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Data last updated: Jul 03, 2026
Dividend Yield: 4.13%
Annual Dividend: $2.38 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-26
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 39
Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class dividend investors receive $2.3760 per share annually, paid quarterly, from a fund that targets growth stocks across U.S. and international markets using fundamental analysis. The current yield stands at 4.19%, placing FDGRX in high-yield territory for a growth-oriented fund. The next ex-dividend date is December 26, 2025. With a beta of 1.32, this fund carries above-average price volatility, which matters for income investors who also care about total return stability.
Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class pays out dividends as a fund, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class dividend safety depends on the performance of its underlying growth stock holdings, which the advisor selects through fundamental analysis of financial strength, competitive positioning, and market conditions. The most significant pressure on the dividend is the fund's own volatile distribution history, where annual payments have swung sharply from year to year, reflecting the performance-driven nature of growth equity portfolios.
Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class dividend history shows a CAGR of -0.9% per year from 1997 to 2024. Per-share payments started at $4.5700 in 1997 and ended at $3.5750 in 2024 (with 2025 and 2026 data partial and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 2127.4% in 2011, but the overall trend is negative, meaning income investors have seen the annual payout shrink in real terms over nearly three decades.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +13.6% | $1.62 (2022) | $2.38 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -4.0% | $2.91 (2020) | $2.38 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -7.8% | $5.36 (2015) | $2.38 (2025) |
FDGRX fits income-focused investors who can tolerate wide swings in annual distributions from a growth-stock portfolio. The current yield is classified as high (above 4%), but the 5-year average yield of 4.47% sits slightly above today's 4.19%, meaning the current yield is modestly below its own recent norm. The -0.9% CAGR over 27 years is the defining trade-off: the fund delivers a meaningful yield today, but the per-share payout has drifted lower over time. An investor in Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class stock gets above-average current income paired with a history of unpredictable year-to-year distributions.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-26 | $2.3760 |
| 2024-12-26 | $3.5750 |
| 2023-12-26 | $1.2240 |
| 2022-12-27 | $1.6200 |
| 2021-12-28 | $3.8900 |
| 2020-12-29 | $2.9110 |
| 2019-12-27 | $0.8210 |
| 2018-12-26 | $1.0220 |
| 2017-12-26 | $8.4550 |
| 2016-12-27 | $8.1620 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.3760 |
| 2024 | $3.5750 |
| 2023 | $1.2240 |
| 2022 | $1.6200 |
| 2021 | $3.8900 |
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