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Data last updated: Sep 24, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 24, 2026): VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) pays a $0.63 annual dividend, yielding 0.68% at $93.56/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-22. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.68%
Annual Dividend: $0.63 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-22
Dividend Frequency: annually
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 0.65%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.6331 per share paid on an annual basis, with the next ex-dividend date set for December 22, 2025. That yield is low in absolute terms, but the fund's 9.4% dividend CAGR over 19 years makes it a candidate for growth-and-income investors rather than pure income seekers.
VanEck Gold Miners ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income from 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 income generated by the gold mining companies the fund tracks, not to a corporate earnings buffer. Gold mining company dividends are sensitive to gold prices, which means the income passed through to GDX shareholders can fluctuate materially from year to year.
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 in 2006 to $0.6331 in 2025 (the 2024 row in the history table is a partial year and is excluded from growth calculations). The largest annual increase 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 income volatility inherent in gold mining dividends.
| 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 can tolerate year-to-year income variability. The yield is classified as low (below 2%), and at 0.65% today it sits above the 5-year average of 0.52%, so current income is modest but running ahead of its own recent norm. The 9.4% long-term CAGR is the real draw here. What an investor gains is exposure to a rising dividend stream tied to global gold mining income. The trade-off is that annual payments have swung sharply in both directions, and there are zero consecutive years of dividend increases, meaning income predictability is limited.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | $0.6331 |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.4025 |
| 2023-12-18 | $0.5001 |
| 2022-12-19 | $0.4762 |
| 2021-12-20 | $0.5348 |
| 2020-12-21 | $0.1899 |
| 2019-12-23 | $0.1905 |
| 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 | $0.4762 |
| 2021 | $0.5348 |
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