KWEB Dividend Calculator
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF yields 8.53%, comfortably above the 2.92% median across US dividend payers. That puts KWEB in the range where the income is the main reason to hold it, and where the durability of the payment does most of the work in any long-run figure.
KWEB paid $2.10 per share over the last twelve months on a annual schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
KWEB
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF
8.53%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in KWEB pays you
$852.82
per year
- Paid once a year
- $852.82
- Monthly average
- $71.07
- Shares bought
- 406.83
- Payments a year
- 1
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$8,528.19
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.
KWEB dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 8.53%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $85.28 | $85.28 | $7.11 |
| $5,000 | $426.41 | $426.41 | $35.53 |
| $10,000 | $852.82 | $852.82 | $71.07 |
| $25,000 | $2,132.05 | $2,132.05 | $177.67 |
| $50,000 | $4,264.10 | $4,264.10 | $355.34 |
| $100,000 | $8,528.19 | $8,528.19 | $710.68 |
KWEB with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in KWEB, 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
- $22,669
- After 20 years
- $51,387
- After 30 years
- $116,487
$18,528 taking the income as cash
$27,056 taking the income as cash
$35,585 taking the income as cash
What makes up KWEB's 8.53% yield
KWEB is an exchange-traded fund, so the 8.53% on this page is income collected from its holdings and passed through, net of the fund's costs. It is not paid out of KWEB'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.
Yields at this level usually have a structural explanation rather than a mispricing: the fund is organised to distribute income rather than retain it. Worth checking how KWEB's current yield compares with its own history, since a sharp recent rise more often reflects a falling price than a raised payment.
When KWEB pays, and what that changes
KWEB 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 KWEB'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. KWEB's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
What stands behind KWEB's distribution
There is no coverage ratio to check on a fund. What stands behind KWEB'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 KWEB 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.
KWEB dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in KWEB pay in dividends?
- At KWEB's current yield of 8.53%, $10,000 pays about $852.82 a year — roughly $852.82 per payment, paid annual, or $71.07 a month averaged out.
- What would KWEB be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in KWEB would grow to about $22,669 after 10 years, against $18,528 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 KWEB pay dividends?
- KWEB pays annual — 1 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is KWEB'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 KWEB's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is KWEB's dividend yield so high?
- KWEB yields 8.53% against a 2.92% 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 KWEB's distribution the same as a company dividend?
- Not quite. KWEB 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 KWEB
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading at $24.58 per share, paying annual. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.