YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF (BABO)

NYSEARCA: BABO · Real-Time Price · USD
8.29
+0.03 (0.36%)
At close: Jul 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
8.29
0.00 (0.00%)
Pre-market: Jul 30, 2026, 6:36 AM EDT
Assets$17.55M
Expense Ratio1.00%
PE Ration/a
Shares Out2.10M
Dividend (ttm)$8.13
Dividend Yield98.11%
Ex-Dividend DateJul 30, 2026
Payout FrequencyWeekly
Payout Ration/a
Volume28,428
Open8.24
Previous Close8.26
Day's Range8.21 - 8.37
52-Week Low7.00
52-Week High20.00
Betan/a
Holdings16
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

146.76% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 08.06.2644.04%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 09.03.2625.80%
Cash Offsetn/a25.23%
United States Treasury Bills 0%B.0 02.18.2721.44%
First American Government Obligations Fund Class XFGXXX20.44%
Baba 09/18/2026 130.01 Cn/a4.54%
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIESn/a3.72%
BABA US 07/31/26 C118n/a0.76%
BABA US 07/31/26 C120n/a0.43%
BABA US 07/31/26 C122n/a0.36%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Jul 30, 2026$0.1245Jul 31, 2026
Jul 23, 2026$0.0817Jul 24, 2026
Jul 16, 2026$0.0682Jul 17, 2026
Jul 9, 2026$0.060Jul 10, 2026
Jul 2, 2026$0.0543Jul 6, 2026
Jun 25, 2026$0.0656Jun 26, 2026
Full Dividend History

Performance

BABO had a total return of -5.26% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.48%.

News

YieldMax® ETFs Announces Weekly Distributions for Group 2 ETFs

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® ETFs today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Group 2 weekly pay ETFs. Group 2 Distribution Announcement Ex.

1 day ago - GlobeNewsWire

YieldMax® ETFs Announces Weekly Distributions for Group 2 ETFs

CHICAGO and MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK, July 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YieldMax® ETFs today announced distributions for the YieldMax® Group 2 weekly pay ETFs. Group 2 Distribution Announcement Ex.

8 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
10 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
11 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.

2 years ago - GlobeNewsWire