Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (ASX: HVST) - Share Price and Research

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund 's (HVST) current share price is $13.19. This constitutes a price movement of 2.66% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -4.97% below HVST's 12-month high of $13.88 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $13.34, Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund 's (HVST) current share price of $13.19 constitutes a movement of -$0.15 or -1.12%. Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund 's (HVST) share price movement is -2.66% when compared to 7 days ago and is -4.97% below HVST's 52-week high of $13.88.

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund 's (HVST) 52-week high is $13.88 which was reached on 2 Dec 2024. Relative to this, HVST's current share price of $13.19 constitutes a -$0.69 or -4.97% drop since that high of $13.88 per HVST share.

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund 's (HVST) 52-week low is $12.28 which was reached on 18 Jan 2024. Relative to this, HVST's current share price of $13.19 constitutes a $0.91 or 7.41% gain since that low of $12.28 per HVST share.

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund 's (HVST) current market capitalisation is $225,839,127. 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.

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST) last distribution or dividend was $0.07 per share and was paid on 17 Dec 2024. This last HVST distribution or dividend included 63.26% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 2 Dec 2024

Upcoming record date: 3 Dec 2024

Upcoming payment date: 17 Dec 2024

ETFs, such as Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST), 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 Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST), 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 Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST).

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.

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST) has a franking level of 82.30%. 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.

Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST) has a current dividend yield of 6.30% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 6.90%. The dividend yield for HVST is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Betashares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund (HVST)'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.