The free dividend tracker to help you grow your wealth. Link your brokerage accounts and MerryDiv automatically syncs your holdings and dividends.
Data last updated: Oct 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 17, 2026): iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) pays a $5.69 annual dividend ($1.42 quarterly), yielding 1.10% at $766.67/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.10%
Annual Dividend: $5.69 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 27
The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF dividend reflects the collective payouts of major U.S. companies, as IVV is designed to replicate the performance of a benchmark index covering large-cap American stocks. The current yield sits at 1.1%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $8.3954 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is September 15, 2026. With a beta of 1.001, IVV moves almost exactly in line with the broader market, making it a fit for growth-and-income investors who want dividend exposure tied directly to U.S. large-cap performance.
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF pays out dividends as a pass-through of underlying holdings, making a traditional payout ratio not applicable (fund/ETF). iShares Core S&P 500 ETF dividend safety is structurally tied to the aggregate dividend activity of the hundreds of large U.S. companies the fund holds, rather than to a single company's earnings or cash flow. The primary risk to the payout level is a broad pullback in dividends across those underlying holdings, as IVV has no independent earnings to buffer against such a decline.
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.4% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $2.6040 to $8.0399 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The window does contain at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, with 2020 and 2021 both showing lower annual totals than the prior year, so growth has not been uninterrupted. For income investors, 8.4% annualized growth is meaningful: a payment that doubles roughly every nine years at that pace.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +7.9% | $6.39 (2022) | $8.04 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.4% | $5.91 (2020) | $8.04 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.6% | $4.64 (2015) | $8.04 (2025) |
IVV fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend growth tied to the U.S. large-cap market rather than a high starting yield. The current yield is low (below 2%) at 1.1%, though that is above the 5-year average of 0.91%, so income has been running ahead of its own recent norm. Four consecutive years of dividend increases show a recent upward trend, but the history also includes down years, so the income stream is not immune to broader market dividend cycles. The trade-off is clear: investors get broad U.S. market exposure with a growing but modest payout, and accept that the yield alone will not drive meaningful near-term income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | $2.2026 |
| 2026-06-15 | $1.9956 |
| 2026-03-17 | $1.7835 |
| 2025-12-16 | $2.4136 |
| 2025-09-16 | $1.9948 |
| 2025-06-16 | $1.8670 |
| 2025-03-18 | $1.7646 |
| 2024-12-17 | $2.1342 |
| 2024-09-25 | $2.2346 |
| 2024-06-11 | $1.6111 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.9818 |
| 2025 | $8.0400 |
| 2024 | $7.6452 |
| 2023 | $6.8988 |
| 2022 | $6.3933 |
Project income from IVV with the IVV dividend calculator or track your full portfolio with the dividend tracker.