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SMH ETF Dividend History, Yield & Distributions
ETF Dividend History · Distribution Yield · Ex-Dividend Date · Payment Schedule
SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
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- Quality71
- Risk resilience22
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SMH ETF dividend answer
VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) has a trailing 12-month distribution yield of 0.21% and paid $1.10 per share over the trailing 12 months. The fund currently pays annual distributions based on covered events. Its latest distribution was $1.10 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Dec 22, 2025 and payment date of Dec 26, 2025. The next projected ex-dividend date is Dec 22, 2026. SMH distribution history is shown as fund payout history, so corporate payout ratio and free cash flow coverage are excluded.
SMH Distribution Snapshot
Yield, recent distribution history, cadence, and AIQ context stay together without treating ETF payouts like corporate earnings coverage.
Next SMH Distribution Date
When SMH next goes ex-distribution, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Projected next SMH 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.
Dividend growth is temporarily withheld because recent rows show an extreme change that needs data review. Raw vendor values stay visible in the history table; TTM, growth, yield, and calculator context use the guarded analysis value.
Latest SMH 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.
SMH 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.
SMH Annual Distribution History
SMH Distribution Growth
Latest row amount $1.10, event yield 30.71%.
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
- 8.02%
- Peer rank
- #69 of 138
- Peer percentile
- 50th
- 2020 annual payout
- $0.751
- 2025 annual payout
- $1.105
- Calendar-year declines
- 1
SMH's split-adjusted annual distributions grew at 8.02% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #69 of 138 equity ETFs in AlgovestIQ's research.
Measured from 2019 instead, the same history compounds at -10.31% a year.
Split-adjusted annual distributions, 2020–2025. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
The 2020 payout was 64.6% below 2019, so the growth rate measures a recovery from a weak starting year.
The payout jumped 52.6% in 2022, a single step rather than steady compounding - often an index or mandate change.
SMH Distribution Yield
How SMH'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
SMH distributions reflect income from underlying holdings and may vary by quarter, market environment, fund composition, and fund policy.
Recent SMH distribution payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2025 | $1.10 | $1.10 | 30.71% | Annual | $1.10 | Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | $1.07 | $1.07 | 42.99% | Annual | $1.07 | Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 24, 2024 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | $1.04 | $1.04 | 60.15% | Annual | $1.04 | Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 |
| Dec 19, 2022 | $2.40 | $1.20 | 1.15% | Annual | $1.20 | Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 20, 2022 | Dec 23, 2022 |
| Dec 20, 2021 | $1.57 | $0.7865 | 53.96% | Annual | $0.7865 | Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | Dec 27, 2021 |
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| Dec 21, 2020 | $1.50 | $0.7511 | 70.01% | Annual | $0.7511 | Dec 18, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 |
| Dec 23, 2019 | $4.24 | $1.06 | 1.49% | Annual | $1.06 | — | Dec 24, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 |
| Dec 20, 2018 | $1.64 | $0.819 | 1.94% | Annual | $0.819 | Dec 19, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 |
| Dec 18, 2017 | $1.40 | $0.698 | 1.40% | Annual | $0.698 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 19, 2017 | Dec 22, 2017 |
| Dec 19, 2016 | $0.576 | $0.288 | 79.56% | Annual | $0.288 | Dec 16, 2016 | Dec 21, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 |
| Dec 21, 2015 | $1.14 | $0.5705 | 2.13% | Annual | $0.5705 | Dec 18, 2015 | Dec 23, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 |
| Dec 22, 2014 | $0.632 | $0.316 | 1.14% | Annual | $0.316 | Dec 19, 2014 | Dec 24, 2014 | Dec 29, 2014 |
| Dec 23, 2013 | $0.659 | $0.3295 | 1.58% | Annual | $0.3295 | Dec 20, 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 | Dec 30, 2013 |
| Dec 24, 2012 | $0.70 | $0.35 | 2.18% | Annual | $0.35 | Dec 21, 2012 | Dec 27, 2012 | Dec 31, 2012 |
| Nov 30, 2011 | $0.036 | $0.018 | 11.38% | Weekly | $0.268 | — | — | — |
| Nov 21, 2011 | $0.042 | $0.021 | 11.63% | Monthly | $0.263 | — | — | — |
| Nov 9, 2011 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 11.17% | Irregular | $0.26 | — | — | — |
| Nov 8, 2011 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 11.17% | Weekly | $0.249 | — | — | — |
| Nov 7, 2011 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | — | — | $0.244 | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2011 | $0.074 | $0.037 | 10.68% | Monthly | $0.259 | — | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2011 | $3.00 | $1.50 | 12.60% | Monthly | $0.222 | — | — | — |
