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The last payment was $0.0855, ex Oct 1, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pref/dividends/","dateModified":"2026-10-14","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":6365,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / PREF / Dividends \n \n As of Oct 14, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n PREF Dividend History\n PREF paid $1.0115 a share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026, in 12 payments. It pays monthly. The last payment was $0.0855, ex Oct 1, 2026.\n $1.0115 Paid per share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 \n 5.3% Yield on its price of $19.02 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months \n $0.0855 Last payment, ex-date Oct 1, 2026 \n monthly How often it pays, by the gaps between its last six payments \n\n [Distributions per share for PREF. Distributions per share for PREF] 24 distributions for PREF, $0.0713 to $0.0878 a share and $0.0806 in the middle, Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026.\n Every payment\n PREF cash distributions per share by ex-date, newest first, 112 payments from Aug 1, 2017 to Oct 1, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions. Ex-date Amount per share On today\u2019s share \n Oct 1, 2026 $0.0855 $0.0855 \n Sep 1, 2026 $0.0864 $0.0864 \n Aug 3, 2026 $0.0878 $0.0878 \n Jul 1, 2026 $0.0843 $0.0843 \n Jun 1, 2026 $0.0843 $0.0843 \n May 1, 2026 $0.0843 $0.0843 \n Apr 1, 2026 $0.084 $0.084 \n Mar 2, 2026 $0.0833 $0.0833 \n Feb 2, 2026 $0.081 $0.081 \n Dec 29, 2025 $0.084 $0.084 \n Dec 1, 2025 $0.082697 $0.082697 \n Nov 3, 2025 $0.083881 $0.083881 \n Oct 1, 2025 $0.080249 $0.080249 \n Sep 2, 2025 $0.076516 $0.076516 \n Aug 1, 2025 $0.077555 $0.077555 \n Jul 1, 2025 $0.075964 $0.075964 \n Jun 2, 2025 $0.073813 $0.073813 \n May 1, 2025 $0.072801 $0.072801 \n Apr 1, 2025 $0.071287 $0.071287 \n Mar 3, 2025 $0.077406 $0.077406 \n Feb 3, 2025 $0.073333 $0.073333 \n Dec 27, 2024 $0.07209 $0.07209 \n Dec 2, 2024 $0.072769 $0.072769 \n Nov 1, 2024 $0.073777 $0.073777 \n Oct 1, 2024 $0.072959 $0.072959 \n Sep 3, 2024 $0.071415 $0.071415 \n Aug 1, 2024 $0.071702 $0.071702 \n Jul 1, 2024 $0.072891 $0.072891 \n Jun 3, 2024 $0.072926 $0.072926 \n May 1, 2024 $0.070875 $0.070875 \n Apr 1, 2024 $0.070369 $0.070369 \n Mar 1, 2024 $0.073911 $0.073911 \n Feb 1, 2024 $0.070375 $0.070375 \n Dec 27, 2023 $0.066713 $0.066713 \n Dec 1, 2023 $0.069443 $0.069443 \n Nov 1, 2023 $0.067806 $0.067806 \n Oct 2, 2023 $0.071885 $0.071885 \n Sep 1, 2023 $0.072535 $0.072535 \n Aug 1, 2023 $0.069503 $0.069503 \n Jul 3, 2023 $0.0624 $0.0624 \n Jun 1, 2023 $0.065771 $0.065771 \n May 1, 2023 $0.0666 $0.0666 \n Apr 3, 2023 $0.0626 $0.0626 \n Mar 1, 2023 $0.073292 $0.073292 \n Feb 1, 2023 $0.069802 $0.069802 \n Dec 28, 2022 $0.067864 $0.067864 \n Dec 1, 2022 $0.066285 $0.066285 \n Nov 1, 2022 $0.059877 $0.059877 \n Oct 3, 2022 $0.067759 $0.067759 \n Sep 1, 2022 $0.065595 $0.065595 \n Aug 1, 2022 $0.067038 $0.067038 \n Jul 1, 2022 $0.06406 $0.06406 \n Jun 1, 2022 $0.06694 $0.06694 \n May 2, 2022 $0.069472 $0.069472 \n Apr 1, 2022 $0.066549 $0.066549 \n Mar 1, 2022 $0.068179 $0.068179 \n Feb 1, 2022 $0.063343 $0.063343 \n Dec 29, 2021 $0.063484 $0.063484 \n Dec 1, 2021 $0.0665 $0.0665 \n Nov 1, 2021 $0.0634 $0.0634 \n Oct 1, 2021 $0.066175 $0.066175 \n Sep 1, 2021 $0.067045 $0.067045 \n Aug 2, 2021 $0.0721 $0.0721 \n Jul 1, 2021 $0.079 $0.079 \n Jun 1, 2021 $0.073 $0.073 \n May 3, 2021 $0.0712 $0.0712 \n Apr 1, 2021 $0.066033 $0.066033 \n Mar 1, 2021 $0.0703 $0.0703 \n Feb 1, 2021 $0.066326 $0.066326 \n Dec 29, 2020 $0.045897 $0.045897 \n Dec 1, 2020 $0.0719 $0.0719 \n Nov 2, 2020 $0.07376 $0.07376 \n Oct 1, 2020 $0.077899 $0.077899 \n Sep 1, 2020 $0.0792 $0.0792 \n Aug 3, 2020 $0.078304 $0.078304 \n Jul 1, 2020 $0.455586 $0.0911 \n Jun 1, 2020 $0.372966 $0.0746 \n May 1, 2020 $0.414308 $0.0829 \n Apr 1, 2020 $0.37056 $0.0741 \n Mar 2, 2020 $0.390174 $0.0780 \n Feb 3, 2020 $0.363091 $0.0726 \n Dec 27, 2019 $0.425 $0.0850 \n Dec 2, 2019 $0.394737 $0.0789 \n Nov 1, 2019 $0.341263 $0.0683 \n Oct 1, 2019 $0.349882 $0.0700 \n Sep 3, 2019 $0.416533 $0.0833 \n Aug 1, 2019 $0.377 $0.0754 \n Jul 1, 2019 $0.419143 $0.0838 \n Jun 3, 2019 $0.358 $0.0716 \n May 1, 2019 $0.40 $0.0800 \n Apr 1, 2019 $0.406666 $0.0813 \n Mar 1, 2019 $0.413454 $0.0827 \n Feb 1, 2019 $0.403454 $0.0807 \n Dec 27, 2018 $0.45308 $0.0906 \n Dec 3, 2018 $0.430182 $0.0860 \n Nov 1, 2018 $0.439091 $0.0878 \n Oct 1, 2018 $0.438 $0.0876 \n Sep 4, 2018 $0.437818 $0.0876 \n Aug 1, 2018 $0.365818 $0.0732 \n Jul 2, 2018 $0.365818 $0.0732 \n Jun 1, 2018 $0.387 $0.0774 \n May 1, 2018 $0.402 $0.0804 \n Apr 2, 2018 $0.422666 $0.0845 \n Mar 1, 2018 $0.438999 $0.0878 \n Feb 1, 2018 $0.36225 $0.0725 \n Dec 27, 2017 $0.413999 $0.0828 \n Dec 15, 2017 $0.02326 $0.0047 \n Dec 1, 2017 $0.425332 $0.0851 \n Nov 1, 2017 $0.436332 $0.0873 \n Oct 2, 2017 $0.464666 $0.0929 \n Sep 1, 2017 $0.454666 $0.0909 \n Aug 1, 2017 $0.137 $0.0274 \n \n PREF has split since some of these payments (Jul 23, 2020). Amounts are shown as paid; the 12-month figures use today\u2019s share.\n What the columns mean\n Ex-date The first day the fund trades without the payment. Buy on or after it and that payment is not yours. Amount per share Cash per share as paid on the ex-date, from Tiingo\u2019s end-of-day distributions, with the issuer\u2019s own table where the feed misses a payment. On today\u2019s share The same payment after the splits since, so payments from before and after a split can be added up. Questions people ask\n How often does PREF pay dividends? PREF pays monthly. It made 12 payments in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 and 112 payments since Aug 1, 2017. How much did PREF pay in dividends over the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026? $1.0115 a share, in 12 payments, a 5.3% yield on its price of $19.02 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months. When was PREF's last dividend? The last payment was $0.0855 a share, with an ex-date of Oct 1, 2026. Where to next\n PREF fund page Dividend history of every ETF Income ETF payout calendar Top dividend ETFs Compare PREF with another fund How these figures are computed A payment history is not a forecast or a recommendation. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, PREF dividend history, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/pref/dividends/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, PREF dividend history, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/pref/dividends/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 14, 2026). PREF dividend history. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/pref/dividends/ Markdown [PREF dividend history (ETFIQ, Oct 14, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/funds/pref/dividends/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, PREF dividend history, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/pref/dividends/"}