SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (SJNK) Dividend History

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

SJNK latest distribution

$0.1487per share · +4.7% vs previous
Ex-dividend dateOct 1Thursday, 2026
Payment dateOct 6Tuesday, 2026

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

  • 7.18%trailing 12-month yield
  • $1.73paid in the last 12 months
  • Monthly12 payments a year
  • 2012paying since
  • +4.6%5-year growth a year

SJNK dividend income calculator

Income a year
$173
Each payment
$14
Value of the shares
$2,410
Yield
7.18%

At the latest close; trailing 12-month distributions of $1.73 per share, before tax.

SJNK 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.

SJNK distribution payments

Distribution

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

SJNK distributions by year

SJNK distributions by year
YearPer shareGrowthYield (year-end)Payments
2026to date$1.30——9
2025$1.80−4.4%7.12%12
2024$1.89+4.2%7.47%12
2023$1.81+27.6%7.20%12
2022$1.42+24.2%5.85%12
2021$1.14−20.6%4.21%12
2020$1.44−5.3%5.34%12

Full history in the distribution table below.

SJNK yield on cost

SJNK yield on cost
BoughtPaidYield on costPaid out since% of price
1 year ago$25.436.81%$1.736.8%
3 years ago$24.047.20%$5.4622.7%
5 years ago$27.296.34%$8.5231.2%
10 years ago$27.786.23%$15.7656.7%

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

SJNK yield vs similar ETFs

SJNK dividend yield compared with similar ETFs
ETFFundYieldExpense ratio
SJNKSPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF6.90%0.40%
AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF4.30%0.03%
BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF4.17%0.03%
SCHZSchwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF4.44%0.02%
IUSBiShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF4.44%0.05%
GOVTiShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF3.67%0.05%
VGITVanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF4.06%0.04%
IEFiShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF4.18%0.14%
SHYiShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF3.64%0.15%

Trailing 12-month distribution yield as reported by EODHD.

