Dividends
QQQ Dividend Yield, History and Distribution Dates
ETF Dividend History · Distribution Yield · Ex-Dividend Date · Payment Schedule
QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
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- Value35
- Quality82
- Risk resilience72
- Sentiment74
QQQ answer
Yes, QQQ pays dividends, on a quarterly schedule, from the Nasdaq-100 companies it holds; its trailing 12-month yield is 0.43%. The latest dividend was $0.7514 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 21, 2026. The next ex-dividend date is Dec 21, 2026 (projected from the recent payment cadence, not yet announced).
- Trailing yield
- 0.43%
- Latest distribution
- $0.7514
- Frequency
- quarterly
- Latest ex-date
- Sep 21, 2026
- Next ex-date
- Dec 21, 2026 (projected from the recent payment cadence, not yet announced)
- TTM distributions
- $3.09
QQQ Distribution Snapshot
Yield, recent distribution history, cadence, and AIQ context stay together without treating ETF payouts like corporate earnings coverage.
Next QQQ Distribution Date
When QQQ next goes ex-distribution, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Projected next QQQ distribution
Next ex-date status: projected. Next distribution amount status: projected. Projected values are inferred from recent cadence and are never presented as issuer announcements.
Dividend growth is temporarily withheld because recent rows show an extreme change that needs data review. Raw vendor values stay visible in the history table; TTM, growth, yield, and calculator context use the guarded analysis value.
Latest QQQ Distribution Dates
Review the latest distribution, yield, available trailing-year income, and distribution cadence before treating income as durable.
AIQ Distribution bridge
Fund distributions should be read with holdings quality, liquidity, and asset-class exposure.
Distribution yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.
Lower drawdown and volatility can improve the dependability of an income allocation.
QQQ Dividend & Distribution History
Recent per-share distributions show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Distribution pattern
Recent distribution payments are summarized as cadence signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
QQQ Annual Distribution History
QQQ Distribution Growth
Latest row amount $0.7514, event yield 41.70%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed distribution history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year payout CAGR
- 9.99%
- Peer rank
- #56 of 138
- Peer percentile
- 60th
- 2020 annual payout
- $1.737
- 2025 annual payout
- $2.795
- Calendar-year declines
- 2
QQQ's split-adjusted annual distributions grew at 9.99% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #56 of 138 equity ETFs in AlgovestIQ's research.
Measured from 2019 instead, the same history compounds at 9.95% a year.
Split-adjusted annual distributions, 2020–2025. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
QQQ Distribution Yield
How QQQ's trailing distribution yield is calculated, and how it differs from 30-Day SEC Yield and total return.
Yield methodology
Trailing distribution yield equals distributions paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available market price. It is different from 30-Day SEC Yield, forward distribution yield, and total return.
Distribution variability
QQQ distributions reflect income from underlying holdings and may vary by quarter, market environment, fund composition, and fund policy.
Recent QQQ distribution payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | $0.7514 | $0.7514 | 41.70% | Quarterly | $3.09 | Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | $0.8135 | $0.8135 | 41.12% | Quarterly | $3.03 | Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 22, 2026 | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | $0.7328 | $0.7328 | 47.82% | Quarterly | $2.81 | Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | $0.7941 | $0.7941 | 45.14% | Quarterly | $2.79 | Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | $0.694 | $0.694 | 47.08% | Quarterly | $2.84 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
