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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): New World Fund F-2 (NFFFX) pays a $5.58 annual dividend, yielding 5.14% at $108.48/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-18. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 5.14%
Annual Dividend: $5.58 per share
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-18
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 18
New World Fund F-2 dividend is built around equity and fixed-income exposure to companies operating in developing economies and emerging markets. The fund currently yields 5.14%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $5.5804 per share. NFFFX carries a beta of 0.94, making it a near-market-correlated holding rather than a low-volatility income play. That yield level draws income-focused investors willing to accept the variability that comes with emerging market exposure.
New World Fund F-2 pays out dividends as a fund, so a traditional payout ratio is not applicable (fund/ETF). New World Fund F-2 dividend safety depends on the income and capital gains generated by its underlying portfolio of equities and fixed-income instruments in developing economies, not on a corporate earnings buffer. The most significant pressure point is that emerging market holdings can produce highly variable income year to year, which the historical dividend table confirms with swings from $0.31 to $6.20 per share across the available window.
New World Fund F-2 dividend history shows a CAGR of 14.5% per year from 2008 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.5604 to $5.5804 over that span (2026 data is partial and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year increase in the window was 142.5% in 2014, and the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the volatility inherent in an emerging market fund rather than a managed growth program.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Year | +28.0% | $0.47 (2015) | $5.58 (2025) |
NFFFX fits dividend investors who want high current income and accept that payouts will fluctuate year to year. The yield is classified as high (above 4%), and at 5.14% it sits well above the fund's own 5-year average of 3.27%, meaning the current income level is elevated relative to recent norms. Growth over 18 years has been strong on paper, at 14.5% annually, but that number masks sharp swings in both directions. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor gets a high headline yield backed by emerging market exposure, and accepts that the dollar amount paid in any given year can move dramatically.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | $5.5804 |
| 2024-12-19 | $3.0754 |
| 2023-12-14 | $2.0785 |
| 2022-12-15 | $0.7988 |
| 2021-12-16 | $6.1977 |
| 2020-12-17 | $0.3078 |
| 2019-12-20 | $2.7803 |
| 2018-12-21 | $1.4962 |
| 2017-12-21 | $1.4469 |
| 2016-12-22 | $0.6558 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.5804 |
| 2024 | $3.0754 |
| 2023 | $2.0785 |
| 2022 | $0.7988 |
| 2021 | $6.1977 |
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