Top Dividend Paying ETFs

Ranks dividend-paying ETFs by income, stability, total return, drawdown behavior, payment frequency, and analyst review. This is educational research, not investment advice.

Balanced Income First Stability First Weekly / Frequent Income Analyst Favorites

Current style: Weekly / Frequent Income Showing top 100

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How the SVF score works: Score includes income, payout frequency, chart stability, drawdown, total return, and analyst review. The Weekly / Frequent Income tab shows ETFs with weekly-like payout history or at least 30 payouts in the last 12 months, a trailing yield of at least 10%, positive YTD price return, positive 1-year market-price return, positive 1-year total return, no severe 12-month chart drawdown, and no obvious split-distorted price return. ETFs with severe drawdowns, NAV erosion, unstable payout behavior, single-stock risk, leverage, or crypto exposure can be capped even if the distribution yield is very high. Research is educational only. High historical distributions do not guarantee future income, and very high yields can come with major principal risk.

Why only some weekly ETFs show here

This tab is intentionally strict. It is not trying to show every weekly payer. It only shows weekly or very frequent dividend ETFs that also pass a no-NAV-erosion screen. Many weekly high-yield ETFs pay large distributions while their market price falls, which can make the income look attractive even when principal is being damaged.

91 weekly/frequent ETFs found90 yield 10% or higher1 currently qualify90 rejected by the safety screen

84 have negative YTD market-price return76 have negative 1-year market-price return56 have negative 1-year total return59 have worse than -25% 12-month drawdown0 are still waiting for chart drawdown data35 have likely split-distorted price returns

Plain English: the database has many weekly/frequent payers, but most are failing because their price chart is falling, their 1-year price return is negative, their total return is weak, their drawdown is too severe, or the 12-month chart data is not ready yet. The ETFs shown in the qualified table are the only ones that currently pass all of the strict weekly-income rules using the data available right now.

Show examples of rejected weekly payers and why they failed

ETF	Yield	YTD price	1Y price	1Y total	Worst 12M drop	Reason
TSMY	57.12%	-1.87%	-8.13%	56.77%	-19.56%	YTD market-price erosion
AMDY	46.66%	33.17%	501.07%	161.49%	-22.11%	Split-distorted price return
GPTY	40.11%	-4.43%	-13.90%	23.93%	-19.90%	YTD market-price erosion
QDTY	35.98%	-10.12%	-13.26%	20.02%	-12.16%	YTD market-price erosion
XDTE	33.54%	-3.92%	-14.00%	16.44%	-9.45%	YTD market-price erosion
JPO	31.02%	-8.76%	-13.61%	16.35%	-13.14%	YTD market-price erosion
SDTY	27.68%	-8.01%	-10.58%	15.59%	-10.88%	YTD market-price erosion
XOMO	35.27%	-1.96%	-6.74%	30.51%	-24.66%	YTD market-price erosion
RDTE	45.70%	-4.02%	-17.09%	25.00%	-23.99%	YTD market-price erosion
RDTY	44.50%	-4.52%	-18.10%	22.26%	-13.35%	YTD market-price erosion
GIAX	28.60%	-8.15%	-16.32%	8.33%	-19.15%	YTD market-price erosion

Rank	ETF	Type	Yield	Frequency	YTD	1Y Price	1Y Total	3Y Total	5Y Total	Worst 12M Drop	April Stress	Scores	Analyst Notes
#1	CHPY YIELDMAX(R) SEMICONDUCTOR PORTFOLIO OPTION INCOME ETF Read details	—	37.56%	Frequent / weekly-like	60.10%	30.24%	96.82%	—	—	-22.69%	-0.55%	75.0 Stability 54.0 Income 90.0 Return 63.5 LLM 72.0	▾ Analyst notes Loading analyst notes...