How much does $10,000 in BCI pay in dividends?

At BCI's current yield of 12.12%, $10,000 pays about $1,212.26 a year — roughly $1,212.26 per payment, paid annual, or $101.02 a month averaged out.

What would BCI be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?

Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in BCI would grow to about $31,400 after 10 years, against $22,123 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.

How often does BCI pay dividends?

BCI pays annual — 1 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.

Is BCI's dividend guaranteed?

No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check BCI's full payment history before relying on any of it.

Why is BCI's dividend yield so high?

BCI yields 12.12% against a 2.97% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. As a fund, its distribution reflects the income of its holdings rather than a decision by any one company.

Is BCI's distribution the same as a company dividend?

Not quite. BCI is a fund: it collects dividends from the companies it holds and passes them through after costs, so the distribution moves with the portfolio's income rather than with a single company's decision. It also means no payout ratio applies — there are no earnings of its own to pay out of — and that a rebalance into different holdings can change the distribution on its own.

BCI Dividend Calculator

abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF yields 12.12%, more than three times the 2.97% median across US dividend payers. A yield that far above the market is the numerator and denominator moving in opposite directions — and the calculations below take it at face value, which is exactly why the caveats underneath them matter.

BCI paid $3.22 per share over the last twelve months on a annual schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.

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Amount invested

Holding period10 years

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Dividend income

$10,000 in BCI pays you

$1,212.26

per year

Paid once a year: $1,212.26
Monthly average: $101.02
Shares bought: 376.51
Payments a year: 1

Total over 10 years, taken as cash

$12,122.59

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Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.

BCI dividend income by investment amount

Based on the current yield of 12.12%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.

Dividend income from BCI at a range of investment amounts.
Invested	Per year	Per payment	Monthly average
$1,000	$121.23	$121.23	$10.10
$5,000	$606.13	$606.13	$50.51
$10,000	$1,212.26	$1,212.26	$101.02
$25,000	$3,030.65	$3,030.65	$252.55
$50,000	$6,061.30	$6,061.30	$505.11
$100,000	$12,122.59	$12,122.59	$1,010.22

BCI with dividends reinvested

$10,000 in BCI, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.

After 10 years: $31,400
After 20 years: $98,597
After 30 years: $309,595

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What makes up BCI's 12.12% yield

BCI is an exchange-traded fund, so the 12.12% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of BCI's own earnings, which is why no payout ratio appears anywhere on this page — the concept does not apply to a fund. The practical consequence for the projections below is that the distribution moves when the underlying portfolio's income moves, and a fund that rebalances into higher- or lower-yielding positions changes its own payment without any single company having cut one.

A yield rises for two very different reasons, and they are indistinguishable in the number itself: the fund raised its payment, or its share price fell. At more than three times the market median the second explanation is common enough to have a name — the yield trap — and it matters here because every projection on this page multiplies the current yield forward. If the price fell because the market expects the payment to be cut, these figures are calculated from a rate that will not survive.

When BCI pays, and what that changes

BCI pays annual, which is unusual among US-listed payers and has two consequences the annual figure hides. The "monthly average" column is an average and nothing more — no cash arrives in most months — and the gap between payments means a holder buying between them waits longer for the first one.

Infrequent payments also compound marginally more slowly when reinvested, since each distribution spends longer as cash before it is put back to work. The reinvestment figures above use BCI's real schedule rather than assuming quarterly payments.

Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. BCI's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.

What stands behind BCI's distribution

There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind BCI's distribution is the aggregate income of everything it holds, so the question that matters is whether those holdings' own payments are durable — a diversified fund will not cut its distribution because one holding did, but it will if many do at once.

The figures hold the dividend flat, and that assumption carries more weight for BCI than it would for a lower-yielding holding. There is no established record of consecutive annual increases here, and at this yield a modest reduction in the payment changes the ten-year figure substantially.

BCI dividend calculator FAQ

How much does $10,000 in BCI pay in dividends?: At BCI's current yield of 12.12%, $10,000 pays about $1,212.26 a year — roughly $1,212.26 per payment, paid annual, or $101.02 a month averaged out.
What would BCI be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?: Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in BCI would grow to about $31,400 after 10 years, against $22,123 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
How often does BCI pay dividends?: BCI pays annual — 1 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
Is BCI's dividend guaranteed?: No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check BCI's full payment history before relying on any of it.
Why is BCI's dividend yield so high?: BCI yields 12.12% against a 2.97% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. As a fund, its distribution reflects the income of its holdings rather than a decision by any one company.
Is BCI's distribution the same as a company dividend?: Not quite. BCI is a fund: it collects dividends from the companies it holds and passes them through after costs, so the distribution moves with the portfolio's income rather than with a single company's decision. It also means no payout ratio applies — there are no earnings of its own to pay out of — and that a rebalance into different holdings can change the distribution on its own.

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