FTLS Dividend History, Yield & Ex-Dividend Dates

Dividend Data

Last Ex-Dividend Date: Sep 24, 2026
Dividend Amount Per Share: $0.18
Dividend Yield: 0.87%
Dividend Growth (TTM): -20.1%
Next Ex-Dividend Date (est.): Dec 11, 2026

Dividend Amount Per Share

FTLS dividend amount per share, one row per ex-date
Ex-Date	Amount
Dec 22, 2023	$0.2981
Mar 21, 2024	$0.1284
Jun 27, 2024	$0.3086
Sep 26, 2024	$0.2648
Dec 13, 2024	$0.2876
Mar 27, 2025	$0.1512
Jun 26, 2025	$0.2199
Sep 25, 2025	$0.1752
Dec 12, 2025	$0.2132
Mar 26, 2026	$0.0634
Jun 25, 2026	$0.2073
Sep 24, 2026	$0.1825

Dividend Growth (TTM YoY)

FTLS dividend growth, trailing twelve months year over year, one row per ex-date
Ex-Date	Growth (TTM YoY)
Mar 21, 2024	+58.5%
Jun 27, 2024	+29.0%
Sep 26, 2024	+15.1%
Dec 13, 2024	+18.2%
Mar 27, 2025	+20.9%
Jun 26, 2025	-1.8%
Sep 25, 2025	-16.6%
Dec 12, 2025	-23.2%
Mar 26, 2026	-33.6%
Jun 25, 2026	-28.6%
Sep 24, 2026	-20.1%

FTLS Dividend History

FTLS dividend history
Ex-Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Frequency	Amount
Sep 24, 2026	Sep 24, 2026	Sep 30, 2026	Quarterly	$0.18
Jun 25, 2026	Jun 25, 2026	Jun 30, 2026	Quarterly	$0.21
Mar 26, 2026	Mar 26, 2026	Mar 31, 2026	Quarterly	$0.06
Dec 12, 2025	Dec 12, 2025	Dec 31, 2025	Quarterly	$0.21
Sep 25, 2025	Sep 25, 2025	Sep 30, 2025	Quarterly	$0.18
Jun 26, 2025	Jun 26, 2025	Jun 30, 2025	Quarterly	$0.22
Mar 27, 2025	Mar 27, 2025	Mar 31, 2025	Quarterly	$0.15
Dec 13, 2024	Dec 13, 2024	Dec 31, 2024	Quarterly	$0.29
Sep 26, 2024	Sep 26, 2024	Sep 30, 2024	Quarterly	$0.26
Jun 27, 2024	Jun 27, 2024	Jun 28, 2024	Quarterly	$0.31
Mar 21, 2024	Mar 22, 2024	Mar 28, 2024	Quarterly	$0.13
Dec 22, 2023	Dec 26, 2023	Dec 29, 2023	Quarterly	$0.30
Sep 22, 2023	Sep 25, 2023	Sep 29, 2023	Quarterly	$0.21
Jun 27, 2023	Jun 28, 2023	Jun 30, 2023	Quarterly	$0.20
Mar 24, 2023	Mar 27, 2023	Mar 31, 2023	Quarterly	$0.13
Dec 23, 2022	Dec 27, 2022	Dec 30, 2022	Quarterly	$0.33
Sep 23, 2022	Sep 26, 2022	Sep 30, 2022	Semi Annually	$0.07
Dec 23, 2021	Dec 27, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	Annually	$0.00
Dec 24, 2020	Dec 28, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	Quarterly	$0.13
Sep 24, 2020	Sep 25, 2020	Sep 30, 2020	Semi Annually	$0.02
Mar 26, 2020	Mar 27, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	Quarterly	$0.04
Dec 13, 2019	Dec 16, 2019	Dec 31, 2019	Quarterly	$0.05
Sep 25, 2019	Sep 26, 2019	Sep 30, 2019	Quarterly	$0.13
Jun 14, 2019	Jun 17, 2019	Jun 28, 2019	Quarterly	$0.11
Mar 21, 2019	Mar 22, 2019	Mar 29, 2019	Quarterly	$0.07
Dec 18, 2018	Dec 19, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Quarterly	$0.12
Sep 14, 2018	Sep 17, 2018	Sep 28, 2018	Quarterly	$0.07
Jun 21, 2018	Jun 22, 2018	Jun 29, 2018	Quarterly	$0.08
Mar 22, 2018	Mar 23, 2018	Mar 29, 2018	Quarterly	$0.06
Dec 21, 2017	Dec 22, 2017	Dec 29, 2017	Quarterly	$0.03
Sep 21, 2017	Sep 22, 2017	Sep 29, 2017	Quarterly	$0.05
Jun 22, 2017	Jun 26, 2017	Jun 30, 2017	Quarterly	$0.06
Mar 23, 2017	Mar 27, 2017	Mar 31, 2017	Quarterly	$0.03
Dec 21, 2016	Dec 23, 2016	Dec 30, 2016	Quarterly	$0.15
Sep 21, 2016	Sep 23, 2016	Sep 30, 2016	Quarterly	$0.07
Jun 22, 2016	Jun 24, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	Quarterly	$0.07
Mar 23, 2016	Mar 28, 2016	Mar 31, 2016	Quarterly	$0.07
Dec 23, 2015	Dec 28, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Quarterly	$0.06
Sep 23, 2015	Sep 25, 2015	Sep 30, 2015	Quarterly	$0.02
Jun 24, 2015	Jun 26, 2015	Jun 30, 2015	Quarterly	$0.05
Mar 25, 2015	Mar 27, 2015	Mar 31, 2015	Quarterly	$0.03
Dec 23, 2014			Quarterly	$0.15
Sep 23, 2014	Sep 25, 2014	Sep 30, 2014	Quarterly	$0.02

