UBS ETRACS -- An Analysis of UBS ETRACS Dividend Payers from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2025
UBS ETRACS dividend payers from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2025 ranked by yield
As always, please read our disclaimer.
The following stocks are sorted in descending order of greatest “yield per month.”
Please note some of these may have had “special” dividends or spinoff payments which will not repeat.
All dividends are calculated based on the “Ex-EFF Date.”
Here’s a “table of averages” for the issues below; not definitive, but kind of interesting.
[1] ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN Series B [SMHB]
SMHB had total dividends of $1.1032 from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2025. During that time frame it had a starting price of $6.12, a high price of $24.90, a low price of $1.19, and a 2/28/2025 price of $5.00. This means that it had a yield of 18.03%, or an average monthly yield of 1.52%. The peak-to-valley is -95.22%. The capital gains were -18.30%. The overall gain/loss (cap gains + yield) is -0.27%, or a gain/loss per month of -0.02%. The average volume since inception was 46,633.
For further information, please see the following link:
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/etf/SMHB/dividend-history
[2] ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN [MVRL]
MVRL had total dividends of $2.9926 from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2025. During that time frame it had a starting price of $17.55, a high price of $52.90, a low price of $13.68, and a 2/28/2025 price of $16.89. This means that it had a yield of 17.05%, or an average monthly yield of 1.43%. The peak-to-valley is -74.14%. The capital gains were -3.76%. The overall gain/loss (cap gains + yield) is 13.29%, or a gain/loss per month of 1.12%. The average volume since inception was 10,114.
For further information, please see the following link:
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/etf/MVRL/dividend-history
[3] ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged MarketVector BDC Liquid Index ETN due June 10 2050 [BDCX]
BDCX had total dividends of $4.6694 from 3/1/2024 to 2/28/2025. During that time frame it had a starting price of $32.10, a high price of $41.82, a low price of $22.31, and a 2/28/2025 price of $31.89. This means that it had a yield of 14.55%, or an average monthly yield of 1.22%. The peak-to-valley is -46.65%. The capital gains were -0.65%. The overall gain/loss (cap gains + yield) is 13.89%, or a gain/loss per month of 1.17%. The average volume since inception was 2,441.
For further information, please see the following link:
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/etf/BDCX/dividend-history