How often does SDY pay dividends?

SDY pays quarterly. It made 4 payments in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 and 84 payments since Dec 16, 2005.

How much did SDY pay in dividends over the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026?

$3.7765 a share, in 4 payments, a 2.7% yield on its price of $139.57 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months.

When was SDY's last dividend?

The last payment was $0.916796 a share, with an ex-date of Sep 21, 2026.

Dividend history · SDY

SDY Dividend History

SDY paid $3.7765 a share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026, in 4 payments. It pays quarterly. The last payment was $0.916796, ex Sep 21, 2026.

$3.7765

Paid per share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026

2.7%

Yield on its price of $139.57 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months

$0.916796

Last payment, ex-date Sep 21, 2026

quarterly

How often it pays, by the gaps between its last six payments

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Payments per shareThe latest 24

$0.986807

$0.80869

$0.763366

$0.84945

$0.969786

$0.77356

$0.760986

$0.770637

$0.889977

$0.713193

$0.813907

$0.792802

$0.978221

$0.70786

$0.858948

$0.78522

$1.03033

$0.818418

$0.927396

$0.870926

$1.017411

$0.874274

$0.968011

$0.916796

Dec 18, 2020Sep 21, 2026

24 distributions for SDY, $0.7079 to $1.0303 a share and $0.8542 in the middle, Dec 18, 2020 to Sep 21, 2026.

Paid

2026: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Sep 21, 2026	$0.916796
Jun 22, 2026	$0.968011
Mar 23, 2026	$0.874274

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2026. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2025: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 22, 2025	$1.017411
Sep 22, 2025	$0.870926
Jun 23, 2025	$0.927396
Mar 24, 2025	$0.818418

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2025. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2024: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 20, 2024	$1.03033
Sep 20, 2024	$0.78522
Jun 21, 2024	$0.858948
Mar 15, 2024	$0.70786

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2024. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2023: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 15, 2023	$0.978221
Sep 15, 2023	$0.792802
Jun 16, 2023	$0.813907
Mar 17, 2023	$0.713193

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2023. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2022: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 16, 2022	$0.889977
Sep 16, 2022	$0.770637
Jun 17, 2022	$0.760986
Mar 18, 2022	$0.77356

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2022. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2021: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 17, 2021	$0.969786
Sep 17, 2021	$0.84945
Jun 18, 2021	$0.763366
Mar 19, 2021	$0.80869

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2021. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2020: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 18, 2020	$0.986807
Sep 18, 2020	$0.685811
Jun 19, 2020	$0.68033
Mar 20, 2020	$0.668684

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2020. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2019: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 20, 2019	$0.792
Sep 20, 2019	$0.690298
Jun 21, 2019	$0.6269
Mar 15, 2019	$0.5309

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2019. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2018: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 21, 2018	$0.668
Sep 21, 2018	$0.5951
Jun 15, 2018	$0.6306
Mar 16, 2018	$0.547919

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2018. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2017: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 15, 2017	$2.958058
Sep 15, 2017	$0.520258
Jun 16, 2017	$0.51266
Mar 17, 2017	$0.437348

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2017. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2016: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 16, 2016	$1.369321
Sep 16, 2016	$0.492472
Jun 17, 2016	$0.505693
Mar 18, 2016	$0.459371

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2016. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2015: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 18, 2015	$3.170931
Sep 18, 2015	$0.492142
Jun 19, 2015	$0.503442
Mar 20, 2015	$0.396349

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2015. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2014: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 19, 2014	$2.457323
Sep 19, 2014	$0.449955
Jun 20, 2014	$0.440883
Mar 21, 2014	$0.38845

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2014. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2013: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 20, 2013	$1.695003
Sep 20, 2013	$0.402473
Jun 21, 2013	$0.416897
Mar 15, 2013	$0.355265

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2013. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2012: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 21, 2012	$0.583145
Sep 21, 2012	$0.47451
Jun 15, 2012	$0.449063
Mar 16, 2012	$0.402461

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2012. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2011: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 16, 2011	$0.50766
Sep 16, 2011	$0.433284
Jun 17, 2011	$0.419439
Mar 18, 2011	$0.378047

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2011. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2010: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 17, 2010	$0.499252
Sep 17, 2010	$0.442826
Jun 18, 2010	$0.420966
Mar 19, 2010	$0.378985

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2010. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2009: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 18, 2009	$0.443389
Sep 18, 2009	$0.423192
Jun 19, 2009	$0.42508
Mar 20, 2009	$0.441004

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2009. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2008: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 19, 2008	$0.591713
Sep 19, 2008	$0.538996
Jun 20, 2008	$0.582744
Mar 20, 2008	$0.492244

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2008. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2007: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 21, 2007	$1.374946
Sep 21, 2007	$0.542769
Jun 15, 2007	$0.481654
Mar 16, 2007	$0.367734

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2007. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2006: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 15, 2006	$0.588945
Sep 15, 2006	$0.428911
Jun 16, 2006	$0.397714
Mar 17, 2006	$0.354345

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2006. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

2005: SDY payments
Ex-date	Amount per share
Dec 16, 2005	$0.309038

SDY payments with an ex-date in 2005. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

What the columns mean

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’s end-of-day distributions, with the issuer’s own table where the feed misses a payment.

A payment history is not a forecast or a recommendation. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources

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Questions people ask

How often does SDY pay dividends?: SDY pays quarterly. It made 4 payments in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 and 84 payments since Dec 16, 2005.
How much did SDY pay in dividends over the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026?: $3.7765 a share, in 4 payments, a 2.7% yield on its price of $139.57 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months.
When was SDY's last dividend?: The last payment was $0.916796 a share, with an ex-date of Sep 21, 2026.

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