How often does AIYY pay dividends?

AIYY pays weekly. YieldMax moved its single-stock option-income funds — AIYY included — from an every-four-weeks schedule to weekly distributions in 2025. Before that, the chart above shows the older, larger four-week payments; the cadence change is why recent payments look smaller but arrive four times as often.

Why do AIYY's payouts change so much?

Because the income is option premium on C3.ai (AI), and premium tracks volatility. When AI is wild, AIYY collects more; when it's calm, less. There is no fixed dividend — the distribution is recalculated every cycle from what the option positions earned.

Does AIYY actually own C3.ai stock?

Not in the ordinary way. AIYY holds Treasuries as collateral and builds its AI exposure with option spreads (the issuer currently describes the strategy as selling call spreads). That structure produces the income — and also the capped-upside, open-downside shape that explains the share price's long-term drift.

What is AIYY's expense ratio?

0.99% gross, per the issuer's fund page — each YieldMax fund prices slightly differently, so don't assume the family's advertised typical fee applies to every ticker.

AIYY Dividend History & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Q: When is AIYY's next ex-dividend date?

AIYY pays weekly, so the next ex-dividend date typically falls about a week after the previous one. Exact dates are announced by the fund shortly before each payout. This page computes the expected window from AIYY's live payment data and shows the most recent ex-dividend dates and amounts. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

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AIYY Distribution — Quick Facts

Pays: weekly (YieldMax moved its single-stock funds from every-4-weeks to weekly in 2025).
First paid: January 2024 — every payment since is charted below.
What it is: a YieldMax fund that sells call spreads on C3.ai (AI), converting the stock's volatility into distributable premium. It does not simply hold the stock.
Fee: 0.99% gross expense ratio (issuer fund page).
The angle: the most misread ticker in the family: the underlying is C3.ai Inc (ticker AI) — one volatile small-cap software company, not the AI sector.

The income is option premium, not C3.ai profits: AIYY caps its upside when AI rallies and keeps most of the downside when it falls. Payouts swing with AI's volatility — the chart below is the honest record of what that has meant.

Every Distribution Payment, Over Time

AIYY pays weekly. Each point below is one distribution since the fund began paying in January 2024.

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AIYY Payment Schedule & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Recent Ex-Dividend Dates	Distribution / Share

"Next expected" is estimated from AIYY's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.

Where AIYY Fits in the YieldMax Family

Every YieldMax single-stock fund runs the same machine on a different engine: sell C3.ai's rallies for premium, keep its declines, pay the premium out. What varies is the engine's temperament — and AI's temperament is the whole story of this chart. Compare the rhythm against NVDY, or line AIYY up against any fund on the compare tool.

Two warnings the marketing never leads with: headline yields annualize the recent payouts (which move), and the share price tends to erode because the strategy keeps downside it sold the recovery to. Check AIYY on the Erosion Index and the payout statistics board before sizing a position.

Year-by-Year Table

Year	Total Distributions / Share	Payments	Change vs Prior Year

Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources. Note: after a share split, this data source restates all historical per-share payouts in today's share terms — the split disclosure above the chart applies.

When Is AIYY's Next Ex-Dividend Date?

AIYY pays weekly. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from AIYY's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

AIYY's Record So Far

AIYY — the YieldMax AI Option Income Strategy ETF — launched in November 2023 and has paid since January 2024; the most misread ticker in the family: the underlying is C3.ai Inc (ticker AI) — one volatile small-cap software company, not the AI sector. The chart above shows every declared distribution, and the year-by-year table totals what a single share actually received.

How the Machine Works

The fund sells call spreads on AI, harvesting the premium the market pays for C3.ai's future volatility, and distributes that premium weekly. The trade-off is structural, not incidental: rallies above the sold strikes belong to someone else, while declines mostly stay with the fund. Over time that asymmetry is why total return — payouts plus share-price change — is the only number that matters. Our compare tool overlays exactly that.

Reading the Chart Honestly

Big early payments, smaller recent ones is the typical YieldMax shape — partly the 2025 switch from four-week to weekly cadence (same money, four slices), partly volatility cooling, and partly share-price erosion compounding on itself. Before buying the headline yield, check what the payout statistics and Erosion Index say AIYY has actually delivered.

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Educational content only — not financial advice. Payout history is provided by a third-party data source and may contain errors, omissions, or delays; verify against official sources before relying on it. Past distributions do not guarantee future payments. This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.