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QLD ETF Dividend History, Yield & Distributions
ETF Dividend History · Distribution Yield · Ex-Dividend Date · Payment Schedule
QLDProShares - Ultra QQQ
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QLD ETF dividend answer
ProShares - Ultra QQQ (QLD) has a trailing 12-month distribution yield of 0.07% and paid $0.0629 per share over the trailing 12 months. The fund currently pays quarterly distributions based on covered events. Its latest distribution was $0.0271 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 23, 2026 and payment date of Sep 29, 2026. The next projected ex-dividend date is Dec 23, 2026. QLD distribution history is shown as fund payout history, so corporate payout ratio and free cash flow coverage are excluded.
QLD Distribution Snapshot
Yield, recent distribution history, cadence, and AIQ context stay together without treating ETF payouts like corporate earnings coverage.
Next QLD Distribution Date
When QLD next goes ex-distribution, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Projected next QLD 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 QLD 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.
QLD 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.
QLD Annual Distribution History
QLD Distribution Growth
Latest row amount $0.0271, event yield 12.85%.
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
- 153.01%
- Peer rank
- #2 of 138
- Peer percentile
- 99th
- 2020 annual payout
- $0.001
- 2025 annual payout
- $0.118
- Calendar-year declines
- —
QLD's split-adjusted annual distributions grew at 153.01% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #2 of 138 equity ETFs in AlgovestIQ's research.
Measured from 2019 instead, the same history compounds at 35.24% a year.
Split-adjusted annual distributions, 2020–2025. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
The 2020 payout was 94.1% below 2019, so the growth rate measures a recovery from a weak starting year.
The payout jumped 132.9% in 2023, a single step rather than steady compounding - often an index or mandate change.
A single payment in an endpoint year was 4.8x the fund's median payment, so one distribution carries much of the result.
QLD Distribution Yield
How QLD'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
QLD distributions reflect income from underlying holdings and may vary by quarter, market environment, fund composition, and fund policy.
Recent QLD distribution payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $0.0271 | $0.0271 | 12.85% | Quarterly | $0.0629 | — | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.0607 | $0.0607 | 12.93% | Quarterly | $0.0561 | — | Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.0132 | $0.0132 | 18.64% | Quarterly | $0.0561 | — | Mar 25, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | $0.0226 | $0.0226 | 16.20% | Quarterly | $0.0558 | — | Dec 24, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $0.0407 | $0.0204 | 18.60% | Quarterly | $0.0639 | — | Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 |
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| Jun 25, 2025 | $0.1242 | $0.0621 | 23.17% | Quarterly | $0.1222 | — | Jun 25, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.0256 | $0.0128 | 25.73% | Quarterly | $0.1222 | — | Mar 26, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | $0.0614 | $0.0307 | 24.17% | Quarterly | $0.1371 | — | Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | $0.0515 | $0.0257 | 29.12% | Quarterly | $0.1455 | — | Sep 25, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | $0.106 | $0.053 | 41.37% | Quarterly | $0.2078 | — | Jun 26, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 |
| Mar 20, 2024 | $0.0555 | $0.0277 | 35.35% | Quarterly | $0.1548 | — | Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | $0.0782 | $0.0391 | 34.49% | Quarterly | $0.1271 | — | Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Sep 20, 2023 | $0.176 | $0.088 | 46.29% | Semi-Annual | $0.088 | — | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Dec 22, 2022 | $0.1092 | $0.0546 | 30.96% | Semi-Annual | — | — | Dec 23, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 |
