NASDAQ: AAPL

Apple dividends

$343.46
+1.46 (+0.43%) today
As of Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 PM ET · delayed quote in USD

Apple pays a cash dividend every quarter. This page lists every payment, how fast the dividend has grown, what it yields and how much of Apple's profit it uses. The amounts are per share and adjusted for stock splits.

Latest dividend
$0.27
ex-date Aug 10, 2026
Annualized
$1.08
latest payment × 4
Dividend yield
0.31%
$1.06 paid in 12 months
5-year growth
5.0%
per year, 10-year 7.3%
Payout ratio
12%
of net income, last 12 months
Cash paid out
$15.6B
dividends, last 12 months
Raised for
14 years
in a row
Payments on record
57
since August 2012
Apple paid dividends from 1987 until the mid-1990s, then stopped. It restarted the dividend in August 2012 and has paid every quarter since, raising the payment once a year in the spring.

Dividends per share, by year

Total paid in each calendar year. 2026* is the year so far.

Quarterly payment

The size of each payment. It steps up every spring.

Dividend yield

Dividends paid over the previous 12 months divided by the share price. Yield falls when the stock rises faster than the dividend.

Share of profit paid out

Dividends paid each quarter (bars) and as a percentage of that quarter's net income (line, right axis).

Year by year

YearPaymentsPer shareChangeLargest payment
2026 (so far)3$0.8000–$0.2700
20254$1.0300+4.0%$0.2600
20244$0.9900+4.2%$0.2500
20234$0.9500+4.4%$0.2400
20224$0.9100+5.2%$0.2300
20214$0.8650+7.1%$0.2200
20204$0.8075+6.2%$0.2050
20194$0.7600+7.8%$0.1925
20184$0.7050+14.6%$0.1825
20174$0.6150+10.3%$0.1575
20164$0.5575+9.9%$0.1425
20154$0.5075+10.0%$0.1300
20144$0.4614+9.5%$0.1175
20134$0.4214–$0.1089

Every payment

Ex-dividend dates and amounts per share, newest first. You must own the stock before the ex-dividend date to receive the payment.

Ex-dividend dateAmountChange from previous
Aug 10, 2026$0.2700unchanged
May 11, 2026$0.2700+3.8%
Feb 9, 2026$0.2600unchanged
Nov 10, 2025$0.2600unchanged
Aug 11, 2025$0.2600unchanged
May 12, 2025$0.2600+4.0%
Feb 10, 2025$0.2500unchanged
Nov 8, 2024$0.2500unchanged
Aug 12, 2024$0.2500unchanged
May 10, 2024$0.2500+4.2%
Feb 9, 2024$0.2400unchanged
Nov 10, 2023$0.2400unchanged
Aug 11, 2023$0.2400unchanged
May 12, 2023$0.2400+4.3%
Feb 10, 2023$0.2300unchanged
Nov 4, 2022$0.2300unchanged
Aug 5, 2022$0.2300unchanged
May 6, 2022$0.2300+4.5%
Feb 4, 2022$0.2200unchanged
Nov 5, 2021$0.2200unchanged
Aug 6, 2021$0.2200unchanged
May 7, 2021$0.2200+7.3%
Feb 5, 2021$0.2050unchanged
Nov 6, 2020$0.2050unchanged
Show the other 33 payments
Aug 7, 2020$0.2050unchanged
May 8, 2020$0.2050+6.5%
Feb 7, 2020$0.1925unchanged
Nov 7, 2019$0.1925unchanged
Aug 9, 2019$0.1925unchanged
May 10, 2019$0.1925+5.5%
Feb 8, 2019$0.1825unchanged
Nov 8, 2018$0.1825unchanged
Aug 10, 2018$0.1825unchanged
May 11, 2018$0.1825+15.9%
Feb 9, 2018$0.1575unchanged
Nov 10, 2017$0.1575unchanged
Aug 10, 2017$0.1575unchanged
May 11, 2017$0.1575+10.5%
Feb 9, 2017$0.1425unchanged
Nov 3, 2016$0.1425unchanged
Aug 4, 2016$0.1425unchanged
May 5, 2016$0.1425+9.6%
Feb 4, 2016$0.1300unchanged
Nov 5, 2015$0.1300unchanged
Aug 6, 2015$0.1300unchanged
May 7, 2015$0.1300+10.6%
Feb 5, 2015$0.1175unchanged
Nov 6, 2014$0.1175unchanged
Aug 7, 2014$0.1175unchanged
May 8, 2014$0.1175+7.9%
Feb 6, 2014$0.1089unchanged
Nov 6, 2013$0.1089unchanged
Aug 8, 2013$0.1089unchanged
May 9, 2013$0.1089+15.1%
Feb 7, 2013$0.0946unchanged
Nov 7, 2012$0.0946unchanged
Aug 9, 2012$0.0946–

Dividend dates and amounts are from Yahoo Finance; cash paid and payout ratios use the figures in Apple's filings. Prices, dividends and splits are collected from Yahoo Finance and may be delayed or contain errors; financial results come from Apple's 10-Q and 10-K filings on the SEC's EDGAR system. Per-share figures are adjusted for stock splits. This page is for information only and is not investment advice. Cupertino News is not affiliated with Apple Inc. Apple and AAPL are trademarks of their owners. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026 21:07 UTC.