iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) Dividend History

DivTrkr holds 231 recorded HYG dividend payments, running from May 1, 2007 to August 3, 2026 — 20 calendar years. Together those payments total $102.71 per share. HYG has most often paid monthly.

HYG's payment rate did not increase in the most recent complete year, so its growth streak currently stands at zero.

Over the last five complete years the HYG payment rate compounded at +1.3% a year, and -0.4% a year over the last ten. That is what the payments actually did; it is not a forecast.

HYG's payment rate fell in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2021. The steepest drop was -18.6%.

HYG dividends by year

YearTotal paid per sharePaymentsMedian paymentGrowth
2025$4.6112$0.381-3.5%
2024$4.7212$0.395+8.8%
2023$4.4512$0.363+16.0%
2022$3.9012$0.313+7.4%
2021$3.5012$0.291-18.6%
2020$4.2612$0.358-3.0%
2019$4.3912$0.369-1.2%
2018$4.4912$0.373+0.3%
2017$4.4712$0.372-3.1%
2016$4.5612$0.385-3.1%
2015$4.7612$0.397-6.8%
2014$5.1012$0.426-10.0%
2013$5.6712$0.474
2012$5.6511 (timing)$0.508
2011$6.7212$0.565-9.5%
2010$7.4512$0.624-11.7%
2009$8.3312$0.707+9.4%
2008$7.6612$0.647
2007$5.279 (timing)$0.623

How this growth is measured

Year-over-year growth here compares each year's median payment with the year before, not the calendar-year total. Ex-dividend dates drift, so a quarterly payer can book five ex-dates in one calendar year and four in the next. Comparing raw yearly totals would show a phantom cut of around 25% in a year where the company did nothing but pay slightly earlier. Using the median payment removes that distortion, and also ignores one-off special dividends.

Years marked “timing” booked a different number of payments than HYG's usual cadence, so their total is not directly comparable with neighbouring years.

Recent HYG dividend payments

Ex-dividend dateAmount per share
August 3, 2026$0.384
July 1, 2026$0.369
June 1, 2026$0.409
May 1, 2026$0.419
April 1, 2026$0.384
March 2, 2026$0.394
February 2, 2026$0.399
December 19, 2025$0.381
December 1, 2025$0.375
November 3, 2025$0.410
October 1, 2025$0.381
September 2, 2025$0.383
August 1, 2025$0.404
July 1, 2025$0.379
June 2, 2025$0.376
May 1, 2025$0.401
April 1, 2025$0.382
March 3, 2025$0.374
February 3, 2025$0.360
December 18, 2024$0.409
December 2, 2024$0.361
November 1, 2024$0.395
October 1, 2024$0.390
September 3, 2024$0.380
August 1, 2024$0.409
July 1, 2024$0.405
June 3, 2024$0.358
May 1, 2024$0.400
April 1, 2024$0.395
March 1, 2024$0.438
February 1, 2024$0.384
December 14, 2023$0.379
December 1, 2023$0.344
November 1, 2023$0.388
October 2, 2023$0.385
September 1, 2023$0.351
August 1, 2023$0.358
July 3, 2023$0.403
June 1, 2023$0.353
May 1, 2023$0.326
April 3, 2023$0.342
March 1, 2023$0.450
February 1, 2023$0.368
December 15, 2022$0.396
December 1, 2022$0.319
November 1, 2022$0.280
October 3, 2022$0.351
September 1, 2022$0.366
August 1, 2022$0.304
July 1, 2022$0.329
June 1, 2022$0.307
May 2, 2022$0.305
April 1, 2022$0.334
March 1, 2022$0.307
February 1, 2022$0.305
December 16, 2021$0.296
December 1, 2021$0.282
November 1, 2021$0.277
October 1, 2021$0.289
September 1, 2021$0.275

Showing the 60 most recent of 231 recorded payments. The full log is on the page.

HYG dividend history questions

How many dividends has HYG paid?

DivTrkr has 231 recorded HYG dividend payments between May 1, 2007 and August 3, 2026, totalling $102.71 per share across 20 calendar years.

Has HYG ever cut its dividend?

Yes. The HYG per-payment rate fell in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2021, the steepest being -18.6%.

How fast is the HYG dividend growing?

The HYG payment rate compounded at +1.3% a year over the last five complete years and -0.4% a year over the last ten.

How often does HYG pay a dividend?

HYG has most often paid monthly — 12 payments a year. Individual years can show a different count when an ex-date drifts across a year boundary.

See the current HYG dividend yield and next ex-dividend date, or track HYG free with DivTrkr to see what this history pays on your own share count.