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DGRO ETF Dividend History, Yield & Distributions
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DGROiShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
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DGRO ETF dividend answer
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) has a trailing 12-month distribution yield of 1.88% and paid $1.49 per share over the trailing 12 months. The fund currently pays quarterly distributions based on covered events. Its latest distribution was $0.385 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 15, 2026 and payment date of Sep 18, 2026. The next projected ex-dividend date is Dec 15, 2026. DGRO distribution history is shown as fund payout history, so corporate payout ratio and free cash flow coverage are excluded.
DGRO Distribution Snapshot
Yield, recent distribution history, cadence, and AIQ context stay together without treating ETF payouts like corporate earnings coverage.
Next DGRO Distribution Date
When DGRO next goes ex-distribution, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Projected next DGRO distribution
Next ex-date status: projected. Next distribution amount status: projected. Projected values are inferred from recent cadence and are never presented as issuer announcements.
Latest DGRO Distribution Dates
Review the latest distribution, yield, available trailing-year income, and distribution cadence before treating income as durable.
AIQ Distribution bridge
Fund distributions should be read with holdings quality, liquidity, and asset-class exposure.
Distribution yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.
Lower drawdown and volatility can improve the dependability of an income allocation.
DGRO Dividend & Distribution History
Recent per-share distributions show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Distribution pattern
Recent distribution payments are summarized as cadence signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
DGRO Annual Distribution History
DGRO Distribution Growth
Latest row amount $0.385, event yield 1.93%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed distribution history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year payout CAGR
- 7.09%
- Peer rank
- #11 of 33
- Peer percentile
- 69th
- 2020 annual payout
- $1.030
- 2025 annual payout
- $1.451
- Calendar-year declines
- 0
DGRO's split-adjusted annual distributions grew at 7.09% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #11 of 33 dividend-equity ETFs in AlgovestIQ's research.
Measured from 2019 instead, the same history compounds at 7.67% a year.
Split-adjusted annual distributions, 2020–2025. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
DGRO Distribution Yield
How DGRO's trailing distribution yield is calculated, and how it differs from 30-Day SEC Yield and total return.
Yield methodology
Trailing distribution yield equals distributions paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available market price. It is different from 30-Day SEC Yield, forward distribution yield, and total return.
Distribution variability
DGRO distributions reflect income from the underlying holdings and fund policy. Distribution growth can be useful, but it should be read from complete comparable periods rather than a single payment.
Recent DGRO distribution payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.385 | $0.385 | 1.93% | Quarterly | $1.49 | — | Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.3306 | $0.3306 | 1.95% | Quarterly | $1.48 | — | Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.3311 | $0.3311 | 2.08% | Quarterly | $1.47 | — | Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | $0.447 | $0.447 | 2.09% | Quarterly | $1.45 | — | Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.369 | $0.369 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $1.38 | — | Sep 16, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 |
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| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.3237 | $0.3237 | 2.26% | Quarterly | $1.42 | — | Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | $0.3109 | $0.3109 | 2.25% | Quarterly | $1.39 | — | Mar 18, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.378 | $0.378 | 2.21% | Quarterly | $1.39 | — | Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Sep 25, 2024 | $0.4031 | $0.4031 | 2.22% | Quarterly | $1.38 | — | Sep 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | $0.2932 | $0.2932 | 2.39% | Quarterly | $1.36 | — | Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | $0.3107 | $0.3107 | 2.31% | Quarterly | $1.33 | — | Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | $0.3701 | $0.3701 | 2.49% | Quarterly | $1.32 | — | Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Sep 26, 2023 | $0.3882 | $0.3882 | 2.57% | Quarterly | $1.27 | — | Sep 27, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | $0.2597 | $0.2597 | 2.45% | Quarterly | $1.23 | — | Jun 8, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Mar 23, 2023 | $0.298 | $0.298 | 2.51% | Quarterly | $1.20 | — | Mar 24, 2023 | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | $0.329 | $0.329 | 2.27% | Quarterly | $1.17 | — | Dec 14, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 |
| Sep 26, 2022 | $0.342 | $0.3423 | 2.51% | Quarterly | $1.14 | — | Sep 27, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | $0.235 | $0.2347 | 2.11% | Quarterly | $1.05 | — | Jun 10, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 |
| Mar 24, 2022 | $0.262 | $0.262 | 2.01% | Quarterly | $1.07 | — | Mar 25, 2022 | Mar 30, 2022 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | $0.299 | $0.299 | 1.98% | Quarterly | $1.07 | — | Dec 14, 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Sep 24, 2021 | $0.25 | $0.25 | 2.03% | Quarterly | $1.05 | — | Sep 27, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | $0.261 | $0.2606 | 2.09% | Quarterly | $1.06 | — | Jun 11, 2021 | Jun 16, 2021 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | $0.262 | $0.2622 | 2.19% | Quarterly | $1.04 | — | Mar 26, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | $0.273 | $0.2727 | 2.35% | Quarterly | $1.03 | — | Dec 15, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 |
