QYLD dividend history: every monthly payout since 2014
QYLD has paid every month since January 2014, lately about 1% of its price each time, about 12% a year. The record by year, the last twelve payouts, a calculator, and what eleven years of payouts did against QQQ.
Short answers
How much does QYLD pay a month?
The latest QYLD payout, ex-date October 19, 2026, was 0.183 a share, 1.00% of that day's price. Every payout since September 2025 has been between 0.96% and 1.02% of the price, between 0.170 and 0.185 a share.
What is QYLD's dividend yield?
About 12.1%: QYLD paid 2.143 a share over the twelve months to November 13, 2026 against a close of 17.72. Summed by calendar year its payouts have been 10% to 12.8% of the price every year since 2018.
Has the QYLD dividend gone down?
Yes, per share. The yearly total peaked at 2.851 in 2021 and was 2.041 in 2025, about 28% lower, because the payout is about 1% of a share price that has drifted down: QYLD closed near 25.5 at the end of 2013 and at 17.72 on November 13, 2026.
QYLD payouts by year
Per share, with each year's payouts summed as a share of the price on each ex-date: 2014: 2.375 (9.5%). 2015: 2.050 (8.8%). 2016: 1.671 (7.6%). 2017: 1.738 (7.3%). 2018: 2.650 (11.0%). 2019: 2.321 (10.2%). 2020: 2.546 (11.9%). 2021: 2.851 (12.7%). 2022: 2.189 (12.1%). 2023: 2.043 (12.0%). 2024: 2.277 (12.8%). 2025: 2.041 (12.0%). 2026 through October: 1.792 (10.0%, ten payouts).
Of 149 payouts, 68 were lower than the one before.
The last twelve payouts
Ex-date, per share, and that amount as a share of the day's close: November 24, 2025: 0.173 (1.00%). December 22: 0.178 (1.01%). January 20, 2026: 0.179 (1.02%). February 23: 0.177 (1.02%). March 23: 0.172 (1.00%). April 20: 0.179 (1.01%). May 18: 0.179 (1.01%). June 22: 0.185 (1.01%). July 20: 0.178 (1.01%). August 24: 0.183 (1.01%). September 21: 0.177 (0.96%). October 19: 0.183 (1.00%).
QYLD dividend calculator
Income calculator: pick a fund and an amount (or a number of shares) to see a year of payouts at the latest rate, the last twelve months of payouts, and how much it would take to reach a monthly income goal. It runs in your browser with JavaScript on. The figures, through the 2026-11-13 close, with total return measured with every payout reinvested, from each fund's first close:
| Fund | Payouts a year | Trailing 12 month yield | Total return a year | Index | Index a year | Share price since launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQI | 12 | 14.9% | 16.2% | QQQ | 18.9% | 2.6% |
| JEPQ | 12 | 12.4% | 14.2% | QQQ | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| GPIQ | 12 | 10.9% | 22.9% | QQQ | 25.6% | 36.7% |
| QDTE | 52 | 45.9% | 17.0% | QQQ | 17.7% | -42.9% |
| QYLD | 12 | 12.1% | 8.9% | QQQ | 19.1% | -23.4% |
| SPYI | 12 | 12.0% | 14.2% | SPY | 18.0% | 6.8% |
| JEPI | 12 | 7.9% | 11.4% | SPY | 17.2% | 16.1% |
| GPIX | 12 | 8.4% | 21.5% | SPY | 23.5% | 40.0% |
| XYLD | 12 | 10.3% | 8.4% | SPY | 14.8% | -4.8% |
| DIVO | 12 | 6.4% | 12.5% | SPY | 14.7% | 89.7% |
| SCHD | 4 | 2.9% | 13.8% | SPY | 14.8% | 184.3% |
| IWMI | 12 | 14.8% | 14.7% | IWM | 15.8% | -2.3% |
| MSTY | 52 | 156.7% | 9.5% | MSTR | 17.9% | -89.6% |
| NVDY | 52 | 65.1% | 41.9% | NVDA | 64.3% | -55.5% |
| TSLY | 52 | 74.7% | 9.2% | TSLA | 21.0% | -89.4% |
| CONY | 52 | 138.2% | 1.2% | COIN | 15.8% | -93.2% |
| ULTY | 53 | 101.9% | -1.2% | QQQ | 18.2% | -89.4% |
| BTCI | 12 | 34.5% | -0.3% | IBIT | 1.1% | -44.1% |
What eleven years of QYLD payouts added up to
DRIP calculator: pick a fund, the month you bought, an amount and an optional monthly addition, and it shows what the money is worth with every payout reinvested, with payouts kept as cash, and in the index the fund is compared with, on real month-end prices and payouts. It runs in your browser with JavaScript on.
10,000 invested at the end of January 2016 (or the fund's first month), valued at the 2026-11-13 close:
| Fund | Bought | With DRIP | Payouts kept as cash | Index | Index with DRIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHD | 2016-01 | 41,119 | 35,055 | SPY | 46,305 |
| QQQI | 2024-01 | 15,395 | 14,584 | QQQ | 16,542 |
| JEPQ | 2022-05 | 18,923 | 16,759 | QQQ | 22,666 |
| JEPI | 2020-05 | 19,612 | 17,391 | SPY | 27,103 |
| SPYI | 2022-08 | 17,580 | 15,799 | SPY | 20,188 |
| GPIQ | 2023-10 | 18,430 | 17,430 | QQQ | 19,708 |
| GPIX | 2023-10 | 17,730 | 16,940 | SPY | 18,704 |
| QYLD | 2016-01 | 26,910 | 19,290 | QQQ | 70,439 |
| XYLD | 2016-01 | 25,637 | 20,273 | SPY | 46,305 |
| DIVO | 2016-12 | 32,345 | 26,495 | SPY | 39,286 |
| QDTE | 2024-03 | 15,281 | 13,407 | QQQ | 15,514 |
| MSTY | 2024-02 | 10,789 | 19,822 | MSTR | 10,913 |
| ULTY | 2024-02 | 9,669 | 9,873 | QQQ | 15,712 |
| NVDY | 2023-05 | 29,768 | 22,122 | NVDA | 43,180 |
| TSLY | 2022-11 | 13,245 | 10,149 | TSLA | 20,042 |
| CONY | 2023-08 | 10,315 | 17,769 | COIN | 16,036 |
| VYM | 2016-01 | 35,182 | 30,442 | SPY | 46,305 |
| O | 2016-01 | 18,069 | 16,503 | SPY | 46,305 |
10,000 bought at the end of January 2016 was worth about 26,900 at the November 13, 2026 close with every payout reinvested, about 19,300 with them taken as cash, and about 70,400 in QQQ with its dividends reinvested. Reinvesting multiplied the QYLD share count about 3.3 times, but most of the new shares replaced value the falling price took away. QYLD returned about 8.9% a year against QQQ's 19.1% over the same days, and lost less in the worst drawdown (about 24.8% against 35.1%). The XYLD dividend history is the S&P 500 version.
How we measured
Daily closing prices and distributions from Yahoo Finance through the November 13, 2026 close, split adjusted. The DRIP figures buy at a month-end close and value at the last close; reinvesting buys more shares on each ex-date, and cash kept earns nothing. Each fund is compared with what it tracks on exactly the same days. No taxes or trading costs are included, and past returns do not predict future ones. This is a measurement, not advice for anyone's account.
Measured from daily closes and distributions, every payout reinvested, each fund against its index on the same days. Past returns do not predict future ones. This is education, not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.