First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF (LMBS) Dividend History
LMBS latest distribution
$0.1700per share · 0.0% vs previous
Ex-dividend dateOct 21Wednesday, 2026
Payment dateNov 2Monday, 2026
Payable in 7 days to holders on the record date. Next monthly distribution expected around November 21 (not yet announced).
- 4.53%trailing 12-month yield
- $2.21paid in the last 12 months
- Monthly12 payments a year
- 2014paying since
- +13.6%5-year growth a year
LMBS dividend income calculator
- Income a year
- $221
- Each payment
- $18
- Value of the shares
- $4,876
- Yield
- 4.53%
At the latest close; trailing 12-month distributions of $2.21 per share, before tax.
LMBS distributions per share by year
Distributions per shareYield at year-end (right axis)
Calendar years by ex-dividend date. Yield = the year's distributions divided by the year-end price.
LMBS distribution payments
Distribution
Each bar is one payment, by ex-dividend month (last 36 payments).
LMBS distributions by year
| Year | Per share | Growth | Yield (year-end) | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026to date | $1.70 | — | — | 10 |
| 2025 | $2.21 | +6.0% | 4.42% | 13 |
| 2024 | $2.08 | +8.9% | 4.28% | 12 |
| 2023 | $1.92 | +81.9% | 3.96% | 12 |
| 2022 | $1.05 | +3.4% | 2.22% | 12 |
| 2021 | $1.02 | −13.0% | 2.04% | 12 |
| 2020 | $1.17 | −11.5% | 2.27% | 12 |
Full history in the distribution table below.
LMBS yield on cost
| Bought | Paid | Yield on cost | Paid out since | % of price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year ago | $49.97 | 4.42% | $2.21 | 4.4% |
| 3 years ago | $46.81 | 4.72% | $6.61 | 14.1% |
| 5 years ago | $50.36 | 4.39% | $9.12 | 18.1% |
| 10 years ago | $52.56 | 4.20% | $15.53 | 29.5% |
Trailing 12-month distributions as a yield on the price paid then, and the distributions one share has paid since (before tax).
LMBS yield vs similar ETFs
| ETF | Fund | Yield | Expense ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMBS | First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF | 4.05% | 0.67% |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 0.99% | 0.09% |
| VTI | Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | 1.03% | 0.03% |
| SCHD | Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF | 3.38% | 0.05% |
| VYM | Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF | 2.42% | 0.04% |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ ETF | 0.42% | 0.17% |
| IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.97% | 0.19% |
Trailing 12-month distribution yield as reported by EODHD.
LMBS distribution history
145 payments| Ex-dividend date | Record date | Payment date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-21 | 2026-11-02 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-08-21 | 2026-08-21 | 2026-08-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-25 | 2026-06-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-21 | 2026-05-29 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-21 | 2026-04-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-03-26 | 2026-03-26 | 2026-03-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-27 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2026-01-21 | 2026-01-21 | 2026-01-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-12 | 2025-12-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-28 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
Show all 145 distributions
| Ex-dividend date | Record date | Payment date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-17 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-10-21 | 2025-10-21 | 2025-11-03 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-21 | 2025-08-29 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-22 | 2025-07-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-26 | 2025-06-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-04-22 | 2025-04-22 | 2025-04-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-03-27 | 2025-03-27 | 2025-03-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-02-21 | 2025-02-21 | 2025-02-28 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2025-01-22 | 2025-01-22 | 2025-01-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-12-13 | 2024-12-13 | 2024-12-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-11-21 | 2024-11-21 | 2024-11-29 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-10-22 | 2024-10-22 | 2024-11-01 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-09-26 | 2024-09-26 | 2024-09-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-08-21 | 2024-08-21 | 2024-08-30 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-07-23 | 2024-07-23 | 2024-07-31 | $0.1700 | 0.0% |
| 2024-06-27 | 2024-06-27 | 2024-06-28 | $0.1700 | −2.9% |
| 2024-05-21 | 2024-05-22 | 2024-05-31 | $0.1750 | 0.0% |
| 2024-04-23 | 2024-04-24 | 2024-04-30 | $0.1750 | 0.0% |
| 2024-03-21 | 2024-03-22 | 2024-03-28 | $0.1750 | −5.4% |
| 2024-02-21 | 2024-02-22 | 2024-02-29 | $0.1850 | 0.0% |
| 2024-01-23 | 2024-01-24 | 2024-01-31 | $0.1850 | −7.5% |
| 2023-12-22 | 2023-12-26 | 2023-12-29 | $0.2000 | −2.4% |
| 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-22 | 2023-11-30 | $0.2050 | 0.0% |
