XBIL Dividend Calculator
US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF yields 3.65%, close to the 2.97% median across US dividend payers, but pays monthly rather than quarterly. That schedule, more than the headline rate, is usually why XBIL is being compared against other income holdings.
XBIL paid $1.83 per share over the last twelve months on a monthly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
XBIL
US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF
3.65%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in XBIL pays you
$365.06
per year
- Paid each month
- $30.42
- Monthly average
- $30.42
- Shares bought
- 199.68
- Payments a year
- 12
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$3,650.64
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.
XBIL dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 3.65%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $36.51 | $3.04 | $3.04 |
| $5,000 | $182.53 | $15.21 | $15.21 |
| $10,000 | $365.06 | $30.42 | $30.42 |
| $25,000 | $912.66 | $76.05 | $76.05 |
| $50,000 | $1,825.32 | $152.11 | $152.11 |
| $100,000 | $3,650.64 | $304.22 | $304.22 |
XBIL with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in XBIL, 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
- $14,398
- After 20 years
- $20,730
- After 30 years
- $29,848
$13,651 taking the income as cash
$17,301 taking the income as cash
$20,952 taking the income as cash
What makes up XBIL's 3.65% yield
XBIL is an exchange-traded fund, so the 3.65% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of XBIL'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 close to the market median is the least informative figure on this page — it is what most payers look like. What separates XBIL from the rest of that group is the schedule it pays on, the record behind the payment and what funds it, covered below.
When XBIL pays, and what that changes
XBIL 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 XBIL'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. XBIL's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
What stands behind XBIL's distribution
There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind XBIL'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. No multi-year record of consecutive increases is on file for XBIL, so treat the projection as arithmetic on today's payment rather than as an expectation about future ones.
XBIL dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in XBIL pay in dividends?
- At XBIL's current yield of 3.65%, $10,000 pays about $365.06 a year — roughly $30.42 per payment, paid monthly, or $30.42 a month averaged out.
- What would XBIL be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in XBIL would grow to about $14,398 after 10 years, against $13,651 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 XBIL pay dividends?
- XBIL pays monthly — 12 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is XBIL'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 XBIL's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Does XBIL pay dividends monthly?
- Yes. XBIL pays monthly — twelve payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule. At the current 3.65% yield, $10,000 produces about $30.42 a month before tax.
- Is XBIL's distribution the same as a company dividend?
- Not quite. XBIL 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 XBIL
US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $50.08 per share, paying monthly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.