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Data last updated: Aug 18, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 18, 2026): Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class (FDGRX) pays a $2.38 annual dividend ($0.59 quarterly), yielding 3.98% at $59.73/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-26. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.98%
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 are buying into a fund that targets growth stocks across U.S. and international markets, selected through fundamental analysis of financial strength and competitive positioning. The fund currently yields 4.04%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $2.3760 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is December 26, 2025. With a beta of 1.292, FDGRX carries above-average price volatility, which income-focused investors should weigh against the yield.
Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class pays out dividends as a fund structure, making the payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class dividend safety rests on the performance of its underlying growth stock holdings rather than a fixed earnings payout, meaning distributions can fluctuate with portfolio returns. The fund's beta of 1.292 reflects meaningful price sensitivity, and the dividend history shows multiple years of year-over-year declines, which signals that income from FDGRX is not insulated from market swings.
Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class dividend history shows a CAGR of -0.9% per year from 1997 to 2024. Per-share payments moved from $4.5700 at the start of the window to $3.5750 by 2024 (2025 data is partial and excluded from this calculation, as is Fidelity Growth Company Fund Retail Class dividend 2026). The largest annual increase in the window was 2127.4% in 2011, which reflects the highly variable nature of distributions from a growth-oriented fund rather than a deliberate dividend growth program.
| 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 significant year-to-year variation in distributions from a growth stock fund. The current yield is classified as high (above 4%), but the 5-year average yield of 4.31% sits modestly above today's 4.04%, showing the current yield is slightly below its own recent norm. The -0.9% CAGR over 27 years means the per-share dividend has actually shrunk in nominal terms since 1997. What an investor gets is a high current yield from a fund targeting superior-growth companies; what they accept is a dividend that has historically been volatile and has not grown.
| 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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