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GOVT Dividend History

GOVT paid $0.8328 a share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026, in 12 payments. It pays monthly. The last payment was $0.070593, ex Oct 1, 2026.

$0.8328
Paid per share in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026
3.6%
Yield on its price of $23.25 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months
$0.070593
Last payment, ex-date Oct 1, 2026
monthly
How often it pays, by the gaps between its last six payments
Share
GOVT data (JSON)
Payments per shareThe latest 24
Nov 1, 2024Oct 1, 2026

24 distributions for GOVT, $0.0613 to $0.0761 a share and $0.0678 in the middle, Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 1, 2026.

Paid
2026: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Oct 1, 2026$0.070593
Sep 1, 2026$0.076057
Aug 3, 2026$0.07252
Jul 1, 2026$0.068463
Jun 1, 2026$0.070902
May 1, 2026$0.069376
Apr 1, 2026$0.067635
Mar 2, 2026$0.064383
Feb 2, 2026$0.06903
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2026. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2025: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 19, 2025$0.071757
Dec 1, 2025$0.067646
Nov 3, 2025$0.064461
Oct 1, 2025$0.065224
Sep 2, 2025$0.068254
Aug 1, 2025$0.068044
Jul 1, 2025$0.06602
Jun 2, 2025$0.068028
May 1, 2025$0.064132
Apr 1, 2025$0.071482
Mar 3, 2025$0.06131
Feb 3, 2025$0.067404
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2025. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2024: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 18, 2024$0.064821
Dec 2, 2024$0.06274
Nov 1, 2024$0.062938
Oct 1, 2024$0.062153
Sep 3, 2024$0.062868
Aug 1, 2024$0.062387
Jul 1, 2024$0.060595
Jun 3, 2024$0.05941
May 1, 2024$0.059643
Apr 1, 2024$0.058261
Mar 1, 2024$0.053416
Feb 1, 2024$0.053217
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2024. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2023: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 14, 2023$0.060668
Dec 1, 2023$0.05475
Nov 1, 2023$0.056603
Oct 2, 2023$0.048619
Sep 1, 2023$0.052982
Aug 1, 2023$0.059765
Jul 3, 2023$0.050622
Jun 1, 2023$0.050338
May 1, 2023$0.048887
Apr 3, 2023$0.043493
Mar 1, 2023$0.040487
Feb 1, 2023$0.043889
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2023. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2022: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 15, 2022$0.037413
Dec 1, 2022$0.046657
Nov 1, 2022$0.049996
Oct 3, 2022$0.038678
Sep 1, 2022$0.035638
Aug 1, 2022$0.037317
Jul 1, 2022$0.030976
Jun 1, 2022$0.026903
May 2, 2022$0.025882
Apr 1, 2022$0.02619
Mar 1, 2022$0.022269
Feb 1, 2022$0.023493
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2022. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2021: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 16, 2021$0.023671
Dec 1, 2021$0.021845
Nov 1, 2021$0.021028
Oct 1, 2021$0.020984
Sep 1, 2021$0.022729
Aug 2, 2021$0.022803
Jul 1, 2021$0.021311
Jun 1, 2021$0.021709
May 3, 2021$0.020297
Apr 1, 2021$0.019248
Mar 1, 2021$0.018629
Feb 1, 2021$0.020603
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2021. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2020: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 17, 2020$0.021468
Dec 1, 2020$0.262164
Nov 2, 2020$0.022053
Oct 1, 2020$0.022996
Sep 1, 2020$0.025524
Aug 3, 2020$0.027119
Jul 1, 2020$0.028605
Jun 1, 2020$0.032072
May 1, 2020$0.033326
Apr 1, 2020$0.037366
Mar 2, 2020$0.037422
Feb 3, 2020$0.040676
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2020. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2019: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 19, 2019$0.039677
Dec 2, 2019$0.040232
Nov 1, 2019$0.041027
Oct 1, 2019$0.040641
Sep 3, 2019$0.042636
Aug 1, 2019$0.042378
Jul 1, 2019$0.041485
Jun 3, 2019$0.046
May 1, 2019$0.045046
Apr 1, 2019$0.045573
