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- The latest check: $0.0710 per share, ex-dividend September 17, 2026 — the 76th distribution in our record, which begins on September 8, 2023.
- Trailing twelve months: $4.599 per share across 50 payments, against $7.518 in the twelve months before. That is a year-over-year fall of about 39% in total dollars paid.
- The annual totals tell it plainly: $10.268 per share in 2024, $6.991 in 2025, and $2.992 so far in 2026 with the year unfinished. The 2024 figure is more than double what the last twelve months produced.
- What the share price did: $16.45 a year ago to $9.89 now, a fall of 40% — the steepest one-year price decline of the four single-stock funds on this site's Microsoft and Meta pages.
- The fee and how it earns: YieldMax lists a gross expense ratio of 1.06% and an inception date of July 27, 2023. FBY sells call spreads on Meta Platforms to harvest option premium.
A high distribution rate isn't the same as a high return, and FBY is the clearest example on this site of one sitting on top of a shrinking base. Both the payments and the share price have roughly halved. That is not a prediction about what comes next; Meta's volatility could rise again and take the premium with it. It is a statement about what the record shows, which is the only thing this page claims to know. The payment rhythm also changed from monthly to weekly around September 2025, so compare annual totals rather than individual checks.
Each point below is one real FBY distribution since September 2023. The early monthly payments are the tall ones; the dense run from late 2025 onward is the weekly schedule, where each individual check is naturally much smaller.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
- Trailing 12 months: $4.85 per share across 52 payments — down 36% from $7.52 in the 12 months before. What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $3.25 — 33% below the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
- Share price, same 12 months: down 42% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
- Record: 78 payments over 3 years; the largest single payment was $1.18 (Mar 2024).
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: 23. Get alerted to the next one →
- Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±35% around their median. Compare that against any fund →
Every figure above is computed from FBY's actual payment record and share-price history as of the date shown — not copied from a fact sheet. Recomputed regularly; the chart above always shows the live data.
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| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from FBY'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.
A real total-return estimate, assuming every payout was reinvested — including what happened to the share price. Before taxes and fees. Past performance does not predict the future.
A yield is the payment divided by the price, so it can hold up beautifully while both halves collapse. FBY is that case in the open. Distributions per share: $10.268 in 2024, $6.991 in 2025. Share price: $16.45 a year ago, $9.89 now, a fall of 40%. The trailing twelve months paid $4.599 against $7.518 the year before.
None of those numbers is hidden, and none of them appears in a yield quote. A holder who bought a year ago collected real cash and is still looking at capital worth roughly half what they put in, before counting the checks. Whether that trade came out ahead depends entirely on how much was paid out against how much the shares lost, which is arithmetic rather than opinion, and the house money calculator does it.
| Year | Total Distributions / Share | Payments | Change vs Prior Year |
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Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.
Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.
When Is FBY's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
FBY pays weekly, per YieldMax's own fund page; it paid monthly until around September 2025. 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 FBY's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
The 2024 Figure Is the One to Sit With
FBY paid $10.268 per share across 2024. The trailing twelve months to September 2026 paid $4.599. Same fund, same strategy, same underlying company, less than half the cash. Nothing was announced and nothing broke. Option premium simply depends on volatility, and Meta's volatility is not a constant. Anyone sizing a position on last year's distribution rate is budgeting with a number the fund never promised to repeat.
The Other Meta Income Fund
METW, Roundhill's WeeklyPay fund on the same stock, pays weekly too but is built completely differently, targeting 120% of Meta's weekly total return through swaps rather than selling option premium. Its price fell 36% over the same year against FBY's 40%. Two very different machines, the same underlying, similar outcomes for the share price — which suggests the stock did most of the work in both cases.
What to Watch From Here
Whether the weekly checks stabilise or keep drifting down, which the chart above shows without interpretation. Whether 2026's annual total closes below 2025's. And whether the share price finds a floor, because that is the capital every future payment is earned on.
Compare It Against Anything
Same chart, two tickers, one honest overlay — payouts and price erosion side by side.
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