RYLD Dividend Calculator
Global X - Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF yields 12.03%, more than three times the 2.92% median across US dividend payers. A yield that far above the market is the numerator and denominator moving in opposite directions — and the calculations below take it at face value, which is exactly why the caveats underneath them matter.
RYLD paid $1.87 per share over the last twelve months on a monthly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
RYLD
Global X - Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF
12.03%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in RYLD pays you
$1,203.28
per year
- Paid each month
- $100.27
- Monthly average
- $100.27
- Shares bought
- 643.09
- Payments a year
- 12
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$12,032.80
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
RYLD dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 12.03%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $120.33 | $10.03 | $10.03 |
| $5,000 | $601.64 | $50.14 | $50.14 |
| $10,000 | $1,203.28 | $100.27 | $100.27 |
| $25,000 | $3,008.20 | $250.68 | $250.68 |
| $50,000 | $6,016.40 | $501.37 | $501.37 |
| $100,000 | $12,032.80 | $1,002.73 | $1,002.73 |
RYLD with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in RYLD, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $33,111
- After 20 years
- $109,635
- After 30 years
- $363,016
$22,033 taking the income as cash
$34,066 taking the income as cash
$46,098 taking the income as cash
What makes up RYLD's 12.03% yield
RYLD is an exchange-traded fund, so the 12.03% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of RYLD's own earnings, which is why no payout ratio appears anywhere on this page — the concept does not apply to a fund. The practical consequence for the projections below is that the distribution moves when the underlying portfolio's income moves, and a fund that rebalances into higher- or lower-yielding positions changes its own payment without any single company having cut one.
A yield rises for two very different reasons, and they are indistinguishable in the number itself: the fund raised its payment, or its share price fell. At more than three times the market median the second explanation is common enough to have a name — the yield trap — and it matters here because every projection on this page multiplies the current yield forward. If the price fell because the market expects the payment to be cut, these figures are calculated from a rate that will not survive.
When RYLD pays, and what that changes
RYLD pays monthly, so the "per payment" column above is a genuine monthly figure rather than a quarterly sum divided down. For income being drawn rather than reinvested, that alignment with monthly outgoings is the practical difference between a monthly payer and a quarterly one.
Frequency also compounds slightly faster when the income is reinvested: twelve reinvestments a year at the same annual rate finish marginally ahead of four, and the reinvestment figures above already reflect RYLD's actual schedule rather than an assumed quarterly one.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. RYLD's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
What stands behind RYLD's distribution
There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind RYLD's distribution is the aggregate income of everything it holds, so the question that matters is whether those holdings' own payments are durable — a diversified fund will not cut its distribution because one holding did, but it will if many do at once.
The figures hold the dividend flat, and that assumption carries more weight for RYLD than it would for a lower-yielding holding. There is no established record of consecutive annual increases here, and at this yield a modest reduction in the payment changes the ten-year figure substantially.
RYLD dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in RYLD pay in dividends?
- At RYLD's current yield of 12.03%, $10,000 pays about $1,203.28 a year — roughly $100.27 per payment, paid monthly, or $100.27 a month averaged out.
- What would RYLD be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in RYLD would grow to about $33,111 after 10 years, against $22,033 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does RYLD pay dividends?
- RYLD pays monthly — 12 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is RYLD's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check RYLD's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is RYLD's dividend yield so high?
- RYLD yields 12.03% against a 2.92% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. As a fund, its distribution reflects the income of its holdings rather than a decision by any one company.
- Does RYLD pay dividends monthly?
- Yes. RYLD pays monthly — twelve payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule. At the current 12.03% yield, $10,000 produces about $100.27 a month before tax.
- Is RYLD's distribution the same as a company dividend?
- Not quite. RYLD is a fund: it collects dividends from the companies it holds and passes them through after costs, so the distribution moves with the portfolio's income rather than with a single company's decision. It also means no payout ratio applies — there are no earnings of its own to pay out of — and that a rebalance into different holdings can change the distribution on its own.
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Global X - Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $15.55 per share, paying monthly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.