Where does USHY's income come from?

an index fund holding a broad sweep of U.S. dollar high-yield (junk) corporate bonds — over 2,000 issues at institutional pricing. The fund distributes the interest its holdings pay, monthly.

Is high-yield bond income safe?

It's credit risk, priced: junk bonds yield more precisely because some issuers default. A broad index like USHY diversifies single-issuer disasters across thousands of bonds, so the real risk is cyclical — recessions widen spreads and dent prices, though income usually keeps flowing.

How often does USHY pay dividends?

Monthly, and it has paid since December 2017.

Why do USHY's payments change from month to month?

Because the underlying yields do. As bonds mature and new ones enter at prevailing rates — and as rates themselves move — the fund's income drifts with the rate cycle. The year-by-year table above is effectively a history of that cycle.

USHY Dividend History & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Q: When is USHY's next ex-dividend date?

USHY pays monthly, so the next ex-dividend date typically falls about a month after the previous one. Exact dates are announced by the fund shortly before each payout. This page computes the expected window from USHY's live payment data and shows the most recent ex-dividend dates and amounts. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

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USHY Dividend — Quick Facts

Pays: monthly.
First paid: December 2017 — every payment since is charted below.
What it is: an index fund holding a broad sweep of U.S. dollar high-yield (junk) corporate bonds — over 2,000 issues at institutional pricing.
Fee: 0.08% expense ratio (issuer page).
The bargain: at 0.08% it's one of the cheapest high-yield vehicles ever offered — broad junk-bond beta with almost no fee drag.

Bond-fund income is the market's most transparent: the fund passes through what its holdings yield, so the chart below is really a chart of interest rates as lived by income investors — no option overlays, no engineered payouts.

Every Dividend Payment, Over Time

USHY pays monthly. Each point below is one dividend since December 2017.

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USHY Payment Schedule & Next Ex-Dividend Date

Recent Ex-Dividend Dates	Dividend / Share

"Next expected" is estimated from USHY'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.

The Income That Needs No Tricks

Most funds on this site manufacture yield — options sold, leverage added, payouts engineered. USHY just owns debt and forwards the interest. That makes its chart the honest baseline: whatever an option-income fund pays above this is the price of the extra risk it carries.

Watch how differently it moves from the equity-income funds — overlay USHY against any of them on the compare tool, and find its next payday on the live dividend calendar.

Year-by-Year Table

Year	Total Dividends / Share	Payments	Change vs Prior Year

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.

When Is USHY's Next Ex-Dividend Date?

USHY 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 USHY's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.

USHY's Record So Far

USHY — the iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF — launched in October 2017 and has paid monthly since December 2017. The chart above shows every declared dividend.

Junk, Diversified and Discounted

High-yield investing used to mean paying an active manager ~1% to pick survivors; USHY flips the proposition — own essentially the whole market for 0.08% and let diversification absorb the defaults. The monthly record since 2017 spans a full credit cycle, including 2020's spread blowout and recovery.

Reading the Chart Honestly

For a bond fund, the payment line tracks interest rates and the share price tracks them inversely — judge the package on total return for your holding period, not either line alone. The compare tool puts USHY beside anything else we track.

See Every Fund's Next Payday

The live dividend calendar computes expected ex-dividend windows for every fund we track — one page, all the paydays.

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Educational content only — not financial advice. Payout history is provided by a third-party data source and may contain errors, omissions, or delays; verify against official sources before relying on it. Past distributions do not guarantee future payments. This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.