How Many IDT Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?
At $0.28 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 21,429 IDT shares, about $1,779,678 at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $83.05. $1,000 a month takes about 42,858 shares, about $3,559,357. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.
IDT pays $0.07 a share quarterly, $0.28 a year, a 0.34% run-rate yield at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $83.05. It has paid since 2007 and raised its annual dividend 1 years in a row.
At today’s rate of $0.07 quarterly and the last close of $83.05, this is what IDT pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:
| You hold | Each payment | Per month (avg) | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 share | $0.07 | $0.02 | $0.28 |
| 100 shares | $7.00 | $2.33 | $28.00 |
| $10,000 invested (120.4 shares) | $8.43 | $2.81 | $33.71 |
| 21,429 shares ($500/mo) | $1,500.03 | $500.01 | $6,000.12 |
| 42,858 shares ($1,000/mo) | $3,000.06 | $1,000.02 | $12,000.24 |
With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 IDT shares reinvest into 0.08 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 1,187 shares. Raises speed 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 IDT’s own history in the IDT DRIP calculator.
- Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
- Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
- Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
- Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
- Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
- Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
- Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
- Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
- Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
- Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
- Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
- Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
IDT Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range
- IDT yields 0.34% today, at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $83.05.
- Its own 10-year median is 0.54%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
- No steady norm: a 0.34% 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.
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 IDT’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After October 2026
IDT has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 84 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 28, 2026, with the cash around Dec 30, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.07 a share, went ex on Oct 5, 2026 and paid Oct 7, 2026.
- Ex-dates: about every 84 days (quarterly)
- Payment: usually about 2 days after the ex-date
- Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.
How Often Does IDT Pay?
IDT pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Oct and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Oct and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 84 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
- Streak: 1 year of higher annual totals (through 2025)
- Last raise: Mar 19, 2026 - $0.06 to $0.07 (+$0.01, +16.67%)
- Usual $ step: $0.0529 (median of the raises before it)
- EPS payout: 7.5% - $0.26 paid / $3.47 EPS (4 quarters to Jul 31, 2026); own 2-yr norm 7.1% (median of 6 earlier trailing years)
- FCF payout: 9.5% - $0.26 paid / $2.73 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Jul 31, 2026); own 2-yr norm 8.9% (median of 6 earlier trailing years)
IDT vs Similar Dividend Stocks (SPKKY, AD...)
Against the 10 dividend-paying Communication Services companies closest to IDT in market value, IDT’s 0.34% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 5.88%, and its raise streak of 1 year is the 4th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.
| Ticker | Dividend ⓘ | Yield | Safety Rating | No cut ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDT $83.05IDT | $0.07/qtr$0.28/yr fwd | 0.34% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2 yrsraised 1 yr in a row |
| SPKKY $5.86Spark New Zealand Limited | $0.258/half-yr$0.52/yr fwd | 8.81% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2 yrsno raise streak |
| AD $28.20Array Digital Infrastructure | $11.00/half-yr$22.00/yr fwd | 78.01% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | —no raise streak |
| SATS $96.32EchoStar | $0.0658/wk$3.42/yr fwd | 3.55% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | —no raise streak |
| VIVHY $1.80Vivendi SE | $0.046/yr | 2.56% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 3 yrsno raise streak |
| WLYB $52.05John Wiley & Sons | $0.3575/qtr$1.43/yr fwd | 2.75% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 40+ yrsraised 32 yrs in a row |
| ATVDY $6.70Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. | $0.244/half-yr$0.49/yr fwd | 7.28% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2+ yrsraised 2+ yrs in a row |
| WB $6.27Weibo | $0.61/yr | 9.73% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2+ yrsno raise streak |
| OPRA $15.57Opera Limited | $0.40/half-yr$0.80/yr fwd | 5.14% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2+ yrsno raise streak |
| SBGI $15.11Sinclair | $0.25/qtr$1.00/yr fwd | 6.62% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 16 yrsno raise streak |
| MCS $27.40Marcus | $0.09/qtr$0.36/yr fwd | 1.31% | Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only | 2+ yrsraised 2 yrs in a row |
Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: IDT vs SPKKY, IDT vs AD, IDT vs SATS.
