DFNM Dividend Calculator
Dimensional - National Municipal Bond ETF yields 3.08%, close to the 2.92% median across US dividend payers, but pays monthly rather than quarterly. That schedule, more than the headline rate, is usually why DFNM is being compared against other income holdings.
DFNM paid $1.42 per share over the last twelve months on a monthly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
DFNM
Dimensional - National Municipal Bond ETF
3.08%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in DFNM pays you
$307.90
per year
- Paid each month
- $25.66
- Monthly average
- $25.66
- Shares bought
- 217.11
- Payments a year
- 12
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$3,078.95
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.
DFNM dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 3.08%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $30.79 | $2.57 | $2.57 |
| $5,000 | $153.95 | $12.83 | $12.83 |
| $10,000 | $307.90 | $25.66 | $25.66 |
| $25,000 | $769.74 | $64.14 | $64.14 |
| $50,000 | $1,539.48 | $128.29 | $128.29 |
| $100,000 | $3,078.95 | $256.58 | $256.58 |
DFNM with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in DFNM, 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
- $13,600
- After 20 years
- $18,497
- After 30 years
- $25,156
$13,079 taking the income as cash
$16,158 taking the income as cash
$19,237 taking the income as cash
What makes up DFNM's 3.08% yield
DFNM is an exchange-traded fund, so the 3.08% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of DFNM'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 close to the market median is the least informative figure on this page — it is what most payers look like. What separates DFNM from the rest of that group is the schedule it pays on, the record behind the payment and what funds it, covered below.
When DFNM pays, and what that changes
DFNM pays monthly, so the "per payment" column above is a genuine monthly figure rather than a quarterly sum divided down. For income being drawn rather than reinvested, that alignment with monthly outgoings is the practical difference between a monthly payer and a quarterly one.
Frequency also compounds slightly faster when the income is reinvested: twelve reinvestments a year at the same annual rate finish marginally ahead of four, and the reinvestment figures above already reflect DFNM's actual schedule rather than an assumed quarterly one.
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. DFNM's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
What stands behind DFNM's distribution
There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind DFNM'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. DFNM has raised its payment in each of the last 4 years, which is a shorter record than the multi-decade streaks found among the longest-standing payers, and not yet long enough to have been tested across a full cycle.
DFNM dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in DFNM pay in dividends?
- At DFNM's current yield of 3.08%, $10,000 pays about $307.90 a year — roughly $25.66 per payment, paid monthly, or $25.66 a month averaged out.
- What would DFNM be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in DFNM would grow to about $13,600 after 10 years, against $13,079 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 DFNM pay dividends?
- DFNM pays monthly — 12 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is DFNM'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 DFNM's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Does DFNM pay dividends monthly?
- Yes. DFNM pays monthly — twelve payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule. At the current 3.08% yield, $10,000 produces about $25.66 a month before tax.
- Is DFNM's distribution the same as a company dividend?
- Not quite. DFNM 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.
More on DFNM
Dimensional - National Municipal Bond ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $46.06 per share, paying monthly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.