{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield","section":"learn","title":"How do you find ETFs by yield? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median income ETF has a 12-month yield of 16.5%, against 1.6% for stock ETFs, and 392 stock ETFs yield 3% or more.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield#article","headline":"How do you find ETFs by yield?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median income ETF has a 12-month yield of 16.5%, against 1.6% for stock ETFs, and 392 stock ETFs yield 3% or more.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"How do you find ETFs by yield?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is a higher yield the same as a higher return?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Not on its own. Compare total return over the same dates."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is return of capital?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The part of a payment that is not income or realized gains."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I filter by yield?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"In the screener."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How do you find ETFs by yield?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"How do you find ETFs by yield?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median income ETF has a 12-month yield of 16.5%, against 1.6% for stock ETFs, and 392 stock ETFs yield 3% or more.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1932,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / How do you find ETFs by yield? \n \n How do you find ETFs by yield?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, the median income ETF has a 12-month yield of 16.5%, against 1.6% for stock ETFs, and 392 stock ETFs yield 3% or more.\n \n In plain words\n Filter by yield in the screener, then check what lies behind it. A 12-month yield is cash paid divided by price; it says nothing about whether the fund kept its value. \n Median yields run from 1.6% for stock funds to 4.4% for bonds and 16.5% for income funds, and 392 stock funds yield 3% or more. For income funds, compare cash with price change: 189 of 264 with a full year ended with a lower price. Then check how the cash is made and what share was labelled return of capital, shown on the fund page, dated.\n Questions\n Is a higher yield the same as a higher return? Not on its own. Compare total return over the same dates.\n What is return of capital? The part of a payment that is not income or realized gains.\n Where do I filter by yield? In the screener.\n Where to next\n Screener: filter every ETF Income ETFs Compare two ETFs What is the 12-month yield of an ETF? How high can an income ETF yield go? What is a dividend ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, How do you find ETFs by yield?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, How do you find ETFs by yield?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). How do you find ETFs by yield?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield Markdown [How do you find ETFs by yield? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield)","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":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, How do you find ETFs by yield?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-do-you-find-etfs-by-yield"}