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Data last updated: Aug 18, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 18, 2026): Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund (FPADX) pays a $0.32 annual dividend ($0.08 quarterly), yielding 1.90% at $16.98/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-12. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.90%
Annual Dividend: $0.32 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-12
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 15
The Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund dividend comes from a fund that tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, investing at least 80% of assets in large and mid-cap companies across emerging market countries worldwide. The current yield is 1.92%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.3220 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is December 12, 2025. With a beta of 1.02, FPADX moves roughly in line with the broader market, making it a fit for growth-and-income investors comfortable with emerging market volatility in exchange for dividend growth.
Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund dividend safety is therefore tied directly to the income produced by the large and mid-cap emerging market securities in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, not to a single company's earnings. The most significant pressure point is that emerging market income can fluctuate with currency movements, geopolitical shifts, and the earnings cycles of the underlying index constituents, which has produced year-over-year payment variation in the historical data.
Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 17.7% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.0330 to $0.3220 over that window (with 2026 currently in progress as a partial year). The largest single-year jump was 351.5% in 2012, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the income variability typical of an index fund drawing from dozens of emerging market economies.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +11.4% | $0.23 (2022) | $0.32 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +11.0% | $0.19 (2020) | $0.32 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.4% | $0.19 (2015) | $0.32 (2025) |
FPADX fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current yield and are willing to accept payment variability from a broadly diversified emerging market index fund. The yield is low (below 2%), though at 1.92% it already sits above the fund's own 5-year average of 1.62%, which means current buyers are getting a better entry yield than the historical norm. The trade-off is clear: the 17.7% annualized dividend CAGR since 2011 is the real draw here, not the income level itself. Investors gain exposure to long-run dividend growth from large and mid-cap emerging market companies; they accept year-to-year payment swings and a yield that will not satisfy near-term income needs.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | $0.3220 |
| 2024-12-13 | $0.2820 |
| 2023-12-15 | $0.2690 |
| 2022-12-16 | $0.2330 |
| 2021-12-03 | $0.2590 |
| 2020-12-04 | $0.1910 |
| 2019-12-06 | $0.2840 |
| 2018-12-07 | $0.2100 |
| 2017-12-08 | $0.2150 |
| 2016-12-09 | $0.1430 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3220 |
| 2024 | $0.2820 |
| 2023 | $0.2690 |
| 2022 | $0.2330 |
| 2021 | $0.2590 |
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