# VanEck Real Assets ETF (RAAX) — Dividends

RAAX · NYSE · Fund

Canonical page: https://www.lighthorse.io/tickers/raax/dividends

## Dividend summary

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Frequency | annual |
| Trailing 12 months | $0.82 |
| Forward yield | 2.02% |
| Growth streak | 1 years |

VanEck Real Assets ETF pays one distribution a year. Its most recent distribution was $0.82 per share, with an [ex-date](/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-date) of December 29, 2025 and a pay date of December 31, 2025. Over the trailing twelve months, the fund paid $0.82 per share, a [yield](/instructions/learning/dividend-yield) of 2.00% at a share price of $40.89.

The annual amount varies widely. The history shown has seven distributions, one for each year from 2019 to 2025. They were $0.61 in 2019, $1.39 in 2020, $2.16 in 2021, $0.38 in 2022, $0.94 in 2023, $0.54 in 2024 and $0.82 in 2025. The 2021 distribution is the largest in the table and the 2022 one the smallest. The 2025 amount was about 52% above the 2024 one, and the source counts a growth streak of one year.

Ex-dates fall in the last week of December. Payment usually follows two or three days later, although the 2020 distribution was paid on January 5, 2021. No distribution with a 2026 ex-date is listed yet. If the pattern holds, the next distribution would go ex-distribution in late December 2026 and be paid around the end of the year.

## Payment history

| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.82 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.54 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.94 |
| Dec 28, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | $0.38 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | $2.16 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | Jan 5, 2021 | $1.39 |
| Dec 23, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 | $0.61 |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Does VanEck Real Assets ETF (RAAX) pay a distribution?

Yes. VanEck Real Assets ETF pays a annual distribution; the most recent payment was $0.82 per share.

### What is RAAX's distribution yield?

VanEck Real Assets ETF paid $0.82 per share over the trailing twelve months, a yield of 2.02% at the last price of $40.35. [Click here to learn more](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/dividend-yield)

### When is RAAX's most recent ex-distribution date?

VanEck Real Assets ETF's most recent ex-distribution date is Dec 29, 2025, payable on Dec 31, 2025.

### What is the difference between ex and payment dates?

An ex-date is the cutoff day for ownership, the payment date is when the distribution actually happens. [Click here to learn more](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-date)

### Has RAAX been raising its distribution?

Yes — VanEck Real Assets ETF has increased its distribution for 1 consecutive calendar years.

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Dividend amounts and dates are supplied by third parties and may be revised. Declaring, raising, cutting or suspending a dividend is entirely at the issuer’s discretion, and scheduled dates are estimates until declared. A past record of payments does not mean future payments will be made. Nothing here suggests trading around a distribution.

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