Dividend income calendar: dividends, coupons and rent by month

5 min read · Updated October 20, 2026

A dividend income calendar answers a simple question: how much income do the assets I already own produce each month? Alphanta builds it from the details you record on each holding.

What the dividend income calendar shows

Open Income in the main menu. On mobile you find it under More.

The page brings three kinds of income together: dividends from shares, ETFs and funds, coupons from bonds, and rent from property. At the top you see your monthly passive income and the annual figure behind it. Below are a dated coupon schedule for your bonds and a list of income sources that shows each holding's monthly amount, its yield and its share of the total.

Every figure is calculated from your own records. Alphanta does not pay or collect income and cannot see what lands in your bank account. It works only from the numbers you entered.

The income sources list is sorted by monthly amount, largest first, so you can see at a glance which holdings carry most of your income.

Where each number comes from

Each income type reads a different part of the holding record:

Dividends: every share, ETF or fund holding has an annual dividend yield field. Annual income equals current value times yield. You can type the yield yourself; for shares, Alphanta may fill it in when prices refresh, and a CSV import can carry a dividend yield column too.
Bond coupons: for a bond (the Eurobond type in the add-holding form) you record the nominal amount, the coupon rate, how many coupons it pays a year (1, 2, 4 or 12; twice a year if left empty) and the maturity date. Alphanta uses these to place each coupon on its date.
Rent: for a property you record its value and the monthly rent, in lira or in dollars. Annual rent divided by the value gives the rental yield, and lira amounts are converted with the day's rate.
Holdings with no yield, coupon or rent recorded do not appear in the income list.

Monthly figures and the annual run-rate

The annual run-rate is the income your current holdings would produce over twelve months at the yields recorded today. Monthly passive income is that run-rate divided by twelve.

Two points are worth keeping in mind. First, companies and funds pay on their own schedules, often quarterly, so the monthly figure for dividends and rent is an average, not the cash you will receive in a particular month. Bond coupons are different: their dates follow from the maturity date and frequency, so the coupon schedule lists each expected payment on its own date for the next twelve months, and the payment on the maturity date also shows the principal.

Second, the run-rate moves whenever prices, yields or quantities change. It is a snapshot of your current record, not a promise of future income.

A worked example with sample numbers

Here is how three holdings turn into one monthly figure. Every amount below is invented for the example.

Together that is a run-rate of 5,600 a year, or about 467 a month. The ETF's 50 is an average; the bond's coupons appear on their actual dates; the rent follows the exchange rate because it was recorded in lira.

An ETF holding worth 20,000 with a recorded dividend yield of 3%: 600 a year, shown as 50 a month.
A bond with a nominal of 10,000 and a 5% coupon paid twice a year: two coupon entries of 250 in the coming twelve months, an average of about 42 a month. If it matures within those twelve months, the last entry also shows the 10,000 principal.
A flat valued at 3,000,000 TRY with rent of 15,000 TRY a month: a rental yield of 6%. At a sample rate of 40 TRY per dollar, the rent counts as 375 dollars a month.

Set a monthly income target

A target turns the run-rate into a progress bar. You choose the number; Alphanta compares.

If you have set a monthly dividend target under Targets, the Income page uses that figure instead. With all portfolios selected, the monthly targets of your portfolios are added together.

Select a single portfolio with the portfolio selector.
On the Income page, edit Monthly target and enter the amount you want to track against.
Confirm it. Alphanta shows your current monthly income next to the target and the percentage reached.

Keep the calendar accurate

The calendar is only as current as your record. A short routine helps:

Alphanta shows gross amounts based on your records. It does not calculate withholding or other taxes, so the cash you actually receive can differ.

After you buy or sell, update the quantity so the run-rate follows.
Now and then, compare the yields you recorded with the statements you receive, and correct any that look out of date.
For bonds, make sure the coupon rate, frequency and maturity date match the bond's documents.
For property, update the rent when your lease changes.
Remove a bond from your record once it has matured. A matured bond no longer appears in the coupon schedule, but it still counts in your totals while it stays recorded.

Questions

Does Alphanta know exact dividend payment dates?

No. For shares, ETFs and funds the monthly figure is one twelfth of the annual run-rate. Bond coupons are dated from the maturity date and coupon frequency you recorded.

What is the annual run-rate?

It is the income your current holdings would produce over twelve months at the yields, coupons and rents recorded today. It changes whenever those records or prices change.

Can I include rental income?

Yes. Add the property as a rental real-estate holding with its value and monthly rent, in lira or dollars. The rent then appears in your monthly income and income sources.

Is the income figure a forecast?

No. It is arithmetic on the yields, coupons and rents in your record. It is neither a forecast nor a promise of future income.

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