Apple Inc.: dividend
Price
$356.27
November 13, 2026Market cap $5.18T
What Ploutos Investor adds for Apple
Part of Ploutos Investor, €9.99 a month
- The full history: 17 fiscal years, from FY2010
- The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
- The full analysis, 18 a month
- More questions to the chat on its filings
- Excel with every year
- An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys
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Yield
0.30%
$1.07 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $356.27.
Forward yield0.30%($0.27 a quarter)
- FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 8.8 times the dividend it paid.
- 8.8x
- Payout12% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
- 12%
- No cutWithout a cut since 2012, the first year of our figures: the run may be longer.
- 14+
- 5-year growthAverage yearly growth over the last five years.
- +4.5%
- Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
- 0.1x
The dividend year by year
What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.
- FY2026Dividend per share$1.06
- FY2025Dividend per share$1.02
- FY2024Dividend per share$0.98
| Year | Dividend per share | Change | Price | Yield then | As % of earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $1.06 | +3.9% | $341.07 | 0.31% | 12% |
| FY2025 | $1.02 | +4.1% | $255.46 | 0.40% | 14% |
| FY2024 | $0.98 | – | $227.79 | 0.43% | 16% |
Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.
The dividend year by year
AAPL's dividend per share each fiscal year, from FY2010 to FY2023, 14 more fiscal years
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Everything it returns to shareholders
The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.
Dividend yield
0.30%
$3.00 a year per $1,000 of shares
Buybacks
1.67%
$16.70 a year per $1,000 of shares
The share count fell by 1.6% over the year.
Total returned
1.97%
$19.70 a year per $1,000 of shares
dividend 15%buybacks 85%
AAPL beside the other dividend payers
Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Technology sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.
Above 5% of the payers · median 2.03%
In Technology: above 14%, median 1.01%.
Above 82% of the payers · median 3.6x
In Technology: above 72%, median 4.2x.
Above 36% of the payers · median +6.3%
In Technology: above 38%, median +7.8%.
Above 11% of the payers · median 35%
In Technology: above 19%, median 28%.
The full analysis
What do Apple's filings show?
The dividend is one part of Apple's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.
- A fair value range built from the filings
- Earnings quality, debt and red flags
- Insider and institutional moves
- The case for and the case against
What is AAPL's dividend yield?
Apple paid $1.07 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $356.27, that is a yield of 0.30%.
Does AAPL cover its dividend with the cash it makes?
Yes, over the last year. Apple's free cash flow was 8.8 times the dividend it paid.
Has AAPL ever cut its dividend?
Apple has not cut its dividend for 14+ years, in the 15 years of figures we hold.
How much has AAPL's dividend grown?
Apple's dividend per share changed by +4.5% a year on average over the last five years.
Related pages
The other pages on US stocks, free to read. On the company pages, the last three fiscal years are open to everyone, five with a free account, and every year with Ploutos Investor.
The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.