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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF (IWR) pays a $0.80 annual dividend ($0.20 quarterly), yielding 1.17% at $108.50/share. 6 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.17%
Annual Dividend: $0.80 per share
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Years of Dividend History: 26
The iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF dividend comes from a fund tracking the 806 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index, giving investors broad exposure to U.S. mid-cap equities. IWR currently yields 1.19%, with trailing annual payments of $0.8020 per share over the past twelve months. The fund pays quarterly. That yield is low, but 14 years of dividend history and a 6-year streak of consecutive increases make IWR a fit for investors who prioritize dividend growth over immediate income.
For iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF dividend safety, the key factor is the aggregate distributions from the fund's underlying holdings: 806 mid-cap equities whose payouts collectively determine what IWR passes through to shareholders. Payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF), since IWR distributes what it receives from its holdings rather than retaining earnings. The history table does show at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects how changes in the dividend behavior of underlying holdings can pull the fund's annual payout lower in any given year.
iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF dividend history shows a CAGR of 8.6% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.3894 to $1.2406 over that window (2026 data is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest single-year jump was 31.7% in 2012, while the fund also recorded at least one annual decline of more than 5% within the same period.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +5.0% | $1.07 (2022) | $1.24 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +7.2% | $0.88 (2020) | $1.24 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +6.9% | $0.64 (2015) | $1.24 (2025) |
IWR fits growth-and-income investors who want mid-cap equity exposure with a dividend that compounds meaningfully over time. The yield is low (below 2%), and there is no 5-year average yield available for direct comparison, so current income is limited in absolute terms. What the fund delivers instead is an 8.6% annualized dividend growth rate over 14 years and a 6-year streak of consecutive increases. The trade-off is straightforward: investors accept a sub-2% starting yield in exchange for a payout that has more than tripled since 2011.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | $0.3275 |
| 2026-06-15 | $0.2894 |
| 2026-03-17 | $0.2616 |
| 2025-12-16 | $0.3937 |
| 2025-09-16 | $0.3224 |
| 2025-06-16 | $0.2636 |
| 2025-03-18 | $0.2609 |
| 2024-12-17 | $0.3229 |
| 2024-09-25 | $0.3739 |
| 2024-06-11 | $0.2115 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.8785 |
| 2025 | $1.2406 |
| 2024 | $1.1263 |
| 2023 | $1.1084 |
| 2022 | $1.0720 |
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