IDT Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2007
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount | Frequency | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 23, 2026 | $0.07 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 2, 2025 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Jun 11, 2025 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | $0.06 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 25, 2024 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Jun 12, 2024 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 18, 2024 | Mar 20, 2024 | $0.05 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 18, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Mar 23, 2018 | $0.09 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 20, 2017 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 15, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 15, 2017 | Mar 24, 2017 | $0.1608 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 15, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 6, 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 | $0.1608 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 9, 2016 | Jun 17, 2016 | $0.19 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 11, 2016 | Mar 25, 2016 | $0.1342 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Dec 18, 2015 | $0.1342 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Oct 15, 2015 | $0.18 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Jun 23, 2015 | $0.1271 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 18, 2015 | Mar 27, 2015 | $0.1271 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Jan 23, 2015 | $0.452 | Quarterly | Special |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Dec 19, 2014 | $0.1271 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Nov 12, 2014 | Nov 21, 2014 | $0.68 | Semi-annual | Special |
| Sep 25, 2014 | Oct 3, 2014 | $0.17 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 18, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | $0.1201 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 19, 2014 | Mar 28, 2014 | $0.17 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Dec 12, 2013 | Jan 7, 2014 | $0.1201 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Aug 28, 2013 | Sep 10, 2013 | $0.08 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Nov 1, 2012 | Nov 13, 2012 | $0.60 | Quarterly | Special |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Oct 16, 2012 | $0.0895 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Jun 14, 2012 | Jun 26, 2012 | $0.0895 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Mar 22, 2012 | Apr 3, 2012 | $0.1268 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Dec 20, 2011 | Jan 5, 2012 | $0.1099 | Annual | Regular |
| Sep 29, 2011 | Oct 12, 2011 | $0.1373 | Quarterly | Regular |
| Jun 29, 2011 | Jul 12, 2011 | $0.1373 | Annual | Regular |
| Dec 14, 2010 | Dec 28, 2010 | $0.1313 | Annual | Regular |
| Nov 10, 2010 | Nov 23, 2010 | $0.1313 | Annual | Regular |
| Jul 19, 2007 | Jul 31, 2007 | $0.317 | Semi-annual | Regular |
| Mar 23, 2007 | Apr 24, 2007 | $0.4477 | Quarterly | Special |
What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for IDT
IDT Dividend Questions
How often does IDT pay dividends?
IDT pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Mar, Jun, Oct and Dec, with ex-dates in Mar, Jun, Oct and Dec. The ex-date comes about every 84 days, and the cash usually lands about 2 days later.
Does IDT pay dividends monthly?
No. IDT pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.
When is the next IDT dividend?
IDT has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 84 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Dec 28, 2026, with the cash around Dec 30, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.07 a share, went ex on Oct 5, 2026 and paid Oct 7, 2026. The current rate is $0.07 per share, $0.28 a year.
Does IDT pay a dividend in December 2026?
Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Dec 28, 2026, with the cash around Dec 30, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.
How much does IDT pay per share?
IDT pays $0.07 a share quarterly, $0.28 a year. At the Nov 11, 2026 close of $83.05 that is a 0.34% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 0.54%.
Has IDT raised its dividend?
Yes. IDT has raised its annual dividend 1 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Mar 19, 2026, took the rate from $0.06 to $0.07 (+16.67%). Over five years the dividend grew 4.1% a year.
Is IDT’s dividend safe?
No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. IDT paid out 7% of its earnings and 10% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Jul 31, 2026. It has raised its dividend 1 years in a row and gone 2 years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 12-check rating comes with a plan.
How do I track my IDT dividends?
Add IDT 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 IDT in the DRIP calculator.