QYLD by calendar year: cash paid, average price, implied rate
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-22, from Return of Capital in ETF Distributions.
| year | distributions_per_share | avg_close | distribution_rate_pct | payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.851 | 22.59 | 12.6 | 12 |
| 2022 | 2.188 | 18.29 | 12 | 12 |
| 2023 | 2.042 | 17.17 | 11.9 | 12 |
| 2024 | 2.277 | 17.82 | 12.8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2.041 | 17.11 | 11.9 | 12 |
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- 5 × 5
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
text | 5 distinct values (2021, 2022, 2023…) | |
distributions_per_share |
number | 2.041 to 2.851 | |
avg_close |
number | 17.11 to 22.59 | US dollars |
distribution_rate_pct |
number | 11.9 to 12.8 | percent |
payments |
number | every row is 12 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH yearly_px AS
(
SELECT
toYear(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS yr,
round(avg(toFloat64(close)), 2) AS avg_close
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'QYLD'
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2021-01-01 05:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-01-01 05:00:00')
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
GROUP BY yr
),
yearly_div AS
(
SELECT
toYear(ex_dividend_date) AS yr,
round(sum(cash_amount), 3) AS distributions_per_share,
count() AS payments
FROM
(
SELECT
ex_dividend_date,
toFloat64(max(cash_amount)) AS cash_amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'QYLD'
AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2021-01-01')
AND ex_dividend_date < toDate('2026-01-01')
GROUP BY ex_dividend_date
)
GROUP BY yr
)
SELECT
toString(p.yr) AS year,
d.distributions_per_share AS distributions_per_share,
p.avg_close AS avg_close,
round(100 * d.distributions_per_share / p.avg_close, 1) AS distribution_rate_pct,
d.payments AS payments
FROM yearly_px AS p
INNER JOIN yearly_div AS d ON d.yr = p.yr
ORDER BY p.yr
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