State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust · DIA · AMEX
Distribution report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$520.38 -0.56% on the day, -$2.95
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.37·0.26%
$0.114 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.114/mo
pays ~Dec 11 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 17est.
ex in 7 days ⓘ
Paying since
1998
341 payments on file
Pays
Monthly
12 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
5
Well below its usual yield
plus special dividends: $2.597 total in the last year — not in the rate
DIA share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
Last 20 payments
DIA Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y -26.5%3Y -15.3%5Y -0.5%10Y -4.5%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). A red dashed stub marks a payment that was due by its usual rhythm but is not on file. Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 341 payments since 1998.
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 DIA Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.37 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 4,386 DIA shares, about $2,282,387 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $520.38. $1,000 a month takes about 8,772 shares, about $4,564,773. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA) pays $0.114 a share monthly, $1.37 a year, a 0.26% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $520.38. Special dividends added $2.597 in the last year; they are paid case by case, so they never count in the rate or the yield here. It has made 341 distribution payments since 1998.

At today’s rate of $0.114 monthly and the last close of $520.38, this is what DIA pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.114$0.11$1.37
100 shares$11.40$11.40$136.80
$10,000 invested (19.2 shares)$2.19$2.19$26.29
4,386 shares ($500/mo)$500.00$500.00$6,000.05
8,772 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.01$1,000.01$12,000.10

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 DIA shares reinvest into 0.02 new shares each payment, about 0.3 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 4,565 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 DIA’s own history in the DIA DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026, DIA paid $7.19 a share and its share price went from $473.82 to $520.38, so total return covered every dollar paid.

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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

DIA Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

5/100Well below its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • DIA yields 0.26% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $520.38.
  • Its own 10-year median is 2.21%, so today’s yield is well below its usual level.
  • No steady norm: a 0.26% yield is too small to say much about the price. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
0.27% low3.44% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-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 10 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 DIA’s Next Distribution? Ex-Date and Pay Date After November 2026

DIA has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 32 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 17, 2026, with the cash around Dec 11, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.114 a share, went ex on Oct 16, 2026 and paid around November 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 28 days (monthly)
  • Payment: usually about 24 days after the ex-date

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

How Often Does DIA Pay?

DIA pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 28 days, and the cash usually lands about 24 days later.

Paid in the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026
$7.19 a share, in 12 payments, $2.597 of it special.
+6.5% against the 12 months before ($6.75 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.

DIA vs Similar Dividend Funds (SCHB, GOVT...)

Against the 10 dividend funds in Asset Management closest to DIA in fund size, DIA’s 0.26% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 1.24%. 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
DIA $520.38State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust $0.114/mo$1.37/yr fwd 0.26% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SCHB $29.00Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF $0.081/qtr$0.32/yr fwd 1.12% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
GOVT $22.30iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $0.071/mo$0.85/yr fwd 3.82% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
VBK $332.09Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF $0.304/qtr$1.22/yr fwd 0.37% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
DYNF $66.62iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF $0.142/qtr$0.57/yr fwd 0.85% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
DFAC $44.86Dimensional - US Core Equity 2 ETF $0.097/qtr$0.39/yr fwd 0.86% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
XLE $61.96State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF $0.38/qtr$1.52/yr fwd 2.45% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
BIV $74.42Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF $0.291/mo$3.49/yr fwd 4.69% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SOXX $146.76iShares Semiconductor ETF $0.1084/qtr$0.43/yr fwd 0.30% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
XLV $188.34State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF $0.642/qtr$2.57/yr fwd 1.36% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
VOE $211.15Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF $1.033/qtr$4.13/yr fwd 1.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

DIA Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1998

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 16, 2026Oct 19, 2026$0.114MonthlyRegular
Sep 18, 2026Sep 21, 2026$1.192MonthlySpecial
Aug 21, 2026Aug 24, 2026$0.437MonthlyRegular
Jul 17, 2026Jul 20, 2026$0.149MonthlyRegular
Jun 18, 2026Jun 22, 2026$1.405MonthlySpecial
May 15, 2026May 18, 2026$0.276MonthlyRegular
Apr 17, 2026Apr 20, 2026$0.206MonthlyRegular
Mar 20, 2026Mar 23, 2026$0.994MonthlyRegular
Feb 20, 2026Feb 23, 2026$0.613MonthlyRegular
Jan 16, 2026Jan 19, 2026$0.179MonthlyRegular
The other 331 DIA payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 341 payments »
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 DIA

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DIA Dividend Questions

How often does DIA pay distributions?

DIA pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 28 days, and the cash usually lands about 24 days later.

Does DIA pay distributions monthly?

Yes. DIA pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next DIA distribution?

DIA has not declared its next distribution yet. By its usual rhythm of about 32 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 17, 2026, with the cash around Dec 11, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.114 a share, went ex on Oct 16, 2026 and paid around November 2026. The current rate is $0.114 per share, $1.37 a year.

Does DIA pay a distribution in December 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Nov 17, 2026, with the cash around Dec 11, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does DIA pay per share?

DIA pays $0.114 a share monthly, $1.37 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $520.38 that is a 0.26% run-rate yield, well below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 2.21%.

Does DIA’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about a year) averaged $0.5988, +6.5% against $0.5624 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 -26.5%.

Is DIA’s distribution safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026 it paid $7.19 a share while its share price went from $473.82 to $520.38. This is data, not investment advice. The full 6-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my DIA distributions?

Add DIA 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 DIA 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 10, 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.