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The last payment was $0.338407, ex Sep 18, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qdef/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":3864,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / QDEF / Dividends \n \n As of Oct 14, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n QDEF Dividend History\n QDEF paid $1.4226 a share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026, in 4 payments. It pays quarterly. The last payment was $0.338407, ex Sep 18, 2026.\n $1.4226 Paid per share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 \n 1.8% Yield on its price of $79.26 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months \n $0.338407 Last payment, ex-date Sep 18, 2026 \n quarterly How often it pays, by the gaps between its last six payments \n\n [Distributions per share for QDEF. Distributions per share for QDEF] 24 distributions for QDEF, $0.1832 to $0.5411 a share and $0.3272 in the middle, Dec 18, 2020 to Sep 18, 2026.\n Every payment\n QDEF cash distributions per share by ex-date, newest first, 56 payments from Dec 27, 2012 to Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions. Ex-date Amount per share \n Sep 18, 2026 $0.338407 \n Jun 18, 2026 $0.342 \n Mar 20, 2026 $0.2011 \n Dec 19, 2025 $0.541077 \n Sep 19, 2025 $0.3179 \n Jun 20, 2025 $0.3372 \n Mar 21, 2025 $0.2117 \n Dec 20, 2024 $0.446177 \n Sep 20, 2024 $0.330947 \n Jun 21, 2024 $0.342108 \n Mar 15, 2024 $0.183208 \n Dec 15, 2023 $0.460124 \n Sep 15, 2023 $0.2701 \n Jun 16, 2023 $0.3818 \n Mar 17, 2023 $0.1945 \n Dec 16, 2022 $0.3942 \n Sep 16, 2022 $0.319 \n Jun 17, 2022 $0.323406 \n Mar 18, 2022 $0.209239 \n Dec 17, 2021 $0.35653 \n Sep 17, 2021 $0.2604 \n Jun 18, 2021 $0.272202 \n Mar 19, 2021 $0.201083 \n Dec 18, 2020 $0.350143 \n Sep 18, 2020 $0.268387 \n Jun 19, 2020 $0.320068 \n Mar 20, 2020 $0.259861 \n Dec 20, 2019 $0.718 \n Sep 20, 2019 $0.2483 \n Jun 21, 2019 $0.3397 \n Mar 15, 2019 $0.2109 \n Dec 21, 2018 $1.9878 \n Sep 24, 2018 $0.350436 \n Jun 18, 2018 $0.288 \n Mar 19, 2018 $0.1798 \n Dec 21, 2017 $0.417218 \n Sep 18, 2017 $0.315972 \n Jun 19, 2017 $0.264612 \n Mar 20, 2017 $0.192666 \n Dec 22, 2016 $0.365056 \n Sep 19, 2016 $0.262623 \n Jun 20, 2016 $0.237519 \n Mar 21, 2016 $0.259493 \n Dec 29, 2015 $0.327563 \n Sep 18, 2015 $0.236819 \n Jun 19, 2015 $0.259612 \n Mar 20, 2015 $0.215928 \n Dec 29, 2014 $0.219224 \n Sep 19, 2014 $0.205445 \n Jun 20, 2014 $0.259382 \n Mar 21, 2014 $0.218998 \n Dec 27, 2013 $0.325718 \n Sep 3, 2013 $0.184567 \n Jun 3, 2013 $0.139167 \n Mar 1, 2013 $0.033842 \n Dec 27, 2012 $0.12142 \n \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. Questions people ask\n How often does QDEF pay dividends? QDEF pays quarterly. It made 4 payments in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 and 56 payments since Dec 27, 2012. How much did QDEF pay in dividends over the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026? $1.4226 a share, in 4 payments, a 1.8% yield on its price of $79.26 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months. When was QDEF's last dividend? The last payment was $0.338407 a share, with an ex-date of Sep 18, 2026. Where to next\n QDEF fund page Dividend history of every ETF Income ETF payout calendar Top dividend ETFs Compare QDEF 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, QDEF dividend history, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/qdef/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, QDEF dividend history, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/qdef/dividends/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 14, 2026). QDEF dividend history. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/qdef/dividends/ Markdown [QDEF dividend history (ETFIQ, Oct 14, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/funds/qdef/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, QDEF dividend history, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/qdef/dividends/"}