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ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF yields 4.36%, close to the 2.92% median across US dividend payers. As a fund, IDOG passes through the income of everything it holds, so that rate is an aggregate of many underlying payments rather than one company's decision.

IDOG paid $1.87 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.

Your investment

IDOG

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

4.36%

yield

$42.92 per shareQuarterlyETF
$
10 years
11530

Dividend income

$10,000 in IDOG pays you

$436.06

per year

Paid each quarter
$109.02
Monthly average
$36.34
Shares bought
232.99
Payments a year
4

Total over 10 years, taken as cash

$4,360.60

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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.

IDOG dividend income by investment amount

Based on the current yield of 4.36%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.

Dividend income from IDOG at a range of investment amounts.
InvestedPer yearPer paymentMonthly average
$1,000$43.61$10.90$3.63
$5,000$218.03$54.51$18.17
$10,000$436.06$109.02$36.34
$25,000$1,090.15$272.54$90.85
$50,000$2,180.30$545.08$181.69
$100,000$4,360.60$1,090.15$363.38

IDOG with dividends reinvested

$10,000 in IDOG, 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
$15,430

$14,361 taking the income as cash

After 20 years
$23,807

$18,721 taking the income as cash

After 30 years
$36,733

$23,082 taking the income as cash

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What makes up IDOG's 4.36% yield

IDOG is an exchange-traded fund, so the 4.36% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of IDOG'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 IDOG from the rest of that group is the schedule it pays on, the record behind the payment and what funds it, covered below.

When IDOG pays, and what that changes

IDOG pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.

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. IDOG's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.

What stands behind IDOG's distribution

There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind IDOG'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. No multi-year record of consecutive increases is on file for IDOG, so treat the projection as arithmetic on today's payment rather than as an expectation about future ones.

IDOG dividend calculator FAQ

How much does $10,000 in IDOG pay in dividends?
At IDOG's current yield of 4.36%, $10,000 pays about $436.06 a year — roughly $109.02 per payment, paid quarterly, or $36.34 a month averaged out.
What would IDOG be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in IDOG would grow to about $15,430 after 10 years, against $14,361 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 IDOG pay dividends?
IDOG pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
Is IDOG'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 IDOG's full payment history before relying on any of it.
Is IDOG's distribution the same as a company dividend?
Not quite. IDOG 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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ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $42.92 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.