Dividend Vision Lists
Most Consistent Monthly Income ETFs
Monthly-paying ETFs that clear three consistency tests at once — a three-year-plus unbroken payment streak, and a distribution that hasn't been shrinking — ranked so the steadiest monthly income sits on top.
Updated September 2026 · 60 funds
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Our proprietary snapshot of this list — averages and standouts, computed from the funds below. Not investment advice.
For anyone living off their portfolio, consistency beats a big headline yield: a monthly cheque that actually arrives, every month, and doesn't shrink. This page screens the monthly-paying ETF universe for exactly that kind of steadiness, then ranks the survivors by safety-adjusted yield.
To make the list a fund must clear three bars at once — pay monthly, hold an unbroken streak of at least three years, and show a distribution that has not been cut over the past year. It's a deliberately demanding filter, so the result is the dependable core of the monthly-income universe rather than its newest, highest-yielding experiments.
How this screen works
Three consistency tests, then ranked by safety-adjusted yield (yield weighted by the Distribution Safety Score).
- Cadence: pays monthly.
- Streak: at least a 3-year (36-month) unbroken payment streak.
- Trend: the trailing 1-year distribution is flat or rising, not shrinking.
- Rank: by Safety-Adjusted Yield — distribution rate × Distribution Safety Score ÷ 100 — so durable income leads, not the biggest raw yield.
Most Consistent Monthly Income ETFs
Ranked live from our data pipeline on every build — click any column header to re-sort, or open a ticker for the full analysis. We never hard-code the figures.
| Ticker | Fund | Streak | Yield | Distribution Safety Score™ ⓘ | Div growth (1y) | AUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IGLD | FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF | 5 yr | 22.04% | 86 | +234.3% | $599M |
| SVOL | Simplify Volatility Premium ETF | 5 yr | 20.17% | 71 | +0.7% | $526M |
| JEPQ | JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF | 4 yr | 13.72% | 90 | +2.7% | $41.9B |
| FTQI | First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF | 13 yr | 12.04% | 98 | +6.2% | $961M |
| SPYI | NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF | 4 yr | 12.05% | 90 | +5.0% | $11.7B |
| RIET | Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF | 5 yr | 10.97% | 91 | 0.0% | $110M |
| YYY | Amplify High Income ETF | 13 yr | 12.90% | 77 | 0.0% | $736M |
| KBWD | Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF | 16 yr | 13.01% | 73 | +0.3% | $407M |
| QYLD | Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF | 13 yr | 11.97% | 79 | -2.3% | $8.3B |
| ICAP | InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF | 5 yr | 10.50% | 90 | +23.6% | $119M |
| HIPS | GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF | 7 yr | 11.00% | 84 | 0.0% | $123M |
| PFFA | Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF | 8 yr | 9.86% | 92 | +1.5% | $2.5B |
| NDIV | Amplify Natural Resources Dividend Income ETF | 4 yr | 11.87% | 76 | +112.7% | $31M |
| FTHI | First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF | 13 yr | 8.92% | 98 | +4.4% | $2.5B |
| SRET | Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF | 11 yr | 10.15% | 86 | +5.9% | $228M |
| RDVI | FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF | 4 yr | 8.53% | 99 | +12.2% | $3.7B |
| XCCC | BondBloxx CCC Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 4 yr | 9.63% | 87 | -4.9% | $324M |
| PTA | Cohen & Steers Tax-Advantaged Preferred Securities and Income Fund | 6 yr | 8.71% | 94 | 0.0% | — |
| DOGG | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV - FT Cboe Vest DJIA Dogs 10 Target Income ETF | 3 yr | 8.75% | 90 | +6.0% | $88M |
| RYLD | Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF | 7 yr | 12.24% | 64 | -5.2% | $1.4B |
| AMZA | InfraCap MLP ETF | 4 yr | 8.04% | 97 | +13.5% | $494M |
| PFFR | Virtus InfraCap REIT Preferred ETF | 7 yr | 8.47% | 89 | 0.0% | $121M |
| MDIV | First Trust Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund | 14 yr | 8.23% | 89 | +17.0% | $431M |
| PTBD | Pacer Trendpilot US Bond ETF | 4 yr | 9.69% | 75 | +0.1% | $85M |
| AMAX | Adaptive Hedged Multi-Asset Income ETF | 5 yr | 11.85% | 61 | +31.6% | $71M |
| TYLG | Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF | 4 yr | 7.95% | 90 | +33.9% | $15M |
| ALTY | Global X Alternative Income ETF | 11 yr | 7.85% | 90 | +7.2% | $49M |
