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Data last updated: Oct 12, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 12, 2026): iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (IWF) pays a $1.52 annual dividend ($0.38 quarterly), yielding 0.34% at $127.91/share. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.34%
Annual Dividend: $1.52 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 27
The iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF dividend comes from a fund that tracks large- and mid-cap U.S. growth stocks, using a representative sampling strategy to mirror a subset of the Russell 1000 Index. IWF currently yields 0.34%, with trailing twelve-month payments totaling $1.5210 per share. The fund pays quarterly. At that yield level, IWF is built around capital appreciation, not income, making it a poor fit for investors whose primary goal is dividend cash flow.
For iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF dividend safety, the relevant framework is not a payout ratio — that metric is not applicable (fund/ETF). What IWF distributes depends on the aggregate income generated by its underlying large- and mid-cap U.S. growth holdings, which tend to reinvest earnings rather than pay them out. The history table shows multiple year-over-year declines, including a drop from $0.4365 in 2019 to $0.3987 in 2020 and from $0.4597 in 2024 to $0.4239 in 2025, reflecting how sensitive the fund's distributions are to the income behavior of its growth-oriented holdings.
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 5.5% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.2012 to $0.4239 over that period (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 34.6% in 2012, but that spike was not representative of the broader trend, and the history also contains multiple years of decline exceeding 5%.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -4.5% | $0.49 (2022) | $0.42 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +1.2% | $0.40 (2020) | $0.42 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +2.2% | $0.34 (2015) | $0.42 (2025) |
IWF fits investors who want broad exposure to large- and mid-cap U.S. growth companies and are willing to accept minimal income in exchange. The yield is low (below 2%), sitting at just 0.34%, and the fund's non-diversified, growth-oriented mandate means distributions are secondary to price appreciation. The 5.5% CAGR over 14 years shows the dividend has grown in aggregate, but year-to-year payments have moved in both directions. What an investor gets here is growth equity exposure with a token yield; what they give up is any meaningful income stream.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | $0.1089 |
| 2026-06-15 | $0.1068 |
| 2026-03-17 | $0.0975 |
| 2025-12-16 | $0.1186 |
| 2025-09-16 | $0.1078 |
| 2025-06-16 | $0.0986 |
| 2025-03-18 | $0.0990 |
| 2024-12-17 | $0.1064 |
| 2024-09-25 | $0.1394 |
| 2024-06-11 | $0.1029 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3132 |
| 2025 | $0.4239 |
| 2024 | $0.4597 |
| 2023 | $0.5067 |
| 2022 | $0.4873 |
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