25% | 8.57% | Elevated | LOW | 47.33% (-2.31pp) | -25.28% (+5.03pp) | N/A |
| RNTY | 9.95% | 0.06% | 5.81% | Low | MID | 9.43% (+0.52pp) | -5.00% (+5.06pp) | N/A |
| SDTY | 26.70% | -13.99% | 7.18% | Elevated | LOW | 27.60% (-0.90pp) | -18.37% (+4.38pp) | N/A |
| SLTY | 63.01% | -61.24% | -6.34% | Elevated | LOW | 49.77% (+13.24pp) | -58.34% (-2.90pp) | N/A |
| SOXY | 7.50% | 43.16% | 28.98% | Low | LOW | 9.48% (-1.98pp) | 19.21% (+23.95pp) | N/A |
| TSLY | 92.78% | -39.69% | 0.70% | Elevated | LOW | 97.14% (-4.36pp) | -44.19% (+4.50pp) | N/A |
| ULTY | 123.67% | -56.82% | 8.47% | Elevated | LOW | 131.14% (-7.47pp) | -58.69% (+1.87pp) | N/A |
| YMAG | 52.03% | -17.81% | 10.21% | Elevated | LOW | 54.98% (-2.95pp) | -20.97% (+3.16pp) | N/A |
| YMAX | 77.82% | -31.42% | 14.24% | Elevated | LOW | 84.96% (-7.14pp) | -34.54% (+3.12pp) | N/A |
| YQQQ | 31.01% | -28.80% | -10.43% | Elevated | LOW | 27.34% (+3.67pp) | -23.19% (-5.61pp) | N/A |
What I noticed
MSTY is still the largest payout row in this snapshot, with 238.01% Dividend TTM. But the same row also shows -48.62% Price CAGR and Elevated payout support risk. That combination is why I would not treat the headline payout as the main conclusion.
CONY and ULTY show a similar issue. CONY has 204.16% Dividend TTM with -52.59% Price CAGR, while ULTY has 123.67% Dividend TTM with -56.82% Price CAGR. Both are marked Elevated for payout support risk. For me, those rows are not just “high income”; they are high income plus heavy price-base pressure.
LFGY and TSLY also stay in that caution zone. LFGY shows 89.75% Dividend TTM with -46.86% Price CAGR, and TSLY shows 92.78% Dividend TTM with -39.69% Price CAGR. Their total return CAGR values are positive in this snapshot, but the price decline is still large enough that I would want to understand the tradeoff before treating either as a durable income holding.
CHPY and SOXY are the rows that look different from most of the group. CHPY has 32.80% Dividend TTM, 62.11% Price CAGR, and 27.71% Total Return CAGR, while SOXY has 7.50% Dividend TTM, 43.16% Price CAGR, and 28.98% Total Return CAGR. Those are not the highest payout rows, but the price behavior is much cleaner in this table.
RNTY is also worth separating from the extreme-yield rows. It has 9.95% Dividend TTM, 0.06% Price CAGR, 5.81% Total Return CAGR, Low payout support risk, and MID stability. That profile is not exciting by YieldMax standards, but it is less dominated by price erosion in this snapshot.
MINY is incomplete here, so I would not compare it directly against the rest of the group yet.
My takeaway is that YieldMax screening needs a different mindset. A high Dividend TTM number is only the beginning of the question. The next thing I want to know is how much price base was given up, whether total return is still positive, and whether the payout support risk flag is clean or elevated.
Note: Metrics are exported from Dividend Decoder as a partial snapshot; not investment advice.