| Aug 29, 2011 | $0.042 | $0.021 | 1.57% | Monthly | $0.228 | — | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2011 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 1.49% | Monthly | $0.223 | — | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2011 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 1.89% | Monthly | $0.211 | — | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2011 | $0.028 | $0.014 | 1.46% | Monthly | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2011 | $0.058 | $0.029 | 1.37% | Monthly | $0.202 | — | — | — |
| May 27, 2011 | $0.042 | $0.021 | 1.13% | Monthly | $0.18 | — | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2011 | $0.012 | $0.0060 | 1.32% | Monthly | $0.201 | — | — | — |
| Mar 2, 2011 | $0.026 | $0.013 | 1.48% | Irregular | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| Feb 28, 2011 | $0.036 | $0.018 | — | — | $0.187 | — | — | — |
| Feb 17, 2011 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.20% | Monthly | $0.181 | — | — | — |
| Feb 8, 2011 | $0.0080 | $0.0040 | 1.56% | Monthly | $0.189 | — | — | — |
| Feb 7, 2011 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | — | — | $0.185 | — | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2011 | $0.058 | $0.029 | 1.33% | Monthly | $0.193 | — | — | — |
| Dec 16, 2010 | $0.012 | $0.0060 | 1.33% | Monthly | $0.193 | — | — | — |
| Dec 1, 2010 | $0.026 | $0.013 | 1.42% | Monthly | $0.192 | — | — | — |
| Nov 22, 2010 | $0.036 | $0.018 | 1.40% | Monthly | $0.191 | — | — | — |
| Nov 10, 2010 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.67% | Monthly | $0.173 | — | — | — |
| Nov 8, 2010 | $0.024 | $0.012 | — | — | $0.165 | — | — | — |
| Oct 28, 2010 | $0.058 | $0.029 | 1.51% | Monthly | $0.166 | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2010 | $0.012 | $0.0060 | 1.45% | Monthly | $0.166 | — | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2010 | $0.032 | $0.016 | 1.56% | Monthly | $0.165 | — | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2010 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.44% | Monthly | $0.161 | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2010 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.41% | Monthly | $0.153 | — | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2010 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.41% | Monthly | $0.157 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2, 2010 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 1.50% | Monthly | $0.157 | — | — | — |
| May 26, 2010 | $0.026 | $0.013 | 1.80% | Irregular | $0.155 | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2010 | $0.036 | $0.018 | — | — | $0.142 | — | — | — |
| May 17, 2010 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.63% | Monthly | $0.136 | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2010 | $0.0060 | $0.0030 | 1.33% | Monthly | $0.128 | — | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2010 | $0.052 | $0.026 | 1.21% | Monthly | $0.13 | — | — | — |
| Mar 18, 2010 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.13% | Monthly | $0.13 | — | — | — |
| Mar 3, 2010 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 1.24% | Monthly | $0.13 | — | — | — |
| Feb 22, 2010 | $0.032 | $0.016 | 1.27% | Monthly | $0.13 | — | — | — |
| Feb 11, 2010 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.16% | Monthly | $0.114 | — | — | — |
| Feb 8, 2010 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 1.34% | Monthly | $0.109 | — | — | — |
| Jan 28, 2010 | $0.052 | $0.026 | 1.36% | Monthly | $0.116 | — | — | — |
| Dec 17, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.15% | Monthly | $0.116 | — | — | — |
| Dec 2, 2009 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 1.20% | Monthly | $0.111 | — | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.09% | Monthly | $0.116 | — | — | — |
| Nov 2, 2009 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.27% | Monthly | $0.116 | — | — | — |
| Sep 17, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.18% | Monthly | $0.142 | — | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2009 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 1.25% | Monthly | $0.141 | — | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.22% | Monthly | $0.141 | — | — | — |
| Aug 3, 2009 | $0.014 | $0.0070 | 1.38% | Monthly | $0.141 | — | — | — |
| Jun 18, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.60% | Monthly | $0.141 | — | — | — |
| May 27, 2009 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 1.63% | Monthly | $0.14 | — | — | — |
| May 13, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 2.19% | Monthly | $0.14 | — | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2009 | $0.048 | $0.024 | 1.73% | Monthly | $0.189 | — | — | — |
| Mar 19, 2009 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.61% | Monthly | $0.189 | — | — | — |
| Mar 4, 2009 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 3.16% | Monthly | $0.188 | — | — | — |
| Feb 11, 2009 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 2.86% | Monthly | $0.192 | — | — | — |
| Feb 2, 2009 | $0.014 | $0.0070 | 2.34% | Monthly | $0.181 | — | — | — |
| Dec 11, 2008 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 2.30% | Monthly | $0.182 | — | — | — |
| Dec 3, 2008 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 2.39% | Monthly | $0.181 | — | — | — |
| Nov 20, 2008 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 2.67% | Monthly | $0.18 | — | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2008 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 2.23% | Weekly | $0.175 | — | — | — |
| Nov 10, 2008 | $0.032 | $0.016 | 2.01% | Irregular | $0.164 | — | — | — |
