XYLD dividend history: every monthly payout since 2013
XYLD has paid every month since July 2013. Its payout moves between about 0.7% and 1% of the price, about 10% a year. The record by year, the last twelve payouts, a calculator, and what reinvesting did against SPY.
Short answers
How much does XYLD pay a month?
The latest XYLD payout, ex-date October 19, 2026, was 0.314 a share, about 0.76% of that day's price. Over the last twelve payouts it ranged from 0.296 to 0.409 a share (0.71% to 1.00% of the price).
What is XYLD's dividend yield?
About 10.3%: XYLD paid 4.24 a share over the twelve months to November 13, 2026 against a close of 41.20. By calendar year its payouts summed to between 8.7% and 12.1% of the price since 2020, and less before, when it paid between 3.4% and 6.4%.
Is XYLD better than SPY for income?
It pays far more cash, but it has returned less in total. From January 2016 to November 13, 2026 XYLD returned about 8.4% a year with payouts reinvested against SPY's 14.8%, and 10,000 grew to about 25,600 against about 46,300. Its share price was about flat (down 4.8%) while SPY's rose 275%.
XYLD payouts by year
Per share, with each year's payouts summed as a share of the price on each ex-date: 2014: 1.894 (4.1%). 2015: 2.036 (4.7%). 2016: 1.473 (3.4%). 2017: 2.602 (5.3%). 2018: 3.154 (6.4%). 2019: 2.918 (6.0%). 2020: 3.681 (8.3%). 2021: 4.585 (9.4%). 2022: 5.290 (12.1%). 2023: 4.145 (10.4%). 2024: 4.838 (11.8%). 2025: 4.271 (10.8%). 2026 through October: 3.515 (8.7%, ten payouts).
Before 2018 XYLD's monthly payouts were uneven, from 0.02 to 1.44 a share. Since then they have been steadier, and 77 of its 159 payouts 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: 0.400 (1.00%). December 22: 0.325 (0.80%). January 20, 2026: 0.360 (0.90%). February 23: 0.341 (0.84%). March 23: 0.391 (1.00%). April 20: 0.352 (0.88%). May 18: 0.401 (1.00%). June 22: 0.340 (0.84%). July 20: 0.409 (1.00%). August 24: 0.311 (0.75%). September 21: 0.296 (0.71%). October 19: 0.314 (0.76%).
XYLD 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 reinvesting XYLD did
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 25,600 at the November 13, 2026 close with every payout reinvested, about 20,300 with them taken as cash, and about 46,300 in SPY with its dividends reinvested. The XYLD review has the comparison by year and the 2022 drawdown.
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.