QLD Dividend Yield 2026: ProShares - Ultra QQQ

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Data last updated: Jul 06, 2026

Dividend Yield: 0.15%

Annual Dividend: $0.14 per share

Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-24

Dividend Frequency: quarterly

Sector: Financial Services

Years of Dividend History: 16

About ProShares - Ultra QQQ Dividend

ProShares - Ultra QQQ dividend payments come from a leveraged ETF designed to deliver twice the daily return of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The current yield is 0.15%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.1372 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is June 24, 2026, and the last dividend paid was $0.0607 per share. With a beta of 2.53, QLD stock carries amplified price swings that make it a poor fit for investors whose primary goal is steady income.

Dividend Safety

ProShares - Ultra QQQ pays out a payout ratio classified as not applicable (fund/ETF), as it is a leveraged exchange-traded product rather than an operating company. ProShares - Ultra QQQ dividend safety is therefore not anchored to earnings coverage in the traditional sense, but to the fund's daily performance against the Nasdaq-100 Index. The most significant pressure on the dividend is the fund's 2x daily leverage structure, which means distributions fluctuate directly with the underlying index's performance and can vary sharply from year to year.

ProShares - Ultra QQQ (QLD) Dividend Growth Rate, CAGR, and History

ProShares - Ultra QQQ dividend history shows a CAGR of -15.8% per year from 2007 to 2024. Per-share dividends fell from $5.0877 at the start of the window to $0.2743 by 2024 (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 285.0% in 2019, but the overall trend is sharply negative, and the data block flags at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%.

ProShares - Ultra QQQ Dividend Growth Rate (CAGR)

Period	CAGR	From	To
3-Year	+25.0%	$0.11 (2022)	$0.21 (2025)
5-Year	+6.7%	$0.15 (2019)	$0.21 (2025)
10-Year	-2.0%	$0.26 (2014)	$0.21 (2025)

Is ProShares - Ultra QQQ a Good Dividend Stock?

QLD stock is not built for income investors. The yield is low (below 2%), currently sitting at 0.15%, and the 17-year dividend history shows a -15.8% annual decline in per-share payouts. The 5-year average yield of 0.19% is itself minimal, and the current yield sits below even that modest benchmark. ProShares - Ultra QQQ is a leveraged product targeting daily double returns on the Nasdaq-100, so price appreciation is the mechanism, not income. An investor in QLD accepts near-zero yield and extreme dividend variability in exchange for amplified exposure to large-cap technology-oriented index performance.

Recent ProShares - Ultra QQQ Dividend Payments

Payment Date	Amount per Share
2026-06-24	$0.0607
2026-03-25	$0.0132
2025-12-24	$0.0226
2025-09-24	$0.0407
2025-06-25	$0.1242
2025-03-26	$0.0256
2024-12-23	$0.0614
2024-09-25	$0.0515
2024-06-26	$0.1060
2024-03-20	$0.0554

ProShares - Ultra QQQ Annual Dividend History

Year	Total Dividends
2026	$0.0739
2025	$0.2131
2024	$0.2743
2023	$0.0782
2022	$0.1091

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Frequently Asked Questions

How often does ProShares - Ultra QQQ pay dividends?

ProShares - Ultra QQQ pays dividends quarterly. The last dividend paid was $0.0607 per share, with the next ex-dividend date set for June 24, 2026.

What is ProShares - Ultra QQQ's current dividend yield?

The current yield is 0.15%, which is below the 5-year average yield of 0.19%. Both figures are low by any income-focused standard.

Has ProShares - Ultra QQQ ever cut its dividend?

Yes. The available history shows multiple year-over-year declines, and the data flags at least one drop exceeding 5%. Per-share dividends fell from $5.0877 in 2007 to $0.2743 in 2024, a long-term downward trend.

How fast has ProShares - Ultra QQQ grown its dividend?

The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2007 to 2024 is -15.8% per year. That is a long-term decline, not growth, reflecting the volatile and leverage-driven nature of QLD dividend distributions.

Is ProShares - Ultra QQQ a good dividend stock for income investors?

ProShares - Ultra QQQ is not well-characterized as an income stock. The yield is 0.15%, the dividend has declined at -15.8% per year since 2007, and distributions are highly variable due to the fund's 2x leveraged structure.

Why is ProShares - Ultra QQQ dividend yield low?

The yield is low because QLD is a leveraged ETF targeting daily price returns, not income generation. At $0.1372 per share annually, distributions are a byproduct of the fund's structure, not a primary objective.

How does ProShares - Ultra QQQ compare to its own historical yield?

The current yield of 0.15% is below the 5-year average of 0.19%. Both are minimal, and the gap reflects the declining per-share dividend trend visible across the full history window.

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