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Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF
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PREF ETF Dividends: Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF

Dividend yield, distribution history, ex-dividend dates, and payment schedule analysis. Track payout frequency, income trends, and dividend growth metrics.

Annual Dividend (TTM)
$0.9452
Monthly
Dividend Yield
5.03%
Last ex-date: Apr 1, 2026
5-Year CAGR
-22.03%
Compound annual growth rate
Dividend Growth
8.21%
Year-over-year change

Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF (PREF) Dividend Distribution Statistics

Comprehensive dividend metrics including income yield, payout ratio, CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), and distribution frequency analysis

Payment Schedule & Details

Distribution frequency, ex-dividend dates, and cash payment information

FrequencyMonthly
Last Payment$0.0840
Last Ex-DateApr 1, 2026
Last Payment DateApr 6, 2026

Dividend Growth Metrics

CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), TTM (Trailing Twelve Months), and payout trends

TTM Growth (YoY)8.21%
3-Year CAGR-33.78%
5-Year CAGR-22.03%

Historical Distribution Averages

Multi-year dividend payment averages and yield history analysis

5-Year Average$0.7457
10-Year Average$0.7854
First PaymentAug 1, 2017

Historical Dividend Distribution Trend Chart

Visualize dividend payout amounts, distribution growth trends, income yield patterns, and stock splits over time

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Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF (PREF) Dividend Payment History & Calendar

Complete distribution history with ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment schedule, cash amounts, and payout frequency

