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Data last updated: Oct 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 17, 2026): iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) pays a $0.00 annual dividend, yielding 3.41% at $96.53/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.41%
Annual Dividend: $0.00 per share
Years of Dividend History: 15
The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF dividend comes from a BlackRock-managed fund that tracks the MSCI EAFE IMI Index, giving investors exposure to public equity markets across developed regions outside the US and Canada. IEFA currently yields 3.36%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $3.2887 per share paid semi-annually. The next ex-dividend date is June 15, 2026, with the last payment of $1.5781 per share already on record. A beta of 0.89 makes this fund slightly less volatile than the broader market, which suits income-focused investors who want international equity exposure without extreme price swings.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of income generated by its underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF dividend safety is therefore tied to the income produced by the diversified international equities the fund holds across growth and value stocks of varying market capitalizations, rather than to a single company's earnings. The primary pressure point is currency and market fluctuation across global ex-US/Canada regions, which directly affects the income passed through to shareholders and explains the year-over-year variability visible in the dividend history.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.6% per year from 2013 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $1.3150 in 2013 to $3.1771 in 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 30.4% in 2014, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the income variability inherent in a fund drawing from international equity markets.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +24.0% | $1.67 (2022) | $3.18 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +19.3% | $1.31 (2020) | $3.18 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +8.3% | $1.43 (2015) | $3.18 (2025) |
IEFA fits income-focused investors who want international developed-market equity exposure paired with a yield that currently sits above its own historical norms. At 3.36%, the yield falls in the moderate (2–4%) range, but it runs well ahead of the 5-year average of 2.45%, meaning today's buyers are locking in a meaningfully higher income rate than the fund's recent norm. The trade-off is variability: because dividends flow from the underlying holdings of a globally diversified equity fund, annual payouts fluctuate with market and currency conditions rather than following a predictable corporate dividend schedule. Three consecutive years of increases is a positive signal, but it does not erase the history of year-over-year declines in the data.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-15 | $1.5781 |
| 2025-12-16 | $1.7106 |
| 2025-06-16 | $1.4665 |
| 2024-12-17 | $1.1305 |
| 2024-06-11 | $1.3096 |
| 2023-12-20 | $0.9678 |
| 2023-06-07 | $1.2840 |
| 2022-12-13 | $0.3346 |
| 2022-06-09 | $1.3319 |
| 2021-12-30 | $0.1097 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.5781 |
| 2025 | $3.1771 |
| 2024 | $2.4401 |
| 2023 | $2.2518 |
| 2022 | $1.6665 |
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