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| Jun 23, 2025 | $0.5911 | $0.5911 | 53.01% | Quarterly | $2.82 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 23, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Mar 24, 2025 | $0.7157 | $0.7157 | 60.91% | Quarterly | $2.99 | Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 24, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.8347 | $0.8347 | 58.57% | Quarterly | $2.85 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | $0.6769 | $0.6769 | 62.85% | Quarterly | $3.04 | Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 23, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | $0.7615 | $0.7615 | 61.07% | Quarterly | $2.89 | Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 24, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | $0.5735 | $0.5735 | 60.28% | Quarterly | $2.64 | Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 19, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | $0.2158 | $0.2158 | 61.62% | Special | $2.54 | Dec 26, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 15, 2024 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | $0.8083 | $0.8083 | 56.99% | Quarterly | $2.32 | Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 |
| Sep 18, 2023 | $0.5356 | $0.5356 | 58.47% | Quarterly | $2.17 | Sep 15, 2023 | Sep 19, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Jun 20, 2023 | $0.504 | $0.504 | 58.60% | Quarterly | $2.15 | Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 21, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Mar 20, 2023 | $0.4722 | $0.4722 | 71.04% | Quarterly | $2.17 | Mar 17, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 |
| Dec 19, 2022 | $0.655 | $0.6554 | 79.15% | Quarterly | $2.14 | Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 20, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 |
| Sep 19, 2022 | $0.519 | $0.5186 | 67.72% | Quarterly | $1.97 | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 20, 2022 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Jun 21, 2022 | $0.527 | $0.5274 | 66.40% | Quarterly | $1.87 | Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 22, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 |
| Mar 21, 2022 | $0.434 | $0.4337 | 49.58% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Mar 18, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Dec 20, 2021 | $0.491 | $0.4914 | 44.57% | Quarterly | $1.70 | Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Sep 20, 2021 | $0.414 | $0.4139 | 48.31% | Quarterly | $1.77 | Sep 17, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Jun 21, 2021 | $0.397 | $0.3968 | 50.56% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Jun 18, 2021 | Jun 22, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Mar 22, 2021 | $0.395 | $0.3947 | 55.51% | Quarterly | $1.77 | Mar 19, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | $0.5613 | $0.5613 | 56.21% | Quarterly | $1.74 | Dec 18, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Sep 21, 2020 | $0.3882 | $0.3882 | 61.04% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Sep 18, 2020 | Sep 22, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 |
| Jun 22, 2020 | $0.4243 | $0.4243 | 66.01% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Jun 19, 2020 | Jun 23, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Mar 23, 2020 | $0.3627 | $0.3627 | 95.04% | Quarterly | $1.62 | Mar 20, 2020 | Mar 24, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 |
| Dec 23, 2019 | $0.4577 | $0.4577 | 74.67% | Quarterly | $1.58 | Dec 20, 2019 | Dec 24, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Sep 23, 2019 | $0.3842 | $0.3842 | 81.08% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Sep 20, 2019 | Sep 24, 2019 | Oct 31, 2019 |
| Jun 24, 2019 | $0.4156 | $0.4156 | 79.20% | Quarterly | $1.49 | Jun 21, 2019 | Jun 25, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Mar 18, 2019 | $0.3242 | $0.3242 | 81.42% | Quarterly | $1.45 | Mar 15, 2019 | Mar 19, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 |