| 2023-10-24 | 2023-10-25 | 2023-11-01 | $0.2050 | +13.9% |
| 2023-09-22 | 2023-09-25 | 2023-09-29 | $0.1800 | +9.1% |
| 2023-08-22 | 2023-08-23 | 2023-08-31 | $0.1650 | +10.0% |
| 2023-07-21 | 2023-07-24 | 2023-07-31 | $0.1500 | +11.1% |
| 2023-06-27 | 2023-06-28 | 2023-06-30 | $0.1350 | 0.0% |
| 2023-05-23 | 2023-05-24 | 2023-05-31 | $0.1350 | 0.0% |
| 2023-04-21 | 2023-04-24 | 2023-04-28 | $0.1350 | 0.0% |
| 2023-03-24 | 2023-03-27 | 2023-03-31 | $0.1350 | 0.0% |
| 2023-02-22 | 2023-02-23 | 2023-02-28 | $0.1350 | 0.0% |
| 2023-01-24 | 2023-01-25 | 2023-01-31 | $0.1350 | +3.8% |
| 2022-12-23 | 2022-12-27 | 2022-12-30 | $0.1300 | +8.3% |
| 2022-11-22 | 2022-11-23 | 2022-11-30 | $0.1200 | +14.3% |
| 2022-10-21 | 2022-10-24 | 2022-11-01 | $0.1050 | +35.5% |
| 2022-09-23 | 2022-09-26 | 2022-09-30 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-08-23 | 2022-08-24 | 2022-08-31 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-07-21 | 2022-07-22 | 2022-07-29 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-06-24 | 2022-06-27 | 2022-06-30 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-05-24 | 2022-05-25 | 2022-05-31 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-04-21 | 2022-04-22 | 2022-04-29 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-03-25 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-03-31 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-02-18 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-02-28 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2022-01-21 | 2022-01-24 | 2022-01-31 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2021-12-23 | 2021-12-27 | 2021-12-31 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2021-11-23 | 2021-11-24 | 2021-11-30 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2021-10-21 | 2021-10-22 | 2021-11-01 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2021-09-23 | 2021-09-24 | 2021-09-30 | $0.0775 | 0.0% |
| 2021-08-24 | 2021-08-25 | 2021-08-31 | $0.0775 | −13.9% |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-07-22 | 2021-07-30 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2021-06-24 | 2021-06-25 | 2021-06-30 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2021-05-21 | 2021-05-24 | 2021-05-28 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2021-04-21 | 2021-04-22 | 2021-04-30 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2021-03-25 | 2021-03-26 | 2021-03-31 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2021-02-23 | 2021-02-24 | 2021-02-26 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2021-01-21 | 2021-01-22 | 2021-01-29 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2020-12-24 | 2020-12-28 | 2020-12-31 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2020-11-24 | 2020-11-25 | 2020-11-30 | $0.0900 | 0.0% |
| 2020-10-21 | 2020-10-22 | 2020-11-02 | $0.0900 | −10.0% |
| 2020-09-24 | 2020-09-25 | 2020-09-30 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-08-21 | 2020-08-24 | 2020-08-31 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-07-21 | 2020-07-22 | 2020-07-31 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-06-25 | 2020-06-26 | 2020-06-30 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-05-21 | 2020-05-22 | 2020-05-29 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-04-21 | 2020-04-22 | 2020-04-30 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-03-26 | 2020-03-27 | 2020-03-31 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-02-21 | 2020-02-24 | 2020-02-28 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2020-01-22 | 2020-01-23 | 2020-01-31 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2019-12-13 | 2019-12-16 | 2019-12-31 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2019-11-21 | 2019-11-22 | 2019-11-29 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2019-10-22 | 2019-10-23 | 2019-10-31 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2019-09-25 | 2019-09-26 | 2019-09-30 | $0.1000 | 0.0% |
| 2019-08-21 | 2019-08-22 | 2019-08-30 | $0.1000 | −14.9% |
| 2019-07-23 | 2019-07-24 | 2019-07-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2019-06-14 | 2019-06-17 | 2019-06-28 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2019-05-21 | 2019-05-22 | 2019-05-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2019-04-23 | 2019-04-24 | 2019-04-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2019-03-21 | 2019-03-22 | 2019-03-29 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2019-02-21 | 2019-02-22 | 2019-02-28 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2019-01-23 | 2019-01-24 | 2019-01-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-12-18 | 2018-12-19 | 2018-12-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-11-21 | 2018-11-23 | 2018-11-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-10-23 | 2018-10-24 | 2018-11-01 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-09-14 | 2018-09-17 | 2018-09-28 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-08-21 | 2018-08-22 | 2018-08-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-07-20 | 2018-07-23 | 2018-07-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-06-21 | 2018-06-22 | 2018-06-29 