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Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF (PREF) complete dividend distribution history and payment calendar table showing all ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment schedule dates, declaration dates, cash dividend amounts in USD, and payout frequency. Data sorted chronologically by most recent ex-dividend date first. Track income yield and distribution trends.
Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateDeclaration DateAmountFrequency
Apr 1, 2026Apr 1, 2026Apr 6, 2026-$0.0840Monthly
Mar 2, 2026Mar 2, 2026Mar 4, 2026Nov 14, 2025$0.0833Monthly
Feb 5, 2026-Feb 5, 2026-$0.0733Monthly
Feb 2, 2026Feb 2, 2026Feb 4, 2026Nov 14, 2025$0.0810Monthly
Dec 29, 2025Dec 29, 2025Dec 31, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0840Monthly
Dec 1, 2025Dec 1, 2025Dec 3, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0827Monthly
Nov 3, 2025Nov 3, 2025Nov 5, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0839Monthly
Oct 1, 2025Oct 1, 2025Oct 3, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0803Monthly
Sep 2, 2025Sep 2, 2025Sep 4, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0765Monthly
Aug 1, 2025Aug 1, 2025Aug 5, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0776Monthly
Jul 1, 2025Jul 1, 2025Jul 3, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0760Monthly
Jun 2, 2025Jun 2, 2025Jun 4, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0738Monthly
May 1, 2025May 1, 2025May 5, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0728Monthly
Apr 1, 2025Apr 1, 2025Apr 3, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0713Monthly
Mar 3, 2025Mar 3, 2025Mar 5, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0774Monthly
Feb 3, 2025Feb 3, 2025Feb 5, 2025Dec 26, 2024$0.0733Monthly
Dec 27, 2024Dec 27, 2024Dec 31, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0720Monthly
Dec 2, 2024Dec 2, 2024Dec 4, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0728Monthly
Nov 1, 2024Nov 1, 2024Nov 5, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0738Monthly
Oct 1, 2024Oct 1, 2024Oct 3, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0730Monthly
Sep 3, 2024Sep 3, 2024Sep 5, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0714Monthly
Aug 1, 2024Aug 1, 2024Aug 5, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0717Monthly
Jul 1, 2024Jul 1, 2024Jul 3, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0729Monthly
Jun 3, 2024Jun 3, 2024Jun 5, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0730Monthly
May 1, 2024May 2, 2024May 6, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0709Monthly
Apr 1, 2024Apr 2, 2024Apr 4, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0704Monthly
Mar 1, 2024Mar 4, 2024Mar 6, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0740Monthly
Feb 1, 2024Feb 2, 2024Feb 6, 2024Dec 14, 2023$0.0704Monthly
Dec 27, 2023Dec 28, 2023Jan 2, 2024Dec 29, 2022$0.0667Monthly
Dec 1, 2023Dec 4, 2023Dec 6, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0694Monthly
Nov 1, 2023Nov 2, 2023Nov 6, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0678Monthly
Oct 2, 2023Oct 3, 2023Oct 5, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0719Monthly
Sep 1, 2023Sep 5, 2023Sep 7, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0725Monthly
Aug 1, 2023Aug 2, 2023Aug 4, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0695Monthly
Jul 3, 2023Jul 5, 2023Jul 7, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0624Monthly
Jun 1, 2023Jun 2, 2023Jun 6, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0658Monthly
May 1, 2023May 2, 2023May 4, 2023Apr 28, 2023$0.0666Monthly
Apr 3, 2023Apr 4, 2023Apr 6, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0626Monthly
Mar 1, 2023Mar 2, 2023Mar 6, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0733Monthly
Feb 1, 2023Feb 2, 2023Feb 6, 2023Dec 29, 2022$0.0698Monthly
Dec 28, 2022Dec 29, 2022Jan 3, 2023Dec 27, 2022$0.0679Monthly
Dec 1, 2022Dec 2, 2022Dec 6, 2022Nov 30, 2022$0.0663Monthly
Nov 1, 2022Nov 2, 2022Nov 4, 2022Oct 31, 2022$0.0599Monthly
Oct 3, 2022Oct 4, 2022Oct 6, 2022Sep 30, 2022$0.0678Monthly
Sep 1, 2022Sep 2, 2022Sep 7, 2022Aug 31, 2022$0.0656Monthly
Aug 1, 2022Aug 2, 2022Aug 4, 2022Jul 29, 2022$0.0670Monthly
Jul 1, 2022Jul 5, 2022Jul 7, 2022Jun 30, 2022$0.0640Monthly
Jun 1, 2022Jun 2, 2022Jun 6, 2022May 31, 2022$0.0670Monthly
May 2, 2022May 3, 2022May 5, 2022Apr 29, 2022$0.0695Monthly
Apr 1, 2022Apr 4, 2022Apr 6, 2022Mar 31, 2022$0.0665Monthly
Mar 1, 2022Mar 2, 2022Mar 4, 2022Feb 28, 2022$0.0682Monthly
Feb 1, 2022Feb 2, 2022Feb 4, 2022Jan 31, 2022$0.0633Monthly
Dec 29, 2021Dec 30, 2021Jan 3, 2022Jan 7, 2021$0.0635Monthly
Dec 1, 2021Dec 2, 2021Dec 6, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0665Monthly
Nov 1, 2021Nov 2, 2021Nov 4, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0634Monthly
Oct 1, 2021Oct 4, 2021Oct 6, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0662Monthly
Sep 1, 2021Sep 2, 2021Sep 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0670Monthly
Aug 2, 2021Aug 3, 2021Aug 5, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0721Monthly
Jul 1, 2021Jul 2, 2021Jul 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0790Monthly
Jun 1, 2021Jun 2, 2021Jun 4, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0730Monthly
May 3, 2021May 4, 2021May 6, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0712Monthly
Apr 1, 2021Apr 5, 2021Apr 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0660Monthly
Mar 1, 2021Mar 2, 2021Mar 4, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0703Monthly
Feb 1, 2021Feb 2, 2021Feb 4, 2021Jan 7, 2021$0.0663Monthly
Dec 29, 2020-Jan 4, 2021Jan 11, 2020$0.0460Monthly
Dec 1, 2020-Dec 4, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0720Monthly
Nov 2, 2020-Nov 5, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0738Monthly
Oct 1, 2020-Oct 6, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0779Monthly
Sep 1, 2020-Sep 4, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0792Monthly
Aug 3, 2020-Aug 6, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0783Monthly
Jul 1, 2020-Jul 7, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0912Monthly
Jun 1, 2020-Jun 4, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0746Monthly
May 1, 2020-May 6, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0828Monthly
Apr 1, 2020-Apr 6, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0742Monthly
Mar 2, 2020-Mar 5, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0780Monthly
Feb 3, 2020-Feb 6, 2020Jan 11, 2020$0.0726Monthly
Dec 27, 2019-Jan 2, 2020Jan 25, 2019$0.0850Monthly
Dec 2, 2019-Dec 5, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0790Monthly
Nov 1, 2019-Nov 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0682Monthly
Oct 1, 2019-Oct 4, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0700Monthly
Sep 3, 2019-Sep 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0834Monthly
Aug 1, 2019-Aug 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0754Monthly
Jul 1, 2019-Jul 5, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0838Monthly
Jun 3, 2019-Jun 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0716Monthly
May 1, 2019-May 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0800Monthly
Apr 1, 2019-Apr 4, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0814Monthly
Mar 1, 2019-Mar 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0826Monthly
Feb 1, 2019-Feb 6, 2019Jan 25, 2019$0.0806Monthly
Dec 27, 2018-Jan 2, 2019Dec 26, 2018$0.0906Monthly
Dec 3, 2018-Dec 6, 2018Nov 30, 2018$0.0860Monthly
Nov 1, 2018-Nov 6, 2018Feb 7, 2018$0.0878Monthly
Oct 1, 2018-Oct 4, 2018Feb 7, 2018$0.0876Monthly
Sep 4, 2018-Sep 7, 2018Feb 7, 2018$0.0876Monthly
Aug 1, 2018-Aug 6, 2018Feb 7, 2018$0.0732Monthly
Jul 2, 2018-Jul 6, 2018Feb 7, 2018$0.0732Monthly
Jun 1, 2018-Jun 6, 2018May 31, 2018$0.0774Monthly
May 1, 2018-May 4, 2018Feb 7, 2018$0.0804Monthly
Apr 2, 2018-Apr 5, 2018Mar 29, 2018$0.0846Monthly
Mar 1, 2018-Mar 6, 2018Feb 28, 2018$0.0878Monthly
Feb 1, 2018-Feb 6, 2018Jan 31, 2018$0.0724Monthly
Dec 27, 2017-Jan 2, 2018Dec 26, 2017$0.0828Monthly
Dec 15, 2017-Dec 20, 2017Dec 14, 2017$0.0046-
Dec 1, 2017-Dec 6, 2017Nov 30, 2017$0.0850Monthly
Nov 1, 2017-Nov 6, 2017Oct 31, 2017$0.0872Monthly
Oct 2, 2017-Oct 5, 2017Sep 29, 2017$0.0930Monthly
Sep 1, 2017-Sep 8, 2017Sep 1, 2017$0.0910Monthly
Aug 1, 2017-Aug 7, 2017Aug 1, 2017$0.0274-

Frequently Asked Questions About Principal Spectrum Preferred Secs Active ETF Dividends

What is the dividend yield for PREF?

PREF has a dividend yield of 5.03% based on current price and annual dividend payments.

When does PREF pay dividends?

PREF pays dividends monthly. View the payment history table for specific ex-dividend and payment dates.

What is the ex-dividend date for PREF?

The most recent ex-dividend date for PREF is April 1, 2026. See the full history in the payment table below.

Has PREF increased its dividend?

Review the growth metrics section to analyze PREF's dividend growth trends and historical payout patterns.

How much dividend does PREF pay annually?

PREF pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share based on recent distributions.