| Nov 3, 2008 | $0.014 | $0.0070 | 1.85% | Monthly | $0.153 | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2008 | $0.0080 | $0.0040 | 1.49% | Monthly | $0.202 | — | — | — |
| Aug 27, 2008 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 1.53% | Monthly | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2008 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 11.47% | Monthly | $0.208 | — | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2008 | $0.084 | $0.042 | 12.25% | Irregular | $0.208 | — | — | — |
| Aug 4, 2008 | $0.014 | $0.0070 | 11.89% | Monthly | $0.208 | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2008 | $0.044 | $0.022 | 12.39% | Monthly | $0.212 | — | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2008 | $0.0080 | $0.0040 | 10.90% | Monthly | $0.23 | — | — | — |
| May 28, 2008 | $0.024 | $0.012 | 10.27% | Monthly | $0.228 | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2008 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 10.37% | Monthly | $0.227 | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2008 | $0.098 | $0.049 | 10.91% | Irregular | $0.238 | — | — | — |
| Apr 28, 2008 | $0.044 | $0.022 | 10.83% | Monthly | $0.191 | — | — | — |
| Mar 13, 2008 | $0.0080 | $0.0040 | 11.41% | Monthly | $0.191 | — | — | — |
| Mar 5, 2008 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 11.56% | Monthly | $0.189 | — | — | — |
| Feb 21, 2008 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 11.67% | Monthly | $0.189 | — | — | — |
| Feb 13, 2008 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 11.32% | Weekly | $0.192 | — | — | — |
| Feb 7, 2008 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 11.92% | Irregular | $0.192 | — | — | — |
| Feb 4, 2008 | $0.012 | $0.0060 | 11.29% | Monthly | $0.19 | — | — | — |
| Dec 13, 2007 | $0.0080 | $0.0040 | 10.35% | Monthly | $0.184 | — | — | — |
| Dec 5, 2007 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 10.36% | Monthly | $0.182 | — | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2007 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 10.34% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2007 | $0.068 | $0.034 | 10.06% | Irregular | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 29, 2007 | $0.044 | $0.022 | 9.87% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 12, 2007 | $2.87 | $1.43 | 9.37% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2007 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 1.44% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 29, 2007 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 1.48% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 21, 2007 | $0.018 | $0.0090 | 1.25% | Weekly | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2007 | $0.01 | $0.0050 | 1.43% | Weekly | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2007 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 1.21% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2007 | $0.036 | $0.018 | 1.23% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2007 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 1.37% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| May 30, 2007 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 1.64% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2007 | $0.032 | $0.016 | 1.52% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| May 8, 2007 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 1.38% | Weekly | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2007 | $0.036 | $0.018 | 1.57% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 15, 2007 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 1.79% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2007 | $0.022 | $0.011 | 1.81% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 14, 2007 | $0.016 | $0.0080 | 1.75% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 5, 2007 | $0.078 | $0.039 | 1.80% | Irregular | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29, 2007 | $0.018 | $0.0090 | 1.61% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 14, 2006 | $0.0040 | $0.0020 | 1.57% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21, 2006 | $0.02 | $0.01 | 1.54% | Monthly | — | — | — | — |
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SMH Dividends FAQ
Does SMH pay dividends?
Yes — though ETF payouts are technically fund distributions rather than corporate dividends. VanEck Semiconductor ETF has covered distribution history, most recently $1.10 per share on a annual cadence.
What is SMH's dividend yield?
SMH's trailing 12-month distribution yield is 0.21%, from $1.10 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 SMH pay dividends?
SMH currently pays distributions on a annual cadence based on covered payment history. Cadence inferred from payment spacing is labeled as inferred, because a fund can change its schedule.
When is SMH's next dividend?
SMH's next distribution is projected from its recent cadence, around Dec 22, 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 SMH's latest dividend?
SMH's latest covered distribution was $1.10 per share, with an ex-dividend date of Dec 22, 2025 and a payment date of Dec 26, 2025.
Why do SMH's distributions vary?
SMH distributes the income its underlying holdings generate, so the amount moves with dividend timing across the portfolio, index changes, and seasonality. Variation between periods is normal for a broad-market fund and does not by itself signal a change in fund policy.