- Pays: monthly.
- First paid: shortly after its April 22, 2026 launch — every payment since is charted below.
- What it is: the “Resilient” variant of ACYN's design — 24 laddered autocallables tuned conservatively: 8.54% weighted average coupon vs ACYN's 10.76%.
- Recent numbers: 7.96% distribution rate, 0.75% expense ratio, ~$341M in assets (issuer, Jul-Aug 2026).
- The trade: roughly three points of yield surrendered for sturdier barrier positioning — First Trust's answer to the PAYM/PAYH dial.
Every issuer with two autocall funds exposes the same dial: coupon size vs barrier distance. ACYS is First Trust's cautious setting — judge it against its own sibling ACYN, not against the category's 17% headline funds.
ACYS pays monthly. Each point below is one distribution since the fund launched in April 2026.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from ACYS's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.
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Put ACYN and ACYS side by side and you're looking at the same 24-position laddered machine at two risk settings: ~10.8% coupons vs ~8.5%, with the “Resilient” version holding more conservative barrier positioning. It's the identical experiment TrueShares runs with PAYM and PAYH — and having two issuers publish the same A/B test is quietly one of the most useful datasets in income investing.
Both FT Vest charts live here from check #1. The field map: the census; the mechanics: the explainer.
| Year | Total Distributions / Share | Payments | Change vs Prior Year |
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Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.
Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.
When Is ACYS's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
ACYS pays monthly. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from ACYS's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
ACYS's Record So Far
ACYS launched April 22, 2026 — First Trust's second autocallable, arriving two months after ACYN — and has paid monthly since, around $0.12-0.14 a share, annualizing near 8%. It gathered ~$341 million in its first four months through the same advisor channels that made its sibling the category giant.
Why Issue the Lower-Yield Twin?
Because the people who buy autocallables through advisors ask the same question this site does: what happens in the bad year? ACYS is the pre-packaged answer — the same ladder with more conservative coupon economics and barrier positioning. Whether the “Resilient” setting earns its keep is exactly what side-by-side payment records will eventually show.
Where ACYS Fits
In the growing defensive corner of the category, with PAYM as its cross-issuer rival. The census and its Steadiness Board track how the defensive designs actually behave, payment by payment.
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