Distribution health
Distribution sustainability, yields and composition for a fund.
Parameters
symbolpathrequired
Ticker symbol, case-insensitive.
Response contract
Only the fields listed are promised. Anything else may change.
Promised fields
symbolunderlying_symbolsustainability_statussustainability_reasonsustainability_signalscompositioneconomic_healthyieldscost_basismeta
How this was verified
Called against 3 different subjects on the live API. Every field it returned, at every level, was compared with the contract above. Last checked August 18, 2026.
Request
curl "https://api.massari.ai/v1/funds/XYLD/distribution-health" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MASSARI_TOKEN"Example response
{
"symbol": "XYLD",
"underlying_symbol": "SPY",
"sustainability_status": "healthy",
"sustainability_reason": "total return is +8.2% (13.1y annualized); NAV +7.3% over 1y. Tax character: fiscal YTD ROC is 94.7% — tax classification of distributions (not an economic signal per issuer whitepapers).",
"sustainability_signals": [
{
"note": "total return is +8.2% (13.1y annualized)",
"category": "economic_health",
"severity": "none"
},
{
"note": "NAV +7.3% over 1y",
"category": "nav_trajectory",
"severity": "none"
}
],
"composition": {
"source_type": "19a1",
"disclaimer": "Estimated per 19a-1 notice; finalized at year-end via 1099-DIV.",
"latest": {
"source": {
"app_url": "/notice/XYLD/2026-07-20?cit=OTcuOTcl&label=UmV0dXJuIG9mIENhcGl0YWw"
},
"nii_pct": 2.03,
"roc_pct": 97.97,
"ltcg_pct": null,
"stcg_pct": null,
"payable_date": "2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"fiscal_ytd": {
"source": "scraped_ytd",
"cum_nii": 0.1758,
"cum_roc": 3.1436,
"nii_pct": null,
"roc_pct": 94.7,
"cum_ltcg": null,
"cum_stcg": null,
"cum_total": 3.3194,
"through_date": "2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"latest_roc_pct": 97.97,
"fiscal_ytd_roc_pct": 94.7,
"avg_annual_roc_pct": 95.3,
"composition_coverage": null
},
"economic_health": {
"total_return_1y": 0.1528,
"total_return_3y": 0.4063,
"total_return_inception": 1.8073,
"nav_annualized_1y": 0.073,
"price_change_since_inception": 0.0465,
"inception_date": "2013-06-24T00:00:00.000Z",
"underlying_return_1y": 0.2226,
"tr_vs_underlying_1y": -0.0698,
"underlying_return_3y": 0.8507,
"tr_vs_underlying_3y": -0.4444,
"underlying_return_inception": 5.1764,
"tr_vs_underlying_inception": -3.3691
},
"yields": {
"headline_yield": 0.1042,
"true_income_yield": 0.0055,
"distribution_rate": 0.1179,
"rate_unstable": false
},
"cost_basis": {
"years_to_zero_basis": 9.68,
"disclaimer": "Assumes purchase at inception price; after zero basis, ROC is taxed as capital gains."
},
"meta": {
"distributions_analyzed": 64,
"data_quality": "full",
"last_distribution_date": "2026-07-23",
"updated_at": "2026-08-16T23:15:02.687Z"
}
}A real response from the live API, captured August 18, 2026. This one is CUT: long arrays, wide objects and long strings were trimmed to keep it readable, so treat it as a sample of the shape rather than all of it. Either way it is valid JSON.