| Sep 23, 2020 | $0.261 | $0.2605 | 2.57% | Quarterly | $0.991 | — | Sep 24, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 |
| Jun 15, 2020 | $0.249 | $0.2488 | 2.60% | Quarterly | $0.9806 | — | Jun 16, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 |
| Mar 25, 2020 | $0.247 | $0.2468 | 3.08% | Quarterly | $0.9595 | — | Mar 26, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | $0.235 | $0.235 | 2.23% | Quarterly | $0.9306 | — | Dec 17, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 |
| Sep 24, 2019 | $0.25 | $0.2501 | 2.30% | Quarterly | $0.8959 | — | Sep 25, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 |
| Jun 17, 2019 | $0.228 | $0.2277 | 2.32% | Quarterly | $0.8733 | Jun 14, 2019 | Jun 18, 2019 | Jun 21, 2019 |
| Mar 20, 2019 | $0.218 | $0.2179 | 2.29% | Quarterly | $0.8363 | Mar 19, 2019 | Mar 21, 2019 | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Dec 17, 2018 | $0.20 | $0.2002 | 2.42% | Quarterly | $0.8103 | Dec 14, 2018 | Dec 18, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Sep 26, 2018 | $0.228 | $0.2276 | 2.17% | Quarterly | $0.8041 | Sep 25, 2018 | Sep 27, 2018 | Oct 2, 2018 |
| Jun 26, 2018 | $0.191 | $0.1906 | 2.16% | Quarterly | $0.7415 | Jun 25, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | Jul 2, 2018 |
| Mar 22, 2018 | $0.192 | $0.1919 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $0.7368 | Mar 21, 2018 | Mar 23, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 |
| Dec 19, 2017 | $0.194 | $0.194 | 2.03% | Quarterly | $0.7055 | Dec 18, 2017 | Dec 20, 2017 | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Sep 26, 2017 | $0.165 | $0.1649 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $0.6633 | Sep 25, 2017 | Sep 27, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 |
| Jun 27, 2017 | $0.186 | $0.1859 | 2.16% | Quarterly | $0.6739 | Jun 26, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Mar 24, 2017 | $0.161 | $0.1606 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $0.6593 | Mar 23, 2017 | Mar 28, 2017 | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | $0.152 | $0.1518 | 2.29% | Quarterly | $0.6566 | Dec 20, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 | Dec 28, 2016 |
| Sep 26, 2016 | $0.175 | $0.1755 | 2.39% | Quarterly | $0.6521 | Sep 23, 2016 | Sep 28, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 |
| Jun 21, 2016 | $0.171 | $0.1714 | 2.37% | Quarterly | $0.6396 | Jun 20, 2016 | Jun 23, 2016 | Jun 27, 2016 |
| Mar 23, 2016 | $0.1579 | $0.1579 | 2.44% | Quarterly | $0.6375 | Mar 22, 2016 | Mar 28, 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 |
| Dec 29, 2015 | $0.0113 | $0.0113 | 1.96% | Quarterly | $0.6473 | Dec 28, 2015 | Dec 31, 2015 | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | $0.1361 | $0.1361 | — | — | $0.636 | — | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2015 | $0.163 | $0.1629 | 2.43% | Quarterly | $0.5886 | Sep 24, 2015 | Sep 29, 2015 | Oct 1, 2015 |
| Jun 24, 2015 | $0.169 | $0.1693 | 2.25% | Quarterly | — | Jun 23, 2015 | Jun 26, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Mar 25, 2015 | $0.168 | $0.1677 | 1.63% | Quarterly | — | Mar 24, 2015 | Mar 27, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Dec 24, 2014 | $0.089 | $0.0887 | 95.88% | Quarterly | — | Dec 23, 2014 | Dec 29, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2014 | $0.169 | $0.169 | 66.81% | Quarterly | — | Sep 23, 2014 | Sep 26, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 |
ETF distribution yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with frequency, history, holdings exposure, and fund risk before treating income as durable.
Yield is most useful when read with the fund's asset class, distribution policy, and recent payment pattern.
Stable or rising distributions can support an income allocation, while irregular payments should be read as fund-policy and market-cycle evidence.
ETF distributions are not evaluated with company payout ratio or free cash flow coverage because those metrics do not map cleanly to fund structures.
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DGRO Dividends FAQ
Does DGRO pay dividends?
Yes — though ETF payouts are technically fund distributions rather than corporate dividends. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has covered distribution history, most recently $0.39 per share on a quarterly cadence.
What is DGRO's dividend yield?
DGRO's trailing 12-month distribution yield is 1.88%, from $1.49 per share paid over the trailing 12 months. That is distributions paid divided by the latest available market price — it is not a 30-Day SEC Yield, a forward yield, or a total return.
How often does DGRO pay dividends?
DGRO currently pays distributions on a quarterly cadence based on covered payment history. Cadence inferred from payment spacing is labeled as inferred, because a fund can change its schedule.
When is DGRO's next dividend?
DGRO's next distribution is projected from its recent cadence, around Dec 15, 2026. A projection is an estimate from past payments, not an issuer announcement, and the fund can change both the date and the amount.
What was DGRO's latest dividend?
DGRO's latest covered distribution was $0.39 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Sep 15, 2026 and a payment date of Sep 18, 2026.
Has DGRO's distribution grown over time?
DGRO's distributions changed 8.11% over the last year on comparable covered periods. Fund distribution growth follows the income its holdings generate and the fund's policy, so it is read from complete comparable periods rather than a single payment.