SPYI ex-dividend date & dividend history

Wednesday, October 21, 2026. To get that dividend you need to own SPYI before that day, so the last day to buy is Tuesday, October 20, 2026. It is paid on Friday, October 23, 2026.

The latest dividend was $0.5338 per share, with an ex-date of Wednesday, September 16, 2026. The last 12 dividends add up to $6.3403 per share.

SPYI pays monthly, 12 times a year. Pays every month, and the amount changes from month to month.

To get the next dividend you have to buy before the ex-date. That doesn't make it free money: with everything else held still, the price is expected to open lower on the ex-date by about the dividend, since new buyers no longer get it (the market moves the price too). Buying before or after mostly decides whether the next payment reaches you as cash, which in a taxable account is taxed that year. The Ex-Dividend Price Drop Calculator works it out for any price and dividend.

No. Shares bought on or after the ex-date don't get that dividend. You need to buy by the trading day before it. Selling on or after the ex-date keeps the dividend.

About 1,893 shares. $1,000 a month is $12,000 a year, and SPYI's last 12 dividends came to $6.3403 a share: $12,000 ÷ $6.3403. For $500 a month it's about 947 shares, and for $2,000 a month about 3,786. The dividend changes, so the number does too; the calculator above shows what that many shares would cost at your price.

Funds don't announce increase streaks the way companies do: a fund's payout follows what its holdings pay. In the table on this page (from 2022), SPYI's yearly total went up 2 years in a row, 2024 to 2025.