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- By the record: $46.29 per share arrived in the twelve months to October 4, 2026, in 12 checks, out of 159 payments going back to May 20, 2013, versus $16.88 in the preceding year, up 174%, equal to about 72% of the recent ~$64.29 share price.
- Pays: monthly, with variable coupons — the payment is whatever the notional option strategy earned, and can be small or zero in some months.
- First paid: May 2013 — every coupon since is charted below.
- What it is: an ETN, not an ETF — senior unsecured debt of UBS AG tracking an index that notionally holds shares of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) and sells monthly calls on it.
- Fee: 0.65% annual tracking fee, accrued daily.
- The fine print: as UBS debt, payments depend on UBS's ability to pay, and the note matures in 2033. An ETN holder is a bank creditor, not a fund shareholder.
Two risk layers stack here: the strategy's (covered calls on silver cap the upside and keep the downside) and the structure's (everything rides on UBS's credit). The 2008-era lesson — Lehman's ETNs became bankruptcy claims — is why the ETN label deserves its own line.
SLVO pays monthly, variable coupons. Each point below is one payment since May 2013.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
- Trailing 12 months: $46.29 per share across 12 payments — up 174% from $16.88 in the 12 months before (split-adjusted, in today's share terms). What a change like that does to your income →
- Current pace: recent payments annualize to $52.19 — 13% above the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
- Share price, same 12 months: down 27% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
- Record: 159 payments over 13 years; the largest single payment was $8.76 (Mar 2014), split-adjusted.
- Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: 7. Get alerted to the next one →
- Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±54% around their median. Compare that against any fund →
Every figure above is computed from SLVO's actual payment record and share-price history as of the date shown — not copied from a fact sheet. Recomputed regularly; the chart above always shows the live data.
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| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Coupon / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from SLVO'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.
A real total-return estimate, assuming every payout was reinvested — including what happened to the share price. Before taxes and fees. Past performance does not predict the future.
SLVO has one of the longest covered-call payment records on a commodity anywhere — but the wrapper matters as much as the strategy. An ETN owns nothing: UBS promises to pay the index's result, the "holdings" are notional, and the coupons are contractual bank payments. In exchange you get exact index tracking and no fund mechanics; the cost is single-bank credit risk until maturity in 2033.
The ETF alternatives run related strategies without the bank-credit layer — the gold-adjacent GDXY harvests miner volatility instead — worth lining up on the compare tool.
| Year | Total Coupons / 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. Note: after a share split, this data source restates all historical per-share payouts in today's share terms — the split disclosure above the chart applies.
Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.
When Is SLVO's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
SLVO 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 SLVO's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
SLVO's Record So Far
SLVO — the UBS ETRACS Silver Shares Covered Call ETN — has paid variable monthly coupons since May 2013, one of the longest-running covered-call income records in the commodity world. The chart above shows every payment.
Commodity Volatility as Income
Silver pays no dividend and never will — but its volatility has a price, and SLVO's index sells it monthly. The result is income conjured from an asset class that natively offers none, with the buy-write's usual bargain: rich coupons in nervous markets, capped participation when silver runs, and full exposure when it slides.
The Coupon and the Note's Price Are One Story
Treat the coupon history and the note's price as one inseparable story — commodity covered-calls can pay handsomely across a stretch where the principal wilts. And weigh the wrapper: identical strategy results in ETF form would carry no bank-credit risk. Total return, credit layer included, is the honest yardstick.
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