SJNK distribution history

175 payments
SJNK distribution history
Ex-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateAmountChange
2026-10-012026-10-012026-10-06$0.1487+4.7%
2026-09-012026-09-012026-09-04$0.1419−0.1%
2026-08-032026-08-032026-08-06$0.1421−3.5%
2026-07-012026-07-012026-07-07$0.1472+3.0%
2026-06-012026-06-012026-06-04$0.1428−0.4%
2026-05-012026-05-012026-05-06$0.1434−5.2%
2026-04-012026-04-012026-04-06$0.1512+5.0%
2026-03-022026-03-022026-03-05$0.1440+3.1%
2026-02-022026-02-022026-02-05$0.1397−3.3%
2025-12-182025-12-182025-12-23$0.1445+0.5%
2025-12-012025-12-012025-12-04$0.1438+1.0%
2025-11-032025-11-032025-11-06$0.1423−2.5%
Show all 175 distributions
Ex-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateAmountChange
2025-10-012025-10-012025-10-06$0.1460−4.2%
2025-09-022025-09-022025-09-05$0.1524−0.2%
2025-08-012025-08-012025-08-06$0.1526+2.8%
2025-07-012025-07-012025-07-07$0.1484−4.5%
2025-06-022025-06-022025-06-05$0.1554+0.3%
2025-05-012025-05-012025-05-06$0.1548−2.5%
2025-04-012025-04-012025-04-04$0.1587+4.4%
2025-03-032025-03-032025-03-06$0.1520+0.0%
2025-02-032025-02-032025-02-06$0.1520−4.8%
2024-12-192024-12-192024-12-24$0.1596+2.8%
2024-12-022024-12-022024-12-05$0.1552−0.4%
2024-11-012024-11-012024-11-06$0.1558−1.4%
2024-10-012024-10-012024-10-04$0.1579+1.6%
2024-09-032024-09-032024-09-06$0.1555−1.4%
2024-08-012024-08-012024-08-06$0.1577+1.2%
2024-07-012024-07-012024-07-05$0.1559−0.7%
2024-06-032024-06-032024-06-06$0.1571−1.8%
2024-05-012024-05-022024-05-07$0.1599+1.2%
2024-04-012024-04-022024-04-05$0.1580−0.4%
2024-03-012024-03-042024-03-07$0.1587+2.4%
2024-02-012024-02-022024-02-07$0.1549+8.9%
2023-12-182023-12-192023-12-22$0.1422−3.7%
2023-12-012023-12-042023-12-07$0.1478−16.0%
2023-11-012023-11-022023-11-07$0.1759+9.3%
2023-10-022023-10-032023-10-06$0.1609+5.8%
2023-09-012023-09-052023-09-08$0.1520−0.1%
2023-08-012023-08-022023-08-07$0.1522+7.1%
2023-07-032023-07-052023-07-10$0.1421−7.3%
2023-06-012023-06-022023-06-07$0.1533+6.4%
2023-05-012023-05-022023-05-05$0.1442−5.5%
2023-04-032023-04-042023-04-10$0.1526−1.0%
2023-03-012023-03-022023-03-07$0.1542+16.0%
2023-02-012023-02-022023-02-07$0.1330−8.2%
2022-12-192022-12-202022-12-23$0.1448+2.2%
2022-12-012022-12-022022-12-07$0.1416+15.8%
2022-11-012022-11-022022-11-07$0.1223−7.2%
2022-10-032022-10-042022-10-07$0.1318−7.9%
2022-09-012022-09-022022-09-08$0.1432+31.0%
2022-08-012022-08-022022-08-05$0.1093−9.5%
2022-07-012022-07-052022-07-08$0.1208+12.9%
2022-06-012022-06-022022-06-07$0.1070+0.3%
2022-05-022022-05-032022-05-06$0.1066+10.0%
2022-04-012022-04-042022-04-07$0.0970+1.2%
2022-03-012022-03-022022-03-07$0.0958−2.7%
2022-02-012022-02-022022-02-07$0.0984−17.4%
2021-12-172021-12-202021-12-23$0.1192+26.2%
2021-12-012021-12-022021-12-07$0.0945+3.1%
2021-11-012021-11-022021-11-05$0.0916+0.6%
2021-10-012021-10-042021-10-07$0.0911+1.5%
2021-09-012021-09-022021-09-08$0.0898+2.7%
2021-08-022021-08-032021-08-06$0.0874−9.7%
2021-07-012021-07-022021-07-08$0.0968+6.4%
2021-06-012021-06-022021-06-07$0.0910+1.5%
2021-05-032021-05-042021-05-07$0.0896−0.8%
2021-04-012021-04-052021-04-08$0.0904−14.4%
2021-03-012021-03-022021-03-05$0.1056+10.5%
2021-02-012021-02-022021-02-05$0.0956−15.3%
2020-12-182020-12-212020-12-24$0.1128−0.4%
2020-12-012020-12-022020-12-07$0.1132−2.5%
2020-11-022020-11-032020-11-06$0.1161−7.1%
2020-10-012020-10-022020-10-07$0.1249+22.9%
2020-09-012020-09-022020-09-08$0.1016−16.0%
2020-08-032020-08-042020-08-07$0.1210−9.3%
2020-07-012020-07-022020-07-07$0.1335+15.8%
2020-06-012020-06-022020-06-05$0.1153−13.0%
2020-05-012020-05-042020-05-07$0.1325+8.2%
2020-04-012020-04-022020-04-07$0.1225+1.7%
2020-03-022020-03-032020-03-06$0.1204−4.5%
2020-02-032020-02-042020-02-07$0.1261+6.9%
2019-12-202019-12-232019-12-27$0.1179−4.0%
2019-12-022019-12-032019-12-06$0.1228−0.5%
2019-11-012019-11-042019-11-07$0.1234−2.3%
2019-10-012019-10-022019-10-07$0.1262+2.1%
2019-09-032019-09-042019-09-09$0.1236−3.0%
2019-08-012019-08-022019-08-07$0.1274+1.2%
2019-07-012019-07-022019-07-08$0.1259−1.1%
2019-06-032019-06-042019-06-07$0.1274−2.2%
2019-05-012019-05-022019-05-07$0.1302+1.8%
2019-04-012019-04-022019-04-05$0.1279−5.7%
2019-03-012019-03-042019-03-07$0.1356+3.3%
2019-02-012019-02-042019-02-07$0.1313+4.4%
2018-12-192018-12-202018-12-26$0.1257+1.2%
2018-12-032018-12-042018-12-07$0.1242−1.6%
2018-11-012018-11-022018-11-07$0.1262−1.4%
2018-10-012018-10-022018-10-05$0.1279+0.7%
2018-09-042018-09-052018-09-10$0.1271−0.1%
2018-08-012018-08-022018-08-07$0.1273−0.0%
2018-07-022018-07-032018-07-09$0.1273+2.4%
2018-06-012018-06-042018-06-07$0.1243+3.1%
2018-05-012018-05-022018-05-07$0.1206+18.0%
2018-04-022018-04-032018-04-06$0.1021−18.9%
2018-03-012018-03-022018-03-07$0.1260+2.2%
2018-02-012018-02-022018-02-07$0.1233+3.0%
2017-12-192017-12-202017-12-28$0.1197−5.7%
2017-12-012017-12-042017-12-11$0.1269−0.7%
2017-11-012017-11-022017-11-09$0.1278+1.3%
2017-10-022017-10-032017-10-10$0.1261−2.5%
2017-09-012017-09-062017-09-12$0.1294+1.2%
2017-08-012017-08-032017-08-09$0.1279−0.9%
2017-07-032017-07-062017-07-12$0.1291−0.5%
2017-06-012017-06-052017-06-09$0.1297−1.7%
2017-05-012017-05-032017-05-09$0.1320−1.2%
2017-04-032017-04-052017-04-11$0.1335−2.2%
2017-03-012017-03-032017-03-09$0.1365+1.5%
2017-02-012017-02-032017-02-09$0.1345−0.7%
2016-12-282016-12-302017-01-06$0.1354+0.2%
2016-12-012016-12-052016-12-09$0.1351−0.6%
2016-11-012016-11-032016-11-09$0.1359−1.2%
2016-10-032016-10-052016-10-11$0.1376−2.5%
2016-09-012016-09-062016-09-12$0.1411+2.5%
2016-08-012016-08-032016-08-09$0.1376+5.6%
2016-07-012016-07-062016-07-12$0.1303−1.7%
2016-06-012016-06-032016-06-09$0.1325+9.0%
2016-05-022016-05-042016-05-10$0.1215+4.6%
2016-04-012016-04-052016-04-11$0.1162−11.3%
2016-03-012016-03-032016-03-09$0.1311+20.8%
2016-02-012016-02-032016-02-09$0.1085−14.7%
2015-12-292015-12-312016-01-07$0.1272−3.3%
2015-12-012015-12-032015-12-09$0.1315+11.6%
2015-11-022015-11-042015-11-10$0.1179−8.7%
2015-10-012015-10-052015-10-09$0.1291−1.1%
2015-09-012015-09-032015-09-10$0.1306+0.4%
2015-08-032015-08-052015-08-11$0.1300+2.1%
2015-07-012015-07-062015-07-10$0.1273+5.5%
2015-06-012015-06-032015-06-09$0.1207−4.4%
2015-05-012015-05-052015-05-11$0.1262+3.7%
2015-04-012015-04-062015-04-10$0.1217−5.8%
2015-03-022015-03-042015-03-10$0.1291+28.1%
2015-02-022015-02-042015-02-10$0.1008−23.9%
2014-12-292014-12-312015-01-07$0.1324+11.1%
2014-12-012014-12-032014-12-09$0.1192−7.4%
2014-11-032014-11-052014-11-12$0.1287−10.4%
2014-10-012014-10-032014-10-09$0.1436+16.9%
2014-09-022014-09-042014-09-10$0.1229−5.6%
2014-08-012014-08-052014-08-11$0.1301−1.5%
2014-07-012014-07-032014-07-10$0.1321+4.0%
2014-06-022014-06-042014-06-10$0.1271−6.1%
2014-05-012014-05-052014-05-09$0.1353+3.0%
2014-04-012014-04-032014-04-09$0.1314−7.1%
2014-03-032014-03-052014-03-11$0.1414+4.7%
2014-02-032014-02-052014-02-11$0.1351+5.4%
2013-12-272013-12-312014-01-07$0.1281−3.6%
2013-12-022013-12-042013-12-10$0.1330+0.4%
2013-11-012013-11-052013-11-12$0.1324−2.7%
2013-10-012013-10-032013-10-09$0.1361−1.4%
2013-09-032013-09-052013-09-11$0.1379+4.8%
2013-08-012013-08-052013-08-09$0.1316−1.6%
2013-07-012013-07-032013-07-10$0.1337−0.0%
2013-06-032013-06-052013-06-11$0.1337−3.4%
2013-05-012013-05-032013-05-09$0.1384−0.7%
2013-04-012013-04-032013-04-09$0.1394−10.8%
2013-03-012013-03-052013-03-11$0.1563+6.5%
2013-02-012013-02-052013-02-11$0.1467−7.6%
2012-12-272012-12-312013-01-07$0.1589−0.9%
2012-12-032012-12-052012-12-11$0.1603−4.4%
2012-11-012012-11-052012-11-09$0.1678−2.4%
2012-10-012012-10-032012-10-09$0.1719+4.6%
2012-09-042012-09-062012-09-12$0.1643−5.8%
2012-08-012012-08-032012-08-09$0.1745+1.1%
2012-07-022012-07-052012-07-11$0.1726+12.6%
2012-06-012012-06-052012-06-11$0.1532−0.8%
2012-05-012012-05-032012-05-09$0.1544+220.1%
2012-04-022012-04-042012-04-11$0.0482—

