TLT dividend history (2026)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) paid $3.89 a share over its last year of payments, monthly, a yield of 4.78% at the last close. The payment has grown +15.9% a year compounded (CAGR) over the past five. The last ex-dividend date was Oct 1, 2026. Not investment advice.
Price and yield as of market close, Oct 23, 2026; the dividend record runs from 2002.
What a holding earns#
At the current rate of $3.89 a share a year, shares priced at the last close ($81.34). Before tax; the rate can change at any payment.
| Holding | Shares | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 100 shares | 100 | $389 |
| 500 shares | 500 | $1,946 |
| 1,000 shares | 1,000 | $3,891 |
| $10,000 at the last close | 122.9 | $478 |
Dividends by year#
Regular payments that went ex in each calendar year, per share, newest first. A special dividend or a spin-off distribution is counted separately and left out of the total and the change.
| Year | Paid / share | vs prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2026YTD | $2.90 | — |
| 2025 | $3.86 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | $3.75 | +12.3% |
| 2023 | $3.34 | +25.8% |
| 2022 | $2.66 | +19.8% |
| 2021 | $2.22 | -6.3% |
| 2020 | $2.37 | -23.0% |
| 2019 | $3.07 | -3.8% |
| 2018 | $3.20 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | $3.09 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | $3.10 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | $3.15 | -6.4% |
| 2014 | $3.36 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | $3.32 | +209.8% |
| 2012 | $1.07 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | $1.09 | — |
| 2007 | $0.65 | -78.2% |
| 2006 | $2.99 | +280.1% |
| 2005 | $0.79 | -68.0% |
| 2004 | $2.46 | -7.2% |
| 2003 | $2.64 | +77.1% |
| 2002 | $1.49 | — |
Recent payments#
The last 16 ex-dividend dates. Amounts are split-adjusted, as paid on today's share count.
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.34 |
| May 1, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.31 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.33 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | $0.33 |
About this data#
Payments come from ChartRow's own dividend record, one row per ex-date, split-adjusted. A payment more than 2.5 times the year's median is treated as a special dividend or a distribution and left out of the annual total, the run-rate and the streak. The annual dividend is the latest regular payment times the number of payments a year; the yield divides it by the last close. Years of raises counts consecutive complete calendar years in which that payment rose over the prior year's — a cut, a flat year or a gap ends the count, and the current year is not counted until it is over. Where the run reaches the start of our record (1995 for many long-lived payers) it is shown with a plus sign, because it may be longer. Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How much does TLT pay in dividends?
- TLT paid $3.89 a share over its last year of payments, which vary in size, a dividend yield of 4.78% at the last close.
- How often does TLT pay dividends?
- iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF pays monthly (12 payments a year); the most recent ex-dividend date was Oct 1, 2026.
- How many years has TLT raised its dividend?
- TLT has not raised its dividend in each of the last complete years on our record: the most recent complete year's payment was not above the year before's.
- Can I see TLT's dividends reinvested?
- Yes, as a total-return view: the Growth of $1,000 page for this ticker shows what an investment became with dividends reinvested against price only, from any starting month.