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RYLD Dividend History

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF · every payment since 2019

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF (RYLD) has paid 88 distributions since 2019. The most recent was $0.1480 per share (ex-date Sep 21, 2026). Over the last 12 months RYLD paid $1.8730 across 12 payments, a trailing yield of 12.06%. The average of the last 3 regular payments is -0.4% versus the 3 before.

Latest distribution

$0.1480

Last ex-date

Sep 21, 2026

Paid, last 12 months

$1.87

Trailing yield

12.06%

Frequency

Monthly

Payments on record

88

Distributions versus price, last 12 months

Paid out

12.51%

of price a year ago

Price change

+3.7%

$14.97$15.53

Approx. total return

+16.3%

before taxes

A high distribution rate paired with a falling price means part of the payout came back out of the share price. Total return adds distributions received to the price change; it ignores reinvestment and taxes.

RYLD distributions per year

Total paid per share by calendar year

Recent distribution amounts

Last 36 regular payments, per share

RYLD dividend history by year

YearPaymentsTotal per shareChange
2026year to date9$1.4130
202512$1.8380-6.5%
202412$1.9660+1.2%
202311timing$1.9420-23.5%
202212$2.5390-15.8%
202112$3.0150+24.0%
202012$2.4320+48.0%
20198timing$1.6430

Every RYLD distribution

42 higher · 34 lower · 0 specials
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountChangeType
Sep 21, 2026$0.1480-10.3%Lower
Aug 24, 2026$0.1650+2.5%Higher
Jul 20, 2026$0.1610-0.6%Lower
Jun 22, 2026$0.1620+3.2%Higher
May 18, 2026$0.1570+0.0%Unchanged
Apr 20, 2026$0.1570+6.1%Higher
Mar 23, 2026$0.1480-6.3%Lower
Feb 23, 2026$0.1580+0.6%Higher
Jan 20, 2026$0.1570+1.3%Higher
Dec 22, 2025$0.1550+2.0%Higher
Nov 24, 2025$0.1520-0.7%Lower
Oct 20, 2025$0.1530+0.7%Higher
Sep 22, 2025$0.1520+0.7%Higher
Aug 18, 2025$0.1510+0.7%Higher
Jul 21, 2025$0.1500+0.7%Higher
Jun 23, 2025$0.1490+0.7%Higher
May 19, 2025$0.1480+3.5%Higher
Apr 21, 2025$0.1430-7.1%Lower
Mar 24, 2025$0.1540-5.5%Lower
Feb 24, 2025$0.1630-3.0%Lower
Jan 21, 2025$0.1680+1.2%Higher
Dec 30, 2024$0.1660+0.0%Unchanged
Nov 18, 2024$0.1660+0.0%Unchanged
Oct 21, 2024$0.1660+2.5%Higher
Sep 23, 2024$0.1620+0.6%Higher
Aug 19, 2024$0.1610+0.0%Unchanged
Jul 22, 2024$0.1610+0.0%Unchanged
Jun 24, 2024$0.1610-2.4%Lower
May 20, 2024$0.1650+1.2%Higher
Apr 22, 2024$0.1630-2.4%Lower
Mar 18, 2024$0.1670+2.5%Higher
Feb 20, 2024$0.1630-1.2%Lower
Jan 22, 2024$0.1650-1.2%Lower
Dec 28, 2023$0.1670-0.6%Lower
Nov 20, 2023$0.1680+3.7%Higher
Oct 23, 2023$0.1620-6.4%Lower
Sep 18, 2023$0.1730-0.6%Lower
Aug 21, 2023$0.1740-3.3%Lower
Jul 24, 2023$0.1800-1.6%Lower
Jun 20, 2023$0.1830+13.7%Higher
May 22, 2023$0.1610-11.5%Lower
Apr 24, 2023$0.1820-7.1%Lower
Feb 21, 2023$0.1960+0.0%Unchanged
Jan 23, 2023$0.1960+4.8%Higher
Dec 29, 2022$0.1870-6.0%Lower
Nov 21, 2022$0.1990+2.1%Higher
Oct 24, 2022$0.1950-0.5%Lower
Sep 19, 2022$0.1960-5.3%Lower
Aug 22, 2022$0.2070-2.4%Lower
Jul 18, 2022$0.2120+5.0%Higher
Jun 21, 2022$0.2020-4.3%Lower
May 23, 2022$0.2110-10.2%Lower
Apr 18, 2022$0.2350-2.1%Lower
Mar 21, 2022$0.2400+3.4%Higher
Feb 22, 2022$0.2320+4.0%Higher
Jan 24, 2022$0.2230-27.4%Lower
Dec 30, 2021$0.3070+20.4%Higher
Nov 22, 2021$0.2550+3.2%Higher
Oct 18, 2021$0.2470-2.0%Lower
Sep 20, 2021$0.2520+0.4%Unchanged
Aug 23, 2021$0.2510+2.0%Higher
Jul 19, 2021$0.2460-0.8%Lower
Jun 21, 2021$0.2480+0.0%Unchanged
May 24, 2021$0.2480-0.4%Unchanged
Apr 19, 2021$0.2490+1.6%Higher
Mar 22, 2021$0.2450+2.1%Higher
Feb 22, 2021$0.2400+5.7%Higher
Jan 19, 2021$0.2270-0.4%Unchanged
Dec 30, 2020$0.2280+2.7%Higher
Nov 23, 2020$0.2220+3.7%Higher
Oct 19, 2020$0.2140+2.4%Higher
Sep 21, 2020$0.2090+0.5%Unchanged
Aug 24, 2020$0.2080+3.0%Higher
Jul 20, 2020$0.2020+5.2%Higher
Jun 22, 2020$0.1920+2.7%Higher
May 18, 2020$0.1870+6.3%Higher
Apr 20, 2020$0.1760+10.7%Higher
Mar 23, 2020$0.1590-33.5%Lower
Feb 24, 2020$0.2390+21.9%Higher
Jan 21, 2020$0.1960+18.1%Higher
Dec 30, 2019$0.1660-33.9%Lower
Nov 20, 2019$0.2510+49.4%Higher
Oct 23, 2019$0.1680-20.8%Lower
Sep 25, 2019$0.2120-15.5%Lower
Aug 21, 2019$0.2510+83.2%Higher
Jul 24, 2019$0.1370-38.6%Lower
Jun 26, 2019$0.2230-5.1%Lower
May 22, 2019$0.2350First

Amounts are per share and adjusted for stock splits, so early payments appear smaller than the cash paid at the time; a year with an extra or missing ex-date shows as a jump in the annual table. Change compares each regular payment with the previous regular one; payments of at least 2.5 times the recent median are treated as specials. Data refreshes daily; informational only, not investment advice. Back to RYLD