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

SJNK dividend overview

SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF pays monthly distributions made up of interest from the bonds it holds, less fund expenses. Over the past 12 months it paid $1.73 per share, a yield of 7.18% at the latest close of $24.10. In 2025 it paid $1.80 per share, down 4.4% from 2024. Over five years distributions changed +4.6% a year and over ten years +1.9%.

The distribution yield looks back at income already paid. The yield to maturity of the bonds the fund holds today is 8.20%, which indicates what the portfolio earns from here if rates stay where they are; see the SJNK bond profile.

Related: SJNK chart, SJNK performance, SJNK bond profile, SJNK overview.

SJNK dividends FAQ

Does SJNK pay a dividend?

Yes. SJNK pays monthly distributions and has paid them since 2012. The most recent was $0.1487 per share with an ex-dividend date of October 1, 2026, payable October 6, 2026.

What is the SJNK dividend yield?

SJNK paid $1.73 per share over the past 12 months, a trailing yield of 7.18% at the latest close of $24.10.

When is the next SJNK 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 SJNK pay dividends?

SJNK pays distributions monthly, 12 times a year.

How much did SJNK pay in dividends in 2025?

SJNK paid $1.80 per share in 12 distributions in 2025.

How much income does 100 shares of SJNK pay?

100 shares of SJNK would have paid about $173 over the past 12 months, before tax.