Applied Digital Corporation vs YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs — how do they compare? Applied Digital Corporation trades at $31.31 (market cap $8.37B), while YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs trades at $11.4. The key difference: Applied Digital Corporation is trading nearer its 52-week high, YieldMax Magnificent 7 Fund of Option Income ETFs nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| APLD | YMAG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $8.37B | — |
Sector | Technology | Income / Options Overlay |
52-Week High | $49.65 | $15.98 |
52-Week Low | $13.89 | $10.76 |
Enterprise Value | $11.87B | — |
Signals from Pluang's Aura AI — not financial advice
Applied Digital (APLD) trades at $29.22, up 1.25% with bearish technical signals despite unanimous analyst buy ratings. The company shows explosive revenue growth with Q4 2026 revenue surging 407% to $258.7M but continues posting significant losses with negative profit margins. Recent news highlights $36 billion in contracted AI infrastructure revenue and insider selling activity.
While analyst consensus targets $72.36 (147% upside), the stock faces execution risks from massive capital expenditures, negative cash flow, and challenging profitability metrics. The AI infrastructure build-out offers substantial growth potential but requires careful monitoring of financing needs and construction timelines.
YMAG trades at $11.58, up 0.87% today, with a bullish technical signal from moving averages but a neutral reading from oscillators. The ETF has paid consistent weekly dividends, with recent payouts ranging from $0.07 to $0.40 per share. News highlights ongoing distribution announcements and analysis of its option income strategy, though key financial ratios are not provided in the data.
The outlook hinges on YMAG's ability to sustain high distributions through its option strategy, but earnings volatility in underlying holdings poses a risk to NAV stability. Investor sentiment is mixed, with some analysts viewing it as a tactical buy in rangebound markets, while others caution on compounded decay across its seven underlying ETFs.
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Applied Digital provides high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure and cloud services. It designs and operates data centers tailored for AI, machine learning, and other intensive digital workloads across North America.
Read more on APLD →YMAG is an actively managed 'fund of funds' that provides equal-weighted exposure to the seven YieldMax ETFs tracking the 'Magnificent 7' tech giants (Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla). It seeks to generate high current income by harvesting option premiums across these leaders, offering a streamlined way to access concentrated tech volatility in an income-producing format.
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