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Data last updated: Oct 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 17, 2026): iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY) pays a $3.54 annual dividend ($0.88 quarterly), yielding 3.36% at $159.17/share. 5 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.36%
Annual Dividend: $3.54 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 24
The iShares Select Dividend ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks 100 of the highest dividend-yielding U.S. stocks, excluding REITs, drawn from the broad Dow Jones U.S. Index. DVY currently yields 3.51%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $3.5370 per share paid on a quarterly basis. That yield puts it squarely in moderate territory, but the underlying index is built specifically to maximize dividend yield, which means the holdings skew toward companies paying out more than the average U.S. stock. Income-focused investors who want broad exposure to high-yielding U.S. equities in a single fund are the natural audience here.
iShares Select Dividend ETF dividend safety depends on the aggregate distributions from its 100 underlying holdings, not on a single company's earnings or payout ratio. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). The one data-supported pressure point is 2020, when annual distributions dipped from $3.6008 to $3.5223, a year-over-year decline of roughly 2%, reflecting cuts among the fund's underlying high-yield holdings during that period. The index methodology screens for dividend yield, not payout sustainability, so the portfolio can include companies with elevated payout burdens.
iShares Select Dividend ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.6% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share distributions grew from $1.8480 to $5.1455 over that window (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The smallest annual increase in the window was 3.1% in 2016, while the largest single-year jump was 14.7% in 2012. At 7.6% annualized, the growth rate is meaningful: a dividend that compounds at that pace doubles in roughly a decade, which matters for investors holding DVY over the long term.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +7.5% | $4.14 (2022) | $5.15 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +7.9% | $3.52 (2020) | $5.15 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.1% | $2.59 (2015) | $5.15 (2025) |
DVY fits income-focused investors who want a yield-first approach backed by a rules-based index of 100 high-dividend U.S. stocks. The current yield of 3.51% falls in the moderate (2-4%) range, which is not the highest available but reflects a deliberate index construction that excludes REITs and targets indicated yield rather than speculative payouts. The 7.6% annual growth rate over 14 years adds a real income-growth dimension that pure yield figures do not capture. The trade-off is that the index selects for yield, not payout durability, and 2020 showed that underlying holdings can pull distributions down in a stress year. What an investor gets is broad, yield-focused U.S. equity exposure with a meaningful growth rate; what they accept is some sensitivity to dividend cuts across the underlying portfolio.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | $1.3291 |
| 2026-06-15 | $1.2472 |
| 2026-03-17 | $1.1493 |
| 2025-12-16 | $1.6162 |
| 2025-09-16 | $1.2465 |
| 2025-06-16 | $1.2333 |
| 2025-03-18 | $1.0495 |
| 2024-12-17 | $1.3164 |
| 2024-09-25 | $1.5496 |
| 2024-06-11 | $0.9304 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.7256 |
| 2025 | $5.1455 |
| 2024 | $4.7940 |
| 2023 | $4.4755 |
| 2022 | $4.1412 |
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