BITO Dividend Yield

ProShares Bitcoin ETF · Digital Assets · ProShares · ETF · monthly payer

$10.08

As of Nov 8, 2026, BITO (ProShares Bitcoin ETF) yields 16.18%, paying $1.63 a share a year in monthly distributions at its $10.08 price. It costs 0.95% a year and manages $1.5B. Over the last 5 years it returned -1.1% a year with distributions reinvested, against 12.0% for the S&P 500.

Dividend yield

16.18%

Paid a Year

$1.63

Expense Ratio

0.95%

Assets

$1.5B

5-Yr Return

-1.1%/yr

Frequency

Monthly

Key facts about BITO

Data as of Nov 8, 2026 · Source: SmarterDividends data

As of Nov 8, 2026, BITO yields 16.18% and pays about $1.63 a share a year, monthly.
BITO paid $1.6310 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 8, 2026, in 11 payments.
BITO's expense ratio is 0.95% a year, or $95.00 on $10,000.
BITO is an ETF from ProShares with $1.5B in assets, started Oct 18, 2021.
In the 5 years to Oct 2026, BITO returned -1.1% a year with distributions reinvested (-24.0% a year from price alone), against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
Since Oct 2021, BITO's share price has fallen 75%, and even with every distribution reinvested it lost 5%.

Cite this page

SmarterDividends, "BITO Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 8, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/BITO

What $10,000 in BITO became

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From Oct 2021 to Oct 2026, month-end values

Payouts reinvested

$9,462

Payouts taken as cash

$9,253

$6,720 of it cash

S&P 500 (SPY)

$17,593

Since Oct 2021, BITO's share price has fallen 75%, and even with every distribution reinvested it lost 5%. Its payouts didn't make up for the falling price, the clearest form of NAV erosion.

BITO total return

A year, through Oct 2026. Total return counts every payout, reinvested; price return doesn't.

Period	Total return	Price return	S&P 500
1 year	−32.7%	−43.4%	+12.0%
3 years	+22.5%	−16.5%	+23.3%
5 years	−1.1%	−24.0%	+12.0%

BITO distributions

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Paid per share, by year

Ex-date	Paid	Per share	vs a year earlier
Oct 1, 2026	Oct 7, 2026	$0.0170	−97.8%
Sep 1, 2026	Sep 8, 2026	$0.0110	−98.7%
Aug 3, 2026	Aug 7, 2026	$0.0140	−98.8%
Jul 1, 2026	Jul 8, 2026	$0.01	−98.7%
Jun 1, 2026	Jun 5, 2026	$0.0140	−98.6%
May 1, 2026	May 7, 2026	$0.0160	−97.1%
Apr 1, 2026	Apr 8, 2026	$0.0060	−98.3%
Mar 2, 2026	Mar 6, 2026	$0.0140	−98.1%
Feb 2, 2026	Feb 6, 2026	$0.01	−98.9%
Dec 24, 2025	Dec 31, 2025	$0.7430	−33.2%
Dec 1, 2025	Dec 5, 2025	$0.7760	−22.1%
Nov 3, 2025	Nov 7, 2025	$0.8380	−15.7%

What BITO holds

Top ten holdings and sector weights as the fund reports them.

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BITO questions

What is BITO's dividend yield?

As of Nov 8, 2026, BITO yields 16.18%. Over the last 12 months it paid $1.6310 a share in 11 payments, against a $10.08 share price.

How often does BITO pay dividends?

BITO pays monthly, 12 times a year.

How much does 100 shares of BITO pay?

At about $1.6310 a share a year, 100 shares of BITO pay about $163.10 a year, $13.59 each month, before tax.

What is BITO's expense ratio?

BITO's expense ratio is 0.95% a year: $95.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.

What is BITO's total return?

In the 5 years to Oct 2026, BITO returned -1.1% a year with distributions reinvested, of which -24.0% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.

Does BITO have NAV erosion?

Since Oct 2021, BITO's share price has fallen 75%, and even with every distribution reinvested it lost 5%. Its payouts didn't make up for the falling price, the clearest form of NAV erosion.

Fund facts

Type: ETF
Issuer: ProShares
Category: Digital Assets
Started: Oct 18, 2021
Expense ratio: 0.95%
Assets: $1.5B
Dividend yield: 16.18%
Paid in the last year: $1.6310 (11 payments)
Last payment: $0.0170 · ex Oct 1, 2026

Income Calculator

At $1.63 / yr per share

Shares owned

Per payment (monthly)$13.59

Annual$163.10

Monthly avg$13.59

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BITO total return calculatorAny start year, with or without reinvesting BITO dividend calculator100 shares pay $163.10 a year, $13.59 each month

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Fund facts from the fund's own reports via Yahoo Finance; payments and returns from SmarterDividends records. For information only, not investment advice.