| Dec 24, 2018 | $0.4206 | $0.4206 | 97.93% | Quarterly | $1.41 | Dec 21, 2018 | Dec 26, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Sep 24, 2018 | $0.3298 | $0.3298 | 71.46% | Quarterly | $1.31 | Sep 21, 2018 | Sep 25, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Jun 18, 2018 | $0.3784 | $0.3784 | 73.86% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Jun 15, 2018 | Jun 19, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Mar 19, 2018 | $0.2766 | $0.2766 | 78.02% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Mar 16, 2018 | Mar 20, 2018 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Dec 18, 2017 | $0.3294 | $0.3294 | 82.03% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 19, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 |
| Sep 18, 2017 | $0.3194 | $0.3194 | 91.16% | Quarterly | $1.33 | Sep 15, 2017 | Sep 19, 2017 | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Jun 16, 2017 | $0.3784 | $0.3784 | 94.20% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Jun 15, 2017 | Jun 20, 2017 | Jul 31, 2017 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | $0.2742 | $0.2742 | 91.85% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Mar 16, 2017 | Mar 21, 2017 | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Dec 16, 2016 | $0.3549 | $0.3549 | 1.05% | Quarterly | $1.25 | Dec 15, 2016 | Dec 20, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Sep 16, 2016 | $0.2939 | $0.2939 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $1.24 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 20, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 |
| Jun 17, 2016 | $0.2867 | $0.2867 | 1.13% | Quarterly | $1.21 | Jun 16, 2016 | Jun 21, 2016 | Jul 29, 2016 |
| Mar 18, 2016 | $0.3178 | $0.3178 | 1.09% | Quarterly | $1.17 | Mar 17, 2016 | Mar 22, 2016 | Apr 29, 2016 |
| Dec 18, 2015 | $0.3423 | $0.3423 | 1.01% | Quarterly | $1.10 | Dec 17, 2015 | Dec 22, 2015 | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | $0.26 | $0.26 | 1.09% | Quarterly | $1.15 | Sep 17, 2015 | Sep 22, 2015 | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Jun 19, 2015 | $0.2542 | $0.2542 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $1.13 | Jun 18, 2015 | Jun 23, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 |
| Mar 20, 2015 | $0.2481 | $0.2481 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $1.12 | Mar 19, 2015 | Mar 24, 2015 | Apr 30, 2015 |
| Dec 19, 2014 | $0.3868 | $0.3868 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $1.45 | Dec 18, 2014 | Dec 23, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 |
| Sep 19, 2014 | $0.2378 | $0.2378 | 1.34% | Quarterly | $1.34 | Sep 18, 2014 | Sep 23, 2014 | Oct 31, 2014 |
| Jun 20, 2014 | $0.2491 | $0.2491 | 1.44% | Quarterly | $1.34 | Jun 19, 2014 | Jun 24, 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Mar 21, 2014 | $0.2061 | $0.2061 | 1.48% | Quarterly | $1.31 | Mar 20, 2014 | Mar 25, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 |
| Feb 27, 2014 | $0.3731 | $0.3731 | 1.22% | Special | $1.11 | Feb 26, 2014 | Mar 3, 2014 | Mar 7, 2014 |
| Dec 20, 2013 | $0.2724 | $0.2724 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $0.893 | Dec 19, 2013 | Dec 24, 2013 | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Sep 20, 2013 | $0.2377 | $0.2377 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $0.9873 | Sep 19, 2013 | Sep 24, 2013 | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Jun 21, 2013 | $0.2236 | $0.2236 | 1.35% | Quarterly | $0.9498 | Jun 20, 2013 | Jun 25, 2013 | Jul 31, 2013 |
| Mar 15, 2013 | $0.1593 | $0.1593 | 1.27% | Quarterly | $0.8693 | Mar 14, 2013 | Mar 19, 2013 | Apr 30, 2013 |
| Dec 21, 2012 | $0.3666 | $0.3666 | 1.26% | Quarterly | $0.8228 | Dec 20, 2012 | Dec 26, 2012 | Dec 31, 2012 |
| Sep 21, 2012 | $0.2002 | $0.2002 | 87.91% | Quarterly | $0.6167 | — | Sep 25, 2012 | Oct 31, 2012 |
