AOD CEF — abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund

abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD)

Updated November 6, 2026.

AOD is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 12.06%, its trailing-12-month yield is 12.46%, its expense ratio is 1.0968%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 98/100 (Safe). Total return is 103.6% over the past 19.5 years, 503.3 points behind SPY at 606.9%.

AOD performance versus SPY

As of Nov 5, 2026

Total return is 103.6% over the past 19.5 years, 503.3 points behind SPY at 606.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 18.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 16.7%.

AOD key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

98 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

11.82%

Issuer

Aberdeen

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

01/26/2007

Expense ratio

1.0968%

Distribution rate

12.06%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

12.46%

5-year average yield

9.39

Last close

$9.95 (as of 2026-11-06)

NAV

$10.18

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$1,046,226,112

Average volume

479,123

Dividend

$0.10

Ex-dividend date

10/23/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.915

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (12.06%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (12.46%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Aberdeen; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AOD risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 16.7%.

Who may consider AOD — and who may not

AOD may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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