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-05-22 | 2018-05-23 | 2018-05-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-04-20 | 2018-04-23 | 2018-04-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-03-22 | 2018-03-23 | 2018-03-29 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-02-21 | 2018-02-22 | 2018-02-28 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2018-01-23 | 2018-01-24 | 2018-01-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-12-21 | 2017-12-22 | 2017-12-29 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-11-21 | 2017-11-22 | 2017-11-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-10-20 | 2017-10-23 | 2017-11-01 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-09-21 | 2017-09-22 | 2017-09-29 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-08-22 | 2017-08-24 | 2017-08-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-07-21 | 2017-07-25 | 2017-07-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-06-22 | 2017-06-26 | 2017-06-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-05-23 | 2017-05-25 | 2017-05-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-04-21 | 2017-04-25 | 2017-04-28 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-03-23 | 2017-03-27 | 2017-03-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-02-22 | 2017-02-24 | 2017-02-28 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2017-01-20 | 2017-01-24 | 2017-01-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2016-12-21 | 2016-12-23 | 2016-12-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2016-11-22 | 2016-11-25 | 2016-11-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2016-10-21 | 2016-10-25 | 2016-10-31 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2016-09-21 | 2016-09-23 | 2016-09-30 | $0.1175 | 0.0% |
| 2016-08-23 | 2016-08-25 | 2016-08-31 | $0.1175 | −7.8% |
| 2016-07-21 | 2016-07-25 | 2016-07-29 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2016-06-22 | 2016-06-24 | 2016-06-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2016-05-20 | 2016-05-24 | 2016-05-31 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2016-04-21 | 2016-04-25 | 2016-04-29 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2016-03-23 | 2016-03-28 | 2016-03-31 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2016-02-23 | 2016-02-25 | 2016-02-29 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2016-01-21 | 2016-01-25 | 2016-01-29 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-12-23 | 2015-12-28 | 2015-12-31 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-11-20 | 2015-11-24 | 2015-11-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-10-21 | 2015-10-23 | 2015-10-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-09-23 | 2015-09-25 | 2015-09-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-08-21 | 2015-08-25 | 2015-08-31 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-07-21 | 2015-07-23 | 2015-07-31 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-06-24 | 2015-06-26 | 2015-06-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-05-21 | 2015-05-26 | 2015-05-29 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-04-21 | 2015-04-23 | 2015-04-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-03-25 | 2015-03-27 | 2015-03-31 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-02-20 | 2015-02-24 | 2015-02-27 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2015-01-21 | 2015-01-23 | 2015-01-30 | $0.1275 | 0.0% |
| 2014-12-23 | 2014-12-26 | 2014-12-31 | $0.1275 | +112.5% |
| 2014-11-21 | 2014-11-25 | 2014-11-28 | $0.0600 | — |
Amounts per share. Highlighted rows are declared but not yet paid.
LMBS dividend overview
First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF pays monthly distributions made up of income from its holdings, less fund expenses. Over the past 12 months it paid $2.21 per share, a yield of 4.53% at the latest close of $48.76. In 2025 it paid $2.21 per share, up 6.0% from 2024. Over five years distributions changed +13.6% a year and over ten years +3.7%.
Payment amounts vary because they pass through what the fund earned during the period. ETF distributions may include qualified dividends, ordinary income, return of capital and capital gains; the fund's annual tax statement has the breakdown.
Related: LMBS chart, LMBS performance, LMBS overview.
LMBS dividends FAQ
Does LMBS pay a dividend?
Yes. LMBS pays monthly distributions and has paid them since 2014. The most recent was $0.1700 per share with an ex-dividend date of October 21, 2026, payable November 2, 2026.
What is the LMBS dividend yield?
LMBS paid $2.21 per share over the past 12 months, a trailing yield of 4.53% at the latest close of $48.76.
When is the next LMBS dividend?
The next monthly distribution has not been announced yet. Based on the usual schedule the next ex-dividend date should fall around November 21, 2026.
How often does LMBS pay dividends?
LMBS pays distributions monthly, 12 times a year.
How much did LMBS pay in dividends in 2025?
LMBS paid $2.21 per share in 13 distributions in 2025.
How much income does 100 shares of LMBS pay?
100 shares of LMBS would have paid about $221 over the past 12 months, before tax.