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Data last updated: Aug 10, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 10, 2026): Fidelity High Dividend ETF (FDVV) pays a $1.73 annual dividend ($0.52 quarterly), yielding 2.69% at $64.20/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-18. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.69%
Annual Dividend: $1.73 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-18
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 11
The Fidelity High Dividend ETF dividend is built around a sector-overweighting strategy designed to deliver an enhanced income stream above what broad market funds typically produce. FDVV currently yields 2.69%, paying $1.7290 per share over the trailing twelve months. The fund pays quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date set for June 18, 2026, and the last payment was $0.5190 per share. With a beta of 0.79, FDVV moves less than the broader market, which suits dividend investors who want income without taking on full market volatility.
The Fidelity High Dividend ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through fund structure, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Fidelity High Dividend ETF dividend safety rests on the fund's methodology: it draws on historical data to overweight sectors with higher yield potential, operating within predefined limits that constrain concentration risk. The main pressure point is that the annual dividend has not been immune to declines, with payments dropping in both 2020 and 2024, showing that the income stream can pull back when market conditions shift.
Fidelity High Dividend ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 5.8% per year from 2017 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.0410 to $1.6360 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 24.1% in 2023, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so growth has not been linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +8.4% | $1.28 (2022) | $1.64 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +9.8% | $1.02 (2020) | $1.64 (2025) |
FDVV fits dividend investors who want a yield above the broad market average without taking on concentrated single-stock risk. The current yield of 2.69% sits in the moderate (2-4%) range, and it runs above the fund's own 5-year average of 2.2%, meaning today's income level is relatively elevated by recent standards. The trade-off is clear: the 5.8% annual dividend growth rate is real but uneven, and the history includes years where payments fell. What an investor gets is a sector-tilted income fund with a methodology grounded in historical yield data. What they accept is that the income stream can dip in weaker years.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | $0.5190 |
| 2026-03-20 | $0.4400 |
| 2025-12-19 | $0.3930 |
| 2025-09-19 | $0.3770 |
| 2025-06-20 | $0.4470 |
| 2025-03-21 | $0.4190 |
| 2024-12-20 | $0.4790 |
| 2024-09-20 | $0.3000 |
| 2024-06-21 | $0.3190 |
| 2024-03-15 | $0.3720 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.9590 |
| 2025 | $1.6360 |
| 2024 | $1.4700 |
| 2023 | $1.5920 |
| 2022 | $1.2830 |
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