| Mar 25, 2020 | $0.009093 | $0.001137 | 12.15% | Quarterly | $0.0125 | Jan 30, 2020 | Mar 26, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 |
| Dec 24, 2019 | $0.0499 | $0.006231 | 12.72% | Semi-Annual | $0.0193 | — | Dec 26, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 |
| Jun 25, 2019 | $0.0414 | $0.005181 | 15.32% | Quarterly | $0.013 | Jun 24, 2019 | Jun 26, 2019 | Jul 2, 2019 |
| Mar 20, 2019 | $0.0628 | $0.007844 | 11.40% | Quarterly | $0.007844 | Mar 19, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 | Mar 27, 2019 |
| Dec 26, 2018 | $0.04 | $0.005002 | 6.09% | Annual | — | Dec 24, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | Jan 3, 2019 |
| Jun 21, 2017 | $0.007073 | $0.000442 | 7.08% | Annual | $0.00536 | Jun 20, 2017 | Jun 23, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Mar 22, 2017 | $0.0192 | $0.001201 | 11.38% | Quarterly | $0.00744 | Mar 21, 2017 | Mar 24, 2017 | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | $0.0595 | $0.003716 | 20.72% | Quarterly | $0.0115 | Dec 20, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Jun 22, 2016 | $0.0404 | $0.002522 | 24.09% | Quarterly | $0.0107 | Jun 21, 2016 | Jun 24, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 |
| Mar 23, 2016 | $0.0848 | $0.005301 | 18.37% | Quarterly | $0.008173 | Mar 22, 2016 | Mar 28, 2016 | Apr 1, 2016 |
| Dec 22, 2015 | $0.046 | $0.002872 | 10.90% | Semi-Annual | $0.002872 | Dec 21, 2015 | Dec 24, 2015 | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Mar 25, 2015 | $0.0786 | $0.002457 | 23.81% | Quarterly | $0.00496 | Mar 24, 2015 | Mar 27, 2015 | Apr 2, 2015 |
| Dec 22, 2014 | $0.0801 | $0.002503 | 18.54% | Quarterly | $0.00814 | Dec 19, 2014 | Dec 24, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 |
| Jun 25, 2014 | $0.1804 | $0.005637 | 16.06% | Quarterly | $0.005637 | Jun 24, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | Jul 3, 2014 |
| Mar 20, 2013 | $0.1312 | $0.0041 | 35.00% | Quarterly | $0.0041 | Mar 19, 2013 | Mar 22, 2013 | Mar 26, 2013 |
| Dec 26, 2012 | $0.0816 | $0.002549 | 15.09% | Quarterly | — | Dec 24, 2012 | Dec 28, 2012 | Jan 3, 2013 |
| Jun 24, 2008 | $0.0331 | $0.000516 | 6.50% | Semi-Annual | $0.000516 | — | Jun 26, 2008 | Jun 30, 2008 |
| Dec 20, 2007 | $5.09 | $0.0795 | 5.17% | Semi-Annual | $0.000191 | — | Dec 24, 2007 | Dec 28, 2007 |
| Mar 27, 2007 | $0.0122 | $0.000191 | 6.58% | Semi-Annual | — | — | Mar 29, 2007 | Apr 2, 2007 |
| Dec 20, 2006 | $5.42 | $0.0847 | 6.52% | Semi-Annual | — | — | Dec 22, 2006 | Dec 27, 2006 |
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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QLD Dividends FAQ
Does QLD pay dividends?
Yes — though ETF payouts are technically fund distributions rather than corporate dividends. ProShares - Ultra QQQ has covered distribution history, most recently $0.03 per share on a quarterly cadence.
What is QLD's dividend yield?
QLD's trailing 12-month distribution yield is 0.07%, from $0.06 per share paid over the trailing 12 months. That is distributions paid divided by the latest available market price — it is not a 30-Day SEC Yield, a forward yield, or a total return.
How often does QLD pay dividends?
QLD currently pays distributions on a quarterly cadence based on covered payment history. Cadence inferred from payment spacing is labeled as inferred, because a fund can change its schedule.
When is QLD's next dividend?
QLD's next distribution is projected from its recent cadence, around Dec 23, 2026. A projection is an estimate from past payments, not an issuer announcement, and the fund can change both the date and the amount.
What was QLD's latest dividend?
QLD's latest covered distribution was $0.03 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 23, 2026 and a payment date of Sep 29, 2026.
Why do QLD's distributions vary?
QLD distributes the income its underlying holdings generate, so the amount moves with dividend timing across the portfolio, index changes, and seasonality. Variation between periods is normal for a broad-market fund and does not by itself signal a change in fund policy.