Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (SHYL) Dividend History

NYSE Arca: SHYLDistributions, yield, payment dates and growth.

SHYL latest distribution

$0.2518per share · +19.1% vs previous
Ex-dividend dateOct 1Thursday, 2026
Payment dateOct 8Thursday, 2026

Paid. Next monthly distribution expected around November 1 (not yet announced).

  • 7.05%trailing 12-month yield
  • $3.02paid in the last 12 months
  • Monthly12 payments a year
  • 2018paying since
  • +1.5%5-year growth a year

SHYL dividend income calculator

Income a year
$302
Each payment
$25
Value of the shares
$4,280
Yield
7.05%

At the latest close; trailing 12-month distributions of $3.02 per share, before tax.

SHYL 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.

SHYL distribution payments

Distribution

Each bar is one payment, by ex-dividend month (last 36 payments).

SHYL distributions by year

SHYL distributions by year
YearPer shareGrowthYield (year-end)Payments
2026to date$2.23——9
2025$3.16−2.8%7.02%12
2024$3.25+11.0%7.26%12
2023$2.93+24.5%6.60%12
2022$2.35+6.5%5.52%12
2021$2.21−24.5%4.65%12
2020$2.93+1.0%6.16%12

Full history in the distribution table below.

SHYL yield on cost

SHYL yield on cost
BoughtPaidYield on costPaid out since% of price
1 year ago$45.206.68%$3.026.7%
3 years ago$42.337.13%$9.4522.3%
5 years ago$47.596.34%$14.4330.3%

Trailing 12-month distributions as a yield on the price paid then, and the distributions one share has paid since (before tax).

SHYL yield vs similar ETFs

SHYL dividend yield compared with similar ETFs
ETFFundYieldExpense ratio
SHYLXtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF7.00%0.21%
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF0.99%0.09%
VTIVanguard Total Stock Market ETF1.03%0.03%
SCHDSchwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF3.38%0.05%
VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF2.42%0.04%
QQQInvesco QQQ ETF0.42%0.17%
IWMiShares Russell 2000 ETF0.97%0.19%

Trailing 12-month distribution yield as reported by EODHD.

