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Data last updated: Sep 28, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 28, 2026): Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund (FXNAX) pays a $0.39 annual dividend ($0.03 monthly), yielding 3.91% at $10.04/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-31. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.91%
Annual Dividend: $0.39 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-31
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 16
The Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund dividend comes from a portfolio that allocates at least 80% of its assets to fixed-income securities tracked by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. FXNAX currently yields 3.87%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.3926 per share paid monthly. The next ex-dividend date is August 31, 2026. Income-focused investors drawn to bond exposure will find the monthly pay schedule appealing, though the 0.1% annual growth rate signals this is a yield-now fund, not a growth story.
Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund pays out dividends sourced from fixed-income interest income, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund dividend safety rests on the income generated by the underlying Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index holdings, which span investment-grade bonds across government, corporate, and securitized sectors. The primary pressure point is interest rate sensitivity: the fund's income fluctuates with rate movements, and the history table shows year-over-year declines in multiple years, including a drop from $0.3200 in 2019 to $0.2473 in 2021.
Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund dividend history shows a CAGR of 0.1% per year from 2012 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $0.3750 in 2012 to $0.3784 in 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 23.7% in 2023, but that spike followed a multi-year trough, and the 13-year CAGR of 0.1% makes clear that growth is essentially flat over the full period.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +15.5% | $0.25 (2022) | $0.38 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +0.7% | $0.36 (2020) | $0.38 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +1.4% | $0.33 (2015) | $0.38 (2025) |
FXNAX fits income-focused investors who want monthly bond income from a broadly diversified investment-grade portfolio and are not counting on dividend growth to build purchasing power over time. The current yield of 3.87% sits in the moderate (2-4%) range and runs meaningfully above the fund's own 5-year average of 3.0%, which reflects the higher interest rate environment embedded in the current portfolio. The trade-off is straightforward: investors get a higher-than-average yield relative to FXNAX's own history, but accept a 13-year CAGR of just 0.1% and a history that includes multiple year-over-year income declines tied to rate cycles.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | $0.0343 |
| 2026-07-31 | $0.0340 |
| 2026-06-30 | $0.0329 |
| 2026-05-31 | $0.0334 |
| 2026-04-30 | $0.0325 |
| 2026-03-31 | $0.0334 |
| 2026-02-28 | $0.0295 |
| 2026-01-31 | $0.0332 |
| 2025-12-31 | $0.0331 |
| 2025-11-28 | $0.0319 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.2632 |
| 2025 | $0.3784 |
| 2024 | $0.3472 |
| 2023 | $0.3037 |
| 2022 | $0.2456 |
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