| Jun 15, 2012 | $0.1431 | $0.1431 | 82.68% | Quarterly | $0.5208 | — | Jun 19, 2012 | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Mar 16, 2012 | $0.1128 | $0.1128 | 74.94% | Quarterly | $0.4985 | — | Mar 20, 2012 | Apr 30, 2012 |
| Dec 16, 2011 | $0.1605 | $0.1605 | 84.31% | Quarterly | $0.4625 | — | Dec 20, 2011 | Dec 30, 2011 |
| Sep 16, 2011 | $0.1043 | $0.1043 | 72.51% | Quarterly | $0.4103 | — | Sep 20, 2011 | Oct 31, 2011 |
| Jun 17, 2011 | $0.1208 | $0.1208 | 77.62% | Quarterly | $0.4175 | — | Jun 21, 2011 | Jul 29, 2011 |
| Mar 18, 2011 | $0.0769 | $0.0769 | 70.90% | Quarterly | $0.386 | — | Mar 22, 2011 | Apr 29, 2011 |
| Dec 17, 2010 | $0.1083 | $0.1083 | 66.15% | Quarterly | $0.3606 | — | Dec 21, 2010 | Dec 31, 2010 |
| Sep 17, 2010 | $0.1116 | $0.1116 | 67.77% | Quarterly | $0.3253 | — | Sep 21, 2010 | Oct 29, 2010 |
| Jun 18, 2010 | $0.0893 | $0.0893 | 54.15% | Quarterly | $0.2545 | — | Jun 22, 2010 | Jul 30, 2010 |
| Mar 19, 2010 | $0.0515 | $0.0515 | 44.04% | Quarterly | $0.2092 | — | Mar 23, 2010 | Apr 30, 2010 |
| Dec 18, 2009 | $0.0776 | $0.073 | 46.46% | Quarterly | $0.2066 | — | Dec 22, 2009 | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Sep 18, 2009 | $0.0408 | $0.0408 | 41.72% | Quarterly | $0.177 | — | Sep 22, 2009 | Oct 30, 2009 |
| Jun 19, 2009 | $0.0439 | $0.0439 | 45.45% | Quarterly | $0.1644 | — | Jun 23, 2009 | Jul 31, 2009 |
| Mar 20, 2009 | $0.0489 | $0.0489 | 53.06% | Quarterly | $0.1548 | — | Mar 24, 2009 | Apr 30, 2009 |
| Dec 19, 2008 | $0.0435 | $0.0435 | 46.37% | Quarterly | $0.1385 | — | Dec 23, 2008 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Sep 19, 2008 | $0.0281 | $0.0281 | 34.57% | Quarterly | $0.1483 | — | Sep 23, 2008 | Oct 31, 2008 |
| Jun 20, 2008 | $0.0344 | $0.0344 | 30.84% | Quarterly | $0.1462 | — | Jun 24, 2008 | Jul 31, 2008 |
| Mar 20, 2008 | $0.0325 | $0.0325 | 34.52% | Quarterly | $0.1488 | — | Mar 25, 2008 | Apr 30, 2008 |
| Dec 21, 2007 | $0.0533 | $0.0533 | 27.63% | Quarterly | $0.1432 | — | Dec 26, 2007 | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Sep 21, 2007 | $0.026 | $0.026 | 28.58% | Quarterly | $0.1439 | — | Sep 25, 2007 | Oct 31, 2007 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | $0.0369 | $0.0369 | 29.53% | Quarterly | $0.1409 | — | Jun 19, 2007 | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Mar 16, 2007 | $0.0267 | $0.027 | 30.35% | Quarterly | $0.13 | — | Mar 20, 2007 | Apr 30, 2007 |
| Dec 15, 2006 | $0.0545 | $0.054 | 29.71% | Quarterly | $0.132 | — | Dec 19, 2006 | Dec 29, 2006 |
| Sep 15, 2006 | $0.0234 | $0.023 | 44.63% | Quarterly | $0.179 | — | Sep 19, 2006 | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Jun 16, 2006 | $0.0257 | $0.026 | 40.69% | Quarterly | $0.156 | — | Jun 20, 2006 | Jul 31, 2006 |
| Mar 17, 2006 | $0.0291 | $0.029 | 39.81% | Quarterly | $0.165 | — | Mar 21, 2006 | Apr 28, 2006 |
| Dec 16, 2005 | $0.1011 | $0.101 | 32.71% | Semi-Annual | $0.136 | — | Dec 20, 2005 | Dec 30, 2005 |
| Jun 17, 2005 | $0.0348 | $0.035 | 1.09% | Semi-Annual | $0.035 | — | Jun 21, 2005 | Jul 29, 2005 |
| Dec 17, 2004 | $0.3786 | $0.379 | 96.00% | Annual | — | — | Dec 21, 2004 | Dec 31, 2004 |
| Dec 24, 2003 | $0.0136 | $0.014 | 3.90% | Annual | — | — | Dec 29, 2003 | Dec 31, 2003 |
ETF distribution yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with frequency, history, holdings exposure, and fund risk before treating income as durable.
Yield is most useful when read with the fund's asset class, distribution policy, and recent payment pattern.
Stable or rising distributions can support an income allocation, while irregular payments should be read as fund-policy and market-cycle evidence.
ETF distributions are not evaluated with company payout ratio or free cash flow coverage because those metrics do not map cleanly to fund structures.
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QQQ Dividends FAQ
Does QQQ pay dividends?
Yes. QQQ pays quarterly dividends; the latest was $0.7514 per share.
What is QQQ's dividend yield?
QQQ's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.43%. Many Nasdaq-100 companies pay small dividends or none, which keeps it low.