Mar 1, 2019$0.041816
Feb 1, 2019$0.046016
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2019. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2018: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 18, 2018$0.039949
Dec 3, 2018$0.043838
Nov 1, 2018$0.044124
Oct 1, 2018$0.041384
Sep 4, 2018$0.0434
Aug 1, 2018$0.042599
Jul 2, 2018$0.03943
Jun 1, 2018$0.043
May 1, 2018$0.038693
Apr 2, 2018$0.038384
Mar 1, 2018$0.035093
Feb 1, 2018$0.0365
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2018. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2017: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 21, 2017$0.036311
Dec 1, 2017$0.035247
Nov 1, 2017$0.035916
Oct 2, 2017$0.034289
Sep 1, 2017$0.035016
Aug 1, 2017$0.034655
Jul 3, 2017$0.033492
Jun 1, 2017$0.033865
May 1, 2017$0.032597
Apr 3, 2017$0.030175
Mar 1, 2017$0.02755
Feb 1, 2017$0.025303
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2017. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2016: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 22, 2016$0.023618
Dec 1, 2016$0.028018
Nov 1, 2016$0.029052
Oct 3, 2016$0.028277
Sep 1, 2016$0.029133
Aug 1, 2016$0.029814
Jul 1, 2016$0.029762
Jun 1, 2016$0.031794
May 2, 2016$0.029924
Apr 1, 2016$0.030322
Mar 1, 2016$0.028857
Feb 1, 2016$0.030368
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2016. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2015: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 24, 2015$0.02772
Dec 1, 2015$0.028471
Nov 2, 2015$0.029257
Oct 1, 2015$0.028345
Sep 1, 2015$0.028143
Aug 3, 2015$0.028281
Jul 1, 2015$0.02649
Jun 1, 2015$0.020051
May 1, 2015$0.020009
Apr 1, 2015$0.024535
Mar 2, 2015$0.022733
Feb 2, 2015$0.028929
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2015. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2014: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 24, 2014$0.025765
Dec 1, 2014$0.027038
Nov 3, 2014$0.027075
Oct 1, 2014$0.023084
Sep 2, 2014$0.025044
Aug 1, 2014$0.024503
Jul 1, 2014$0.024585
Jun 2, 2014$0.02332
May 1, 2014$0.025133
Apr 1, 2014$0.024125
Mar 3, 2014$0.021468
Feb 3, 2014$0.023354
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2014. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2013: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 26, 2013$0.02175
Dec 2, 2013$0.019893
Nov 1, 2013$0.020573
Oct 1, 2013$0.017534
Sep 3, 2013$0.016757
Aug 1, 2013$0.017885
Jul 1, 2013$0.015064
Jun 3, 2013$0.016393
May 1, 2013$0.025737
Apr 1, 2013$0.020306
Mar 1, 2013$0.016593
Feb 1, 2013$0.018701
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2013. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
2012: GOVT payments
Ex-dateAmount per share
Dec 26, 2012$0.016294
Dec 3, 2012$0.03314
Nov 1, 2012$0.029981
Oct 1, 2012$0.019072
Sep 4, 2012$0.019862
Aug 1, 2012$0.020617
Jul 2, 2012$0.020127
Jun 1, 2012$0.018894
May 1, 2012$0.020233
Apr 2, 2012$0.015163
GOVT payments with an ex-date in 2012. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.

What the columns mean

Ex-date
The first day the fund trades without the payment. Buy on or after it and that payment is not yours.
Amount per share
Cash per share as paid on the ex-date, from Tiingo’s end-of-day distributions, with the issuer’s own table where the feed misses a payment.

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Questions people ask

How often does GOVT pay dividends?
GOVT pays monthly. It made 12 payments in the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026 and 175 payments since Apr 2, 2012.
How much did GOVT pay in dividends over the 12 months to Oct 14, 2026?
$0.8328 a share, in 12 payments, a 3.6% yield on its price of $23.25 on Oct 14, 2025, the first day of those 12 months.
When was GOVT's last dividend?
The last payment was $0.070593 a share, with an ex-date of Oct 1, 2026.
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