SOXS Dividend Calculator
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF yields 16.71%, more than three times the 2.87% 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.
SOXS paid $11.85 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
SOXS
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF
16.71%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in SOXS pays you
$1,670.74
per year
- Paid each quarter
- $417.69
- Monthly average
- $139.23
- Shares bought
- 140.94
- Payments a year
- 4
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$16,707.41
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.
SOXS dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 16.71%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $167.07 | $41.77 | $13.92 |
| $5,000 | $835.37 | $208.84 | $69.61 |
| $10,000 | $1,670.74 | $417.69 | $139.23 |
| $25,000 | $4,176.85 | $1,044.21 | $348.07 |
| $50,000 | $8,353.71 | $2,088.43 | $696.14 |
| $100,000 | $16,707.41 | $4,176.85 | $1,392.28 |
SOXS with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in SOXS, 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
- $51,387
- After 20 years
- $264,058
- After 30 years
- $1,356,901
$26,707 taking the income as cash
$43,415 taking the income as cash
$60,122 taking the income as cash
What makes up SOXS's 16.71% yield
SOXS is an exchange-traded fund, so the 16.71% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of SOXS'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 SOXS pays, and what that changes
SOXS pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.
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. SOXS's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
What stands behind SOXS's distribution
There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind SOXS'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 SOXS 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.
SOXS dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in SOXS pay in dividends?
- At SOXS's current yield of 16.71%, $10,000 pays about $1,670.74 a year — roughly $417.69 per payment, paid quarterly, or $139.23 a month averaged out.
- What would SOXS be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in SOXS would grow to about $51,387 after 10 years, against $26,707 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 SOXS pay dividends?
- SOXS pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is SOXS'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 SOXS's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is SOXS's dividend yield so high?
- SOXS yields 16.71% against a 2.87% 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.
- Is SOXS's distribution the same as a company dividend?
- Not quite. SOXS 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.
More on SOXS
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $70.95 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.