Dimensional - Core Fixed Income ETF · DFCF · AMEX
Distribution report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$40.45 -0.15% on the day, -$0.06
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.93·4.78%
$0.161 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.161/mo
pays ~Nov 19 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 17est.
ex in 2 days ⓘ
Paying since
2021
61 payments on file
Pays
Monthly
12 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
60
Near its usual yield
DFCF share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
DFCF Dividend Growth (CAGR) ⓘ
1Y +4.5%3Y -5.4%5Y +142.0%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 61 payments since 2021.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.

How Many DFCF Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.93 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 3,106 DFCF shares, about $125,638 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $40.45. $1,000 a month takes about 6,212 shares, about $251,275. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Dimensional - Core Fixed Income ETF (DFCF) pays $0.161 a share monthly, $1.93 a year, a 4.78% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $40.45. It has made 61 distribution payments since 2021.

At today’s rate of $0.161 monthly and the last close of $40.45, this is what DFCF pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.161$0.16$1.93
100 shares$16.10$16.10$193.20
$10,000 invested (247.2 shares)$39.80$39.80$477.63
3,106 shares ($500/mo)$500.07$500.07$6,000.79
6,212 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.13$1,000.13$12,001.58

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 DFCF shares reinvest into 0.40 new shares each payment, about 4.9 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 252 shares. A rising payout speeds that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with DFCF’s own history in the DFCF DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 13, 2026, DFCF paid $1.84 a share while its share price fell from $42.79 to $40.45. Total return was -$0.50 a share, so every dollar paid above was your own money coming back, and the share value fell $0.50 more on top.

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  • NAV trend: is the fund’s share price holding up report
  • Distribution funded by NAV: is it paying you with your own money report
  • Distribution stability: how much the payout jumps around history
  • Distribution trend: is the payout growing or shrinking history
  • Crash test: how the fund held up in market drops history
  • Yield sanity: is the yield too high to be believable rating

DFCF Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

60/100Near its usual yieldvs its 4-yr history
  • DFCF yields 4.78% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $40.45.
  • Its own 4-year median is 4.32%, so today’s yield is near its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 4-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
0.35% low9.31% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 4-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 4 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is DFCF’s Next Distribution? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026

DFCF has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 28 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 17, 2026, with the cash around Nov 19, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.161 a share, went ex on Oct 20, 2026 and paid Oct 22, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 28 days (monthly)
  • Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does DFCF Pay?

DFCF pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 28 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Paid in the 12 months to Nov 13, 2026
$1.84 a share, in 12 payments.
-4.6% against the 12 months before ($1.92 in 12 payments).
By ex-date, the same 12 months the NAV check on this page reads. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays every month.

DFCF vs Similar Dividend Funds (SPTL, PFF...)

Against the 10 dividend funds in Asset Management - Bonds closest to DFCF in fund size, DFCF’s 4.78% run-rate yield is close to the group’s middle yield of 4.68%. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: in income funds it often comes with a faster-falling share price, so read it next to the NAV trend and the rating.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating
DFCF $40.45Dimensional - Core Fixed Income ETF $0.161/mo$1.93/yr fwd 4.78% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SPTL $24.29State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF $0.094/mo$1.13/yr fwd 4.64% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PFF $27.87iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF $0.1761/mo$2.11/yr fwd 7.58% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
TLH $93.57iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF $0.368/mo$4.42/yr fwd 4.72% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SPIB $32.34State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF $0.132/mo$1.58/yr fwd 4.90% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PAAA $51.41PGIM AAA CLO ETF $0.205/mo$2.46/yr fwd 4.79% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SPAB $24.50State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF $0.093/mo$1.12/yr fwd 4.56% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SUB $105.53iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF $0.226/mo$2.71/yr fwd 2.57% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
VUSB $49.43Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF $0.183/mo$2.20/yr fwd 4.44% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
VCLT $69.23Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $0.366/mo$4.39/yr fwd 6.34% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SCHR $23.80Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF $0.088/mo$1.06/yr fwd 4.44% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

DFCF Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2021

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 20, 2026Oct 22, 2026$0.161MonthlyRegular
Sep 22, 2026Sep 24, 2026$0.164MonthlyRegular
Aug 18, 2026Aug 20, 2026$0.146MonthlyRegular
Jul 21, 2026Jul 23, 2026$0.166MonthlyRegular
Jun 23, 2026Jun 25, 2026$0.174MonthlyRegular
May 19, 2026May 21, 2026$0.122MonthlyRegular
Apr 21, 2026Apr 23, 2026$0.129MonthlyRegular
Mar 24, 2026Mar 26, 2026$0.176MonthlyRegular
Feb 18, 2026Feb 20, 2026$0.077MonthlyRegular
Jan 21, 2026Jan 23, 2026$0.044MonthlyRegular
The other 51 DFCF payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for DFCF

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DFCF Dividend Questions

How often does DFCF pay distributions?

DFCF pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 28 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.

Does DFCF pay distributions monthly?

Yes. DFCF pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next DFCF distribution?

DFCF has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 28 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 17, 2026, with the cash around Nov 19, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.161 a share, went ex on Oct 20, 2026 and paid Oct 22, 2026. The current rate is $0.161 per share, $1.93 a year.

Does DFCF pay a distribution in November 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Nov 17, 2026, with the cash around Nov 19, 2026, so a payment in November 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does DFCF pay per share?

DFCF pays $0.161 a share monthly, $1.93 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $40.45 that is a 4.78% run-rate yield, near its usual level: its own 4-year median is 4.32%.

Does DFCF’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about a year) averaged $0.1531, -4.6% against $0.1604 for the 12 before. Its payout floats with the income the fund earns each period, so there is no fixed rate to raise. Measured over a full year, the payout rate changed +4.5%.

Is DFCF’s distribution safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. In the 12 months to Nov 13, 2026 it paid $1.84 a share while its share price went from $42.79 to $40.45. This is data, not investment advice. The full 6-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my DFCF distributions?

Add DFCF to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run DFCF in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular distribution per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 13, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 6 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.