YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF (BABO)

NYSEARCA: BABO · Real-Time Price · USD
12.95
-0.03 (-0.23%)
Feb 17, 2026, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
Assets$36.90M
Expense Ratio1.07%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out2.80M
Dividend (ttm)$11.21
Dividend Yield86.59%
Ex-Dividend DateFeb 12, 2026
Payout FrequencyWeekly
Payout Ration/a
Volume35,572
Open12.91
Previous Close12.98
Day's Range12.82 - 13.14
52-Week Low12.68
52-Week High24.00
Betan/a
Holdings20
Inception DateAug 7, 2024

About BABO

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The YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF (BABO) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in consumer discretionary equity. The fund seeks to provide current income and capped gains on the Alibaba stock (BABA) through a synthetic covered call strategy, collateralized by cash and US Treasurys. The actively managed fund uses both standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options. BABO was launched on Aug 7, 2024 and is issued by YieldMax.

Asset Class Equity
Category Derivative Income
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol BABO
ETF Provider YieldMax

Top 10 Holdings

118.74% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 08.06.2633.59%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 07.09.2626.88%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 02.19.2617.45%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 04.09.2613.96%
BABA US 03/20/26 C160n/a10.32%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 06.11.268.79%
Cash Offsetn/a4.59%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIESn/a1.89%
First American Government Obligations FundFGXXX0.95%
BABA US 02/20/26 C172.5n/a0.30%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Feb 12, 2026$0.1138Feb 13, 2026
Feb 5, 2026$0.119Feb 6, 2026
Jan 29, 2026$0.1695Jan 30, 2026
Jan 22, 2026$0.1277Jan 23, 2026
Jan 15, 2026$0.0864Jan 16, 2026
Jan 8, 2026$0.1166Jan 9, 2026
Full Dividend History

Performance

BABO had a total return of 15.53% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 32.46%.

News

YieldMax® ETFs Announces Weekly Distributions for Group 2 ETFs

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® ETFs today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Group 2 weekly pay ETFs. Group 2 Distribution Announcement Ex.

6 days ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on BABO, MARO, ULTY, MRNY, SLTY and Others

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group B ETFs listed in the table below. ETF Ticker 1 E...

Other symbols: MAROMRNYSLTYULTY
4 months ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax® ETFs Announces Distributions on ULTY, MARO, SLTY, BABO, DIPS and Others

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Weekly Payers and Group B ETFs listed in the table below.

Other symbols: DIPSMAROSLTYULTY
5 months ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax™ ETFs Announces Distributions on BABO (115.03%), PLTY (111.13%), NVDY (105.43%), YMAX (45.55%), YMAG (53.55%) and Others

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax™ today announced distributions for the YieldMax™ Weekly Payers and Group B ETFs listed in the table below. ETF Ticker 1 E...

Other symbols: NVDYPLTYYMAGYMAX
1 year ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax™ ETFs Announces Distributions on MRNY (73.00%), FBY (55.50%), DIPS (54.67%), YMAX (36.43%), YMAG (56.63%) and Others

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax™ today announced distributions for the YieldMax™ ETFs listed in the table below.

1 year ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax™ ETFs Announces Distributions on BABO (69.59%), MRNY (61.51%), FBY (58.57%), YMAX (60.44%), YMAG (76.46%) and Others

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax™ today announced distributions for the YieldMax™ ETFs listed in the table below.

Other symbols: FBYMRNYYMAGYMAX
1 year ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax™ ETFs Announces Monthly Distributions on PYPY (101.91%), MSTY (100.04%), FIAT (100.02%), CONY (91.83%), SQY (81.95%) and Others

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax™ today announced monthly distributions for the YieldMax™ ETFs listed in the table below.

1 year ago - GlobeNewsWire