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Data last updated: Jul 03, 2026
Dividend Yield: 8.13%
Annual Dividend: $4.35 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-04-10
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 27
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio dividend stands out for its 8.21% yield, drawn from a fund that puts at least 80% of assets into technology-focused companies across both U.S. and international markets. FSPTX pays dividends quarterly, with a trailing annual rate of $4.3480 per share and a next ex-dividend date of April 10, 2026. The fund uses fundamental analysis to select holdings, evaluating financial strength, industry position, and market conditions. A beta of 1.51 means price swings run well above the broader market, so this fund fits income-focused investors who can tolerate above-average volatility.
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio pays out dividends as a fund, making the traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio dividend safety is shaped by the underlying portfolio rather than a single company's earnings, with distributions tied to the realized gains and income generated by technology-oriented equity holdings. The most significant pressure point is the fund's non-diversified structure combined with a beta of 1.51, meaning the portfolio is concentrated and highly sensitive to technology sector swings that can sharply reduce distributable income in down years.
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio dividend history shows a CAGR of -0.1% per year from 1993 to 2025. Per-share payments started at $3.8300 and ended at $3.7550 over that span (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year increase in the window was 110.2% in 1995, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, and the net result across three decades is essentially flat. Growth is nonexistent at the long-run level, which matters for income investors counting on rising payments to offset inflation.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Year | -5.8% | $5.07 (2020) | $3.75 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -2.7% | $4.95 (2015) | $3.75 (2025) |
FSPTX fits income-focused investors who want a high current yield from a technology-oriented equity fund and can accept that the payment history is volatile rather than steadily rising. The yield of 8.21% is classified as high (above 4%), and it sits well above the fund's own 5-year average of 3.62%, which reflects how much distributions can swing year to year. The fund has only two consecutive years of dividend increases, and the 32-year CAGR is -0.1%, so income growth is not part of the proposition here. What an investor gets is a large current yield from a concentrated, high-beta technology portfolio. What they accept is meaningful distribution variability and no reliable upward trend in payments.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | $1.4070 |
| 2025-12-29 | $0.0220 |
| 2025-11-11 | $2.9190 |
| 2025-04-11 | $0.8140 |
| 2024-12-13 | $1.7370 |
| 2023-04-14 | $0.0030 |
| 2022-04-08 | $0.7050 |
| 2021-12-17 | $1.7970 |
| 2021-04-09 | $1.5860 |
| 2020-12-18 | $4.3410 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.4070 |
| 2025 | $3.7550 |
| 2024 | $1.7370 |
| 2023 | $0.0030 |
| 2022 | $0.7050 |
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