SHYL distribution history

105 payments
SHYL distribution history
Ex-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateAmountChange
2026-10-012026-10-012026-10-08$0.2518+19.1%
2026-09-012026-09-012026-09-09$0.2114−14.3%
2026-08-032026-08-032026-08-10$0.2468−2.8%
2026-07-012026-07-012026-07-09$0.2538−2.7%
2026-06-012026-06-012026-06-08$0.2608+4.0%
2026-05-012026-05-012026-05-08$0.2508−7.4%
2026-04-012026-04-012026-04-09$0.2708+14.2%
2026-03-022026-03-022026-03-09$0.2370−4.0%
2026-02-022026-02-022026-02-09$0.2470−8.2%
2025-12-222025-12-222025-12-30$0.2689+4.3%
2025-12-012025-12-012025-12-08$0.2578−1.6%
2025-11-032025-11-032025-11-10$0.2619+5.6%
Show all 105 distributions
Ex-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateAmountChange
2025-10-012025-10-012025-10-08$0.2480−5.9%
2025-09-022025-09-022025-09-09$0.2634+9.8%
2025-08-012025-08-012025-08-08$0.2400−7.7%
2025-07-012025-07-012025-07-09$0.2600−6.7%
2025-06-022025-06-022025-06-09$0.2786+1.4%
2025-05-012025-05-012025-05-08$0.2746−3.9%
2025-04-012025-04-012025-04-08$0.2857+14.6%
2025-03-032025-03-032025-03-10$0.2493−7.4%
2025-02-032025-02-032025-02-10$0.2692−7.3%
2024-12-232024-12-232024-12-31$0.2905+11.0%
2024-12-022024-12-022024-12-09$0.2619−2.9%
2024-11-012024-11-012024-11-08$0.2696−0.4%
2024-10-012024-10-012024-10-08$0.2706−9.4%
2024-09-032024-09-032024-09-10$0.2987+15.6%
2024-08-012024-08-012024-08-08$0.2584−6.8%
2024-07-012024-07-012024-07-09$0.2771−1.8%
2024-06-032024-06-032024-06-10$0.2821+3.6%
2024-05-012024-05-022024-05-08$0.2723−1.8%
2024-04-012024-04-022024-04-08$0.2774+12.0%
2024-03-012024-03-042024-03-08$0.2476+1.7%
2024-02-012024-02-022024-02-08$0.2435−16.5%
2023-12-212023-12-222023-12-29$0.2914+14.8%
2023-12-012023-12-042023-12-08$0.2538−4.2%
2023-11-012023-11-022023-11-08$0.2649+10.8%
2023-10-022023-10-032023-10-10$0.2390−8.1%
2023-09-012023-09-052023-09-11$0.2600+5.8%
2023-08-012023-08-022023-08-08$0.2458−0.3%
2023-07-032023-07-052023-07-11$0.2465−4.2%
2023-06-012023-06-022023-06-08$0.2573+8.8%
2023-05-012023-05-022023-05-08$0.2365−2.9%
2023-04-032023-04-042023-04-11$0.2435+33.2%
2023-03-012023-03-022023-03-08$0.1829−11.4%
2023-02-012023-02-022023-02-08$0.2064+4.3%
2022-12-222022-12-232022-12-30$0.1979−6.5%
2022-12-012022-12-022022-12-08$0.2118−2.5%
2022-11-012022-11-022022-11-08$0.2171−5.0%
2022-10-032022-10-042022-10-11$0.2286+14.3%
2022-09-012022-09-022022-09-09$0.2000−2.4%
2022-08-012022-08-022022-08-08$0.2050+5.1%
2022-07-012022-07-052022-07-11$0.1950−0.3%
2022-06-012022-06-022022-06-08$0.1955+8.6%
2022-05-022022-05-032022-05-09$0.1800−6.3%
2022-04-012022-04-042022-04-08$0.1921+25.0%
2022-03-012022-03-022022-03-08$0.1537−12.2%
2022-02-012022-02-022022-02-08$0.1750+2.6%
2021-12-222021-12-232021-12-30$0.1705+0.3%
2021-12-012021-12-022021-12-08$0.1700+1.0%
2021-11-012021-11-022021-11-08$0.1683+2.9%
2021-10-012021-10-042021-10-06$0.1636−1.2%
2021-09-012021-09-022021-09-09$0.1656−2.6%
2021-08-022021-08-032021-08-09$0.1700−6.7%
2021-07-012021-07-022021-07-09$0.1821−3.6%
2021-06-012021-06-022021-06-08$0.1889−1.9%
2021-05-032021-05-042021-05-10$0.1925+2.5%
2021-04-012021-04-052021-04-09$0.1878−14.2%
2021-03-012021-03-022021-03-08$0.2190−4.6%
2021-02-012021-02-022021-02-08$0.2295−33.2%
2020-12-222020-12-232020-12-30$0.3438+35.9%
2020-12-012020-12-022020-12-08$0.2529+0.6%
2020-11-022020-11-032020-11-09$0.2514−5.6%
2020-10-012020-10-022020-10-02$0.2664+31.4%
2020-09-012020-09-022020-09-09$0.2026−2.4%
2020-08-032020-08-042020-08-10$0.2077−7.5%
2020-07-012020-07-022020-07-09$0.2246+0.8%
2020-06-012020-06-022020-06-08$0.2229−16.2%
2020-05-012020-05-042020-05-08$0.2659+14.1%
2020-04-012020-04-022020-04-08$0.2330+2.0%
2020-03-022020-03-032020-03-09$0.2285+0.9%
2020-02-032020-02-042020-02-10$0.2264−11.5%
2019-12-202019-12-232019-12-27$0.2559+12.8%
2019-12-032019-12-042019-12-10$0.2269+0.5%
2019-11-012019-11-042019-11-08$0.2257−0.7%
2019-10-012019-10-022019-10-08$0.2272−4.9%
2019-09-042019-09-052019-09-11$0.2389−0.1%
2019-08-012019-08-022019-08-08$0.2392−4.0%
2019-07-012019-07-022019-07-08$0.2491+1.4%
2019-06-032019-06-042019-06-10$0.2456−2.3%
2019-05-012019-05-022019-05-08$0.2514−2.6%
2019-04-012019-04-022019-04-08$0.2580+7.1%
2019-03-012019-03-042019-03-08$0.2409+1.3%
2019-02-012019-02-042019-02-08$0.2379+6.5%
2018-12-212018-12-242019-01-02$0.2235−3.5%
2018-12-032018-12-042018-12-10$0.2316+1.0%
2018-11-012018-11-022018-11-08$0.2293+5.6%
2018-10-022018-10-032018-10-09$0.2171−2.5%
2018-09-042018-09-052018-09-11$0.2226+1.2%
2018-08-012018-08-022018-08-08$0.2200+8.8%
2018-07-032018-07-052018-07-11$0.2022−6.5%
2018-06-012018-06-042018-06-08$0.2163+3.0%
2018-05-012018-05-022018-05-08$0.2101+3.8%
2018-04-022018-04-032018-04-09$0.2025−7.5%
2018-03-012018-03-022018-03-08$0.2188+2.3%
2018-02-012018-02-022018-02-08$0.2139—

Amounts per share. Highlighted rows are declared but not yet paid.

SHYL dividend overview

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF pays monthly distributions made up of income from its holdings, less fund expenses. Over the past 12 months it paid $3.02 per share, a yield of 7.05% at the latest close of $42.80. In 2025 it paid $3.16 per share, down 2.8% from 2024. Over five years distributions changed +1.5% a year.

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: SHYL chart, SHYL performance, SHYL overview.

SHYL dividends FAQ

Does SHYL pay a dividend?

Yes. SHYL pays monthly distributions and has paid them since 2018. The most recent was $0.2518 per share with an ex-dividend date of October 1, 2026, payable October 8, 2026.

What is the SHYL dividend yield?

SHYL paid $3.02 per share over the past 12 months, a trailing yield of 7.05% at the latest close of $42.80.

When is the next SHYL dividend?

The next monthly distribution has not been announced yet. Based on the usual schedule the next ex-dividend date should fall around November 1, 2026.

How often does SHYL pay dividends?

SHYL pays distributions monthly, 12 times a year.

How much did SHYL pay in dividends in 2025?

SHYL paid $3.16 per share in 12 distributions in 2025.

How much income does 100 shares of SHYL pay?

100 shares of SHYL would have paid about $302 over the past 12 months, before tax.