VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (ASX: DVDY) - Share Price and Research

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF's (DVDY) current share price is $22.57. This constitutes a price movement of 0.31% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -1.91% below DVDY's 12-month high of $23.01 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $22.37, VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF's (DVDY) current share price of $22.57 constitutes a movement of $0.20 or 0.89%. VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF's (DVDY) share price movement is 0.31% when compared to 7 days ago and is -1.91% below DVDY's 52-week high of $23.01.

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF's (DVDY) 52-week high is $23.01 which was reached on 3 Dec 2024. Relative to this, DVDY's current share price of $22.57 constitutes a -$0.44 or -1.91% drop since that high of $23.01 per DVDY share.

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF's (DVDY) 52-week low is $20.41 which was reached on 18 Jan 2024. Relative to this, DVDY's current share price of $22.57 constitutes a $2.16 or 10.58% gain since that low of $20.41 per DVDY share.

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF's (DVDY) current market capitalisation is $68,284,000. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY) last distribution or dividend was $0.20 per share and was paid on 16 Oct 2024. This last DVDY distribution or dividend included 90% franking. The next dividend payment for VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY) is due on 17 Jan 2025.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Oct 2024

Upcoming record date: 2 Oct 2024

Upcoming payment date: 16 Oct 2024

ETFs, such as VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY).

A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY) has a franking level of 95.10%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY) has a current dividend yield of 3.70% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 4.20%. The dividend yield for DVDY is a ratio that tells you the percentage of VanEck Morningstar Australian Moat Income ETF (DVDY)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.