YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF (BABO)

NYSEARCA: BABO · Real-Time Price · USD
13.18
-0.22 (-1.64%)
At close: Jan 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
13.30
+0.12 (0.91%)
After-hours: Jan 7, 2026, 8:00 PM EST
-1.64%
Assets$46.13M
Expense Ratio1.07%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out3.35M
Dividend (ttm)$10.95
Dividend Yield83.08%
Ex-Dividend DateJan 2, 2026
Payout FrequencyWeekly
Payout Ration/a
Volume59,560
Open13.34
Previous Close13.40
Day's Range13.10 - 13.34
52-Week Low13.10
52-Week High24.00
Betan/a
Holdings17
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

116.79% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
United States Treasury Bills 0%XIB.0 07.09.2637.30%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 08.06.2626.77%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 02.19.2617.99%
United States Treasury Bills 0%XIB.0 04.09.2611.12%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 06.11.267.01%
BABA US 01/16/26 C165n/a6.48%
First American Government Obligations FundFGXXX3.80%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIESn/a3.77%
Cash Offsetn/a1.60%
BABA US 01/09/26 C155n/a0.97%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jan 2, 2026$0.0915Jan 5, 2026
Dec 26, 2025$0.0925Dec 29, 2025
Dec 18, 2025$0.0898Dec 19, 2025
Dec 11, 2025$0.1272Dec 12, 2025
Dec 4, 2025$0.2381Dec 5, 2025
Nov 28, 2025$0.1383Dec 1, 2025
Full Dividend History

Performance

BABO had a total return of 46.60% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 32.15%.

News

YieldMax® ETFs Announces Weekly Distributions for Group 2 ETFs

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, and NEW YORK, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® ETFs today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Group 2 weekly pay ETFs. Group 2 Distribution Announcement Ex.

19 hours 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
3 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
4 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
11 months 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