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Data last updated: Oct 21, 2026
Dividend Yield: 1.37%
Years of Dividend History: 29
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust dividend comes from holding substantially all of the component common stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, weighted according to the Trust Agreement. The fund currently yields 1.42%, placing it in low-yield territory for income-focused investors. DIA suits investors who want broad exposure to large-cap U.S. equities with a dividend that has grown at 6.2% per year since 2011.
State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions paid by the DJIA component stocks held in the portfolio, not on a single company's earnings, making payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). The clearest data-supported pressure point is 2020, when annual dividends per share fell from $5.9509 to $5.7280, a year-over-year decline of roughly 3.8%, reflecting cuts across underlying holdings during that period.
Over the past 14 years, State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.2% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $2.9715 to $6.8788 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year gain in the window was 13.9% in 2019, while 2024 produced only a 0.4% increase, from $6.8052 to $6.8298.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +2.8% | $6.33 (2022) | $6.88 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +3.7% | $5.73 (2020) | $6.88 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.4% | $4.06 (2015) | $6.88 (2025) |
DIA fits dividend investors who want exposure to the full DJIA component stock lineup and are willing to accept a low (below 2%) current yield in exchange for long-run dividend growth. At 6.2% annualized growth since 2011, the per-share payout has more than doubled, but the yield itself remains modest, which limits its appeal as a pure income vehicle. The 2020 dip in distributions is a reminder that the payout moves with whatever the underlying DJIA components collectively pay out. Investors get broad large-cap U.S. equity exposure with a growing dividend; the trade-off is a yield that does not compete with higher-income alternatives on a current-income basis.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | $0.1140 |
| 2026-09-18 | $1.1924 |
| 2026-08-21 | $0.4370 |
| 2026-07-17 | $0.1487 |
| 2026-06-18 | $1.4054 |
| 2026-05-15 | $0.2756 |
| 2026-04-17 | $0.2062 |
| 2026-03-20 | $0.9937 |
| 2026-02-20 | $0.6131 |
| 2026-01-16 | $0.1786 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.5647 |
| 2025 | $6.8788 |
| 2024 | $6.8298 |
| 2023 | $6.8051 |
| 2022 | $6.3331 |
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