SPYI Dividend History

• Pays: monthly — 12 times a year, around the third week of each month.
• First paid: September 2022 — 47 monthly distributions, the oldest NEOS income fund, with a record through both choppy and calm markets.
• Yield: the trailing 12 months paid $6.33 per share — roughly 11.8% on the recent ~$53.49 price, at a 0.68% expense ratio.
• Payout pattern: remarkably steady — and, rare among high yielders, gently rising: the trailing year is up 4% from $6.11 the year before, with August 2026's $0.542 close to the record $0.556 of August 2024.
• Tax angle: uses index options with favorable tax treatment; much of the payout is classified as return of capital, deferring taxes in taxable accounts.

Figures cover complete calendar years; the payout is not guaranteed.

SPYI pays monthly. Each point below is one distribution since September 2022. Notice how level the line is — steadiness is SPYI's defining trait among high-yield funds. The table further down totals each year.

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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: $6.34 per share across 12 payments — up 4% from $6.12 in the 12 months before. What a change like that does to your income →
• Current pace: recent payments annualize to $6.90 — 9% above the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
• Share price, same 12 months: up 4% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
• Record: 48 payments over 4 years; the largest single payment was $0.556 (Aug 2024).
• Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: none. Get one short email if that changes →
• Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±1% around their median. Compare that against any fund →

Every figure above is computed from SPYI'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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"Next expected" is estimated from SPYI'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.

SPYI runs the same tax-managed option-income design as its Nasdaq sibling QQQI, but on the S&P 500 — a broader, calmer index. Less volatility means somewhat smaller option premiums (hence ~12% versus QQQI's ~14%), but also steadier ones: SPYI's recent full-year totals have been nearly identical, which for a double-digit yielder is unusual.

The standard covered-call caveats still apply — capped upside in strong rallies, full participation in drawdowns, and return-of-capital tax classifications that defer rather than erase taxes. The plain-English comparison of this whole category is in What Are QYLD, QQQI & SPYI?

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.