FTLS dividend history
Ex-Date	Amount	Payment Date	Record Date	Frequency
Sep 24, 2026	$0.18	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 24, 2026	Quarterly
Jun 25, 2026	$0.21	Jun 30, 2026	Jun 25, 2026	Quarterly
Mar 26, 2026	$0.06	Mar 31, 2026	Mar 26, 2026	Quarterly
Dec 12, 2025	$0.21	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 12, 2025	Quarterly
Sep 25, 2025	$0.18	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 25, 2025	Quarterly
Jun 26, 2025	$0.22	Jun 30, 2025	Jun 26, 2025	Quarterly
Mar 27, 2025	$0.15	Mar 31, 2025	Mar 27, 2025	Quarterly
Dec 13, 2024	$0.29	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 13, 2024	Quarterly
Sep 26, 2024	$0.26	Sep 30, 2024	Sep 26, 2024	Quarterly
Jun 27, 2024	$0.31	Jun 28, 2024	Jun 27, 2024	Quarterly
Mar 21, 2024	$0.13	Mar 28, 2024	Mar 22, 2024	Quarterly
Dec 22, 2023	$0.30	Dec 29, 2023	Dec 26, 2023	Quarterly
Sep 22, 2023	$0.21	Sep 29, 2023	Sep 25, 2023	Quarterly
Jun 27, 2023	$0.20	Jun 30, 2023	Jun 28, 2023	Quarterly
Mar 24, 2023	$0.13	Mar 31, 2023	Mar 27, 2023	Quarterly
Dec 23, 2022	$0.33	Dec 30, 2022	Dec 27, 2022	Quarterly
Sep 23, 2022	$0.07	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 26, 2022	Semi Annually
Dec 23, 2021	$0.00	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 27, 2021	Annually
Dec 24, 2020	$0.13	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 28, 2020	Quarterly
Sep 24, 2020	$0.02	Sep 30, 2020	Sep 25, 2020	Semi Annually
Mar 26, 2020	$0.04	Mar 31, 2020	Mar 27, 2020	Quarterly
Dec 13, 2019	$0.05	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 16, 2019	Quarterly
Sep 25, 2019	$0.13	Sep 30, 2019	Sep 26, 2019	Quarterly
Jun 14, 2019	$0.11	Jun 28, 2019	Jun 17, 2019	Quarterly
Mar 21, 2019	$0.07	Mar 29, 2019	Mar 22, 2019	Quarterly
Dec 18, 2018	$0.12	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 19, 2018	Quarterly
Sep 14, 2018	$0.07	Sep 28, 2018	Sep 17, 2018	Quarterly
Jun 21, 2018	$0.08	Jun 29, 2018	Jun 22, 2018	Quarterly
Mar 22, 2018	$0.06	Mar 29, 2018	Mar 23, 2018	Quarterly
Dec 21, 2017	$0.03	Dec 29, 2017	Dec 22, 2017	Quarterly
Sep 21, 2017	$0.05	Sep 29, 2017	Sep 22, 2017	Quarterly
Jun 22, 2017	$0.06	Jun 30, 2017	Jun 26, 2017	Quarterly
Mar 23, 2017	$0.03	Mar 31, 2017	Mar 27, 2017	Quarterly
Dec 21, 2016	$0.15	Dec 30, 2016	Dec 23, 2016	Quarterly
Sep 21, 2016	$0.07	Sep 30, 2016	Sep 23, 2016	Quarterly
Jun 22, 2016	$0.07	Jun 30, 2016	Jun 24, 2016	Quarterly
Mar 23, 2016	$0.07	Mar 31, 2016	Mar 28, 2016	Quarterly
Dec 23, 2015	$0.06	Dec 31, 2015	Dec 28, 2015	Quarterly
Sep 23, 2015	$0.02	Sep 30, 2015	Sep 25, 2015	Quarterly
Jun 24, 2015	$0.05	Jun 30, 2015	Jun 26, 2015	Quarterly
Mar 25, 2015	$0.03	Mar 31, 2015	Mar 27, 2015	Quarterly
Dec 23, 2014	$0.15			Quarterly
Sep 23, 2014	$0.02	Sep 30, 2014	Sep 25, 2014	Quarterly

The table shows First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF’s dividend history, including amount per share, payout frequency, record and payment dates.

FTLS Annual Dividend Totals

FTLS annual dividend totals
Year	Payouts	Total Per Share
2026	3	$0.4532
2025	4	$0.7595
2024	4	$0.9894
2023	4	$0.8371
2022	2	$0.3962
2021	1	$0.0033
2020	3	$0.1905
2019	4	$0.3532
2018	4	$0.3226
2017	4	$0.169
2016	4	$0.36
2015	4	$0.159
2014	2	$0.161

Dividends per share by ex-dividend year, summed from every payout in the history above. The current year counts the payouts made so far.

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FAQ

Does First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF pay dividends?

Yes, FTLS has paid a dividend within the past 12 months. FTLS pays dividends quarterly.

How much is First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF's dividend?

FTLS’s most recent dividend was $0.18 per share. FTLS’s annual dividend yield is 0.87%.

When is First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF ex-dividend date?

First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF’s last ex-dividend date was Sep 24, 2026. Shareholders who own FTLS ETF shares before this date received a dividend of $0.18 per share on Sep 30, 2026. FTLS’s next ex-dividend date has not been announced yet.

When is First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF dividend payment date?

First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF’s last dividend payment date was Sep 30, 2026. Shareholders who own FTLS ETF shares before Sep 24, 2026 received $0.18 per share.