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Data last updated: Aug 10, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 10, 2026): VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) pays a $0.63 annual dividend ($0.16 quarterly), yielding 0.70% at $89.89/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-22. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.70%
Annual Dividend: $0.63 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-22
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 19
The VanEck Gold Miners ETF dividend reflects the income generated by a fund tracking the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index, which benchmarks the collective performance of gold mining companies worldwide. GDX currently yields 0.7%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.6331 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is December 22, 2025. With a beta of 0.81, GDX suits growth-and-income investors who can tolerate commodity-linked volatility in exchange for exposure to gold mining sector dividends.
VanEck Gold Miners ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying gold mining holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). VanEck Gold Miners ETF dividend safety is therefore tied directly to the dividend activity of the gold miners the fund tracks, not to a single company's earnings. The most significant pressure point is that gold mining dividends are notoriously cyclical, and any broad pullback in miner payouts flows straight through to GDX distributions.
VanEck Gold Miners ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 9.4% per year from 2006 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.1150 to $0.6331 over that window (2025 is the most recent complete year, with 2026 ongoing as a partial year). The largest single-year jump in the window was 547.8% in 2007, but the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the cyclical nature of gold miner income.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.0% | $0.48 (2022) | $0.63 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +27.2% | $0.19 (2020) | $0.63 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +18.5% | $0.12 (2015) | $0.63 (2025) |
GDX fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current yield and are comfortable with the volatility inherent in gold mining exposure. The yield is low (below 2%), currently at 0.7%, which sits above the 5-year average of 0.57% but still well short of what dedicated income investors typically seek. The 9.4% annualized growth rate over 19 years is the real draw here, not the headline yield. The trade-off is clear: GDX offers meaningful long-run dividend growth anchored to gold miner performance, but zero consecutive years of dividend increases and a history of sharp swings mean income is anything but predictable.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | $0.6331 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.4025 |
| 2023-12-18 | $0.5001 |
| 2022-12-19 | $0.4760 |
| 2021-12-20 | $0.5350 |
| 2020-12-21 | $0.1900 |
| 2019-12-23 | $0.1910 |
| 2018-12-20 | $0.1050 |
| 2017-12-18 | $0.1760 |
| 2016-12-19 | $0.0550 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6331 |
| 2024 | $0.4025 |
| 2023 | $0.5001 |
| 2022 | $0.4760 |
| 2021 | $0.5350 |
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