When do your ETFs pay you?
See which ETFs go ex-distribution each month, when the money lands, and build a month-by-month picture of the income from the ETFs you hold. Covers 107 popular ETFs.
How much will you get each month?
Your income calendar uses the portfolio in the bar above. Until you enter your own, it uses an example: VAS and VGS as the core (90%) and GOLD as a 10% satellite.
Who pays when
Dates are expected dates based on each fund's usual schedule and may move by a few days. Amounts vary every time. Check the issuer's announcements for confirmed dates and amounts. Yields are trailing 12-month distributions and are not a forecast. † marks funds whose past 12 months included one-off capital gains or currency-hedging payouts, so their regular income is lower; the income calendar uses an estimate of the regular income for these. Franking credits are estimated from the fund's recent level of franking. General information only.
How ETF distributions work
Ex-date. You need to own the ETF before this date to get the next payment. Buy on or after it and the payment goes to the seller.
Payment date. Usually two to three weeks after the ex-date. The money goes to your bank account, or into more units if you've joined the distribution reinvestment plan (DRP).
The price drops on the ex-date by about the amount being paid, because that cash is leaving the fund. That's normal and not a loss.
July is usually the biggest. Many ETFs pay out their realised capital gains in the June quarter distribution, paid in July.
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