| YLD | Principal Active High Yield ETF | 11 yr | 7.18% | 98 | +3.6% | $602M |
| QQQH | NEOS Nasdaq-100 Hedged Equity Income ETF | 7 yr | 8.97% | 78 | +5.3% | $378M |
| USHY | iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 9 yr | 6.99% | 98 | +4.3% | $28.7B |
| EMHY | iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF | 14 yr | 6.85% | 100 | +0.6% | $641M |
| XYLD | Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF | 13 yr | 8.95% | 76 | -4.7% | $3.3B |
| BSJU | BulletShares 2030 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 4 yr | 7.06% | 94 | -0.4% | $322M |
| HYEM | VanEck Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF | 14 yr | 6.97% | 95 | +2.0% | $517M |
| NUHY | Nuveen ESG High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 7 yr | 6.73% | 98 | +2.7% | $112M |
| FCEF | First Trust Income Opportunity ETF | 10 yr | 6.87% | 96 | +1.9% | $83M |
| JNK | State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF | 19 yr | 6.70% | 98 | +1.8% | $6.9B |
| IBHJ | iShares iBonds 2030 Term High Yield and Income ETF | 3 yr | 6.64% | 98 | +0.5% | $179M |
| IBHI | iShares iBonds 2029 Term High Yield and Income ETF | 4 yr | 6.63% | 98 | +0.1% | $507M |
| FDHY | Fidelity High Yield Factor ETF | 8 yr | 6.60% | 98 | -2.7% | $606M |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 19 yr | 6.59% | 98 | +2.3% | $15.7B |
| PHYL | PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF | 8 yr | 7.45% | 86 | -7.7% | $1.4B |
| SHYG | iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 13 yr | 6.77% | 94 | +0.5% | $7.7B |
| FALN | iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF | 10 yr | 6.37% | 99 | +6.3% | $1.7B |
| ANGL | VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF | 14 yr | 6.62% | 95 | +2.0% | $3.2B |
| FEMB | First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF | 12 yr | 7.45% | 84 | +13.9% | $382M |
| PYLD | PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund | 3 yr | 6.45% | 97 | +1.7% | $15.6B |
| RDFI | Rareview Dynamic Fixed Income ETF | 4 yr | 8.30% | 75 | +1.4% | $88M |
| FHYS | Federated Hermes Short Duration High Yield ETF | 5 yr | 7.06% | 88 | +0.2% | $55M |
| FLHY | Franklin Liberty High Yield Corporate ETF | 8 yr | 6.22% | 99 | +0.8% | $1.3B |
| AHYB | American Century Select High Yield ETF | 5 yr | 6.31% | 97 | +5.0% | $62M |
| TSEC | Touchstone Securitized Income ETF | 3 yr | 6.79% | 90 | +31.1% | $168M |
| BKHY | BNY Mellon High Yield Beta ETF | 6 yr | 6.54% | 93 | +0.4% | $168M |
| HYLB | Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 10 yr | 6.40% | 94 | +5.1% | $3.5B |
| OBND | SPDR Loomis Sayles Opportunistic Bond ETF | 5 yr | 6.67% | 90 | +3.0% | $32M |
| QHY | WisdomTree U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Fund | 10 yr | 6.18% | 97 | -2.6% | $246M |
| LONZ | PIMCO Senior Loan Active Exchange-Traded Fund | 4 yr | 7.09% | 84 | +18.8% | $600M |
| QYLG | Global X Nasdaq 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF | 6 yr | 6.90% | 86 | +13.3% | $171M |
| HYFI | AB High Yield ETF | 3 yr | 6.11% | 97 | +0.6% | $336M |
| EBND | State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF | 9 yr | 6.04% | 98 | +5.5% | $2.3B |
Screened and ranked from our own data. Not investment advice.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a monthly ETF "consistent" here?
Three things at once: it pays monthly, it has an unbroken streak of at least three years, and its distribution over the last year is flat or rising rather than shrinking. 60 funds currently clear all three.
How are these ranked?
By Safety-Adjusted Yield — the distribution rate multiplied by the Distribution Safety Score and divided by 100. That rewards funds pairing a solid yield with a durable-looking payout, instead of putting the riskiest high-yielder on top.
Why require a non-shrinking distribution?
A steadily falling monthly payout is the classic sign of NAV erosion in some high-yield funds — the cheque keeps coming but gets smaller. Requiring a flat-or-rising trailing distribution filters those out.
Is a consistent payer automatically safe?
No. Consistency is a strong signal, but future payments depend on future income. The Distribution Safety Score column is there precisely to flag where a long streak may still rest on a stretched payout.
How often does this update?
Streaks, distributions, yields, and Safety Scores refresh on every build, so membership and ranking re-compute automatically.
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