Commercial Metals Company: dividend

CMCNYSEBasic materials · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)

Price

$62.13

November 13, 2026Market cap $6.8B

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  • The full history: 17 fiscal years, from FY2010
  • The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
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  • Excel with every year
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Yield

1.26%

$0.78 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $62.13.

Forward yield1.29%($0.20 a quarter)

FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 5.6 times the dividend it paid.
5.6x
Payout13% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
13%
No cutWithout a cut since 2010, the first year of our figures: the run may be longer.
16+
5-year growthAverage yearly growth over the last five years.
+9.6%
Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
2.4x

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.

+9.6% a year over 5 years
  • FY2026
    Dividend per share$0.76
  • FY2025
    Dividend per share$0.72
  • FY2024
    Dividend per share$0.68

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

CMC'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

1.26%

$12.60 a year per $1,000 of shares

Buybacks

1.50%

$15.00 a year per $1,000 of shares

The share count fell by 0.9% over the year.

Total returned

2.76%

$27.60 a year per $1,000 of shares

dividend 46%buybacks 54%

CMC beside the other dividend payers

Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Basic materials sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.

Dividend yield1.26%

Above 33% of the payers · median 2.03%

In Basic materials: above 48%, median 1.29%.

Covered by free cash flow5.6x

Above 71% of the payers · median 3.6x

In Basic materials: above 64%, median 3.9x.

Dividend growth, 5 years+9.6%

Above 73% of the payers · median +6.3%

In Basic materials: above 75%, median +6.6%.

Share of earnings paid out13%

Above 13% of the payers · median 35%

In Basic materials: above 19%, median 26%.

Yield, cover and years without a cut for almost 1,000 stocks, in one table.The table

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What do Commercial Metals's filings show?

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Questions about CMC's dividend

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What is CMC's dividend yield?

Commercial Metals paid $0.78 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $62.13, that is a yield of 1.26%.

Does CMC cover its dividend with the cash it makes?

Yes, over the last year. Commercial Metals's free cash flow was 5.6 times the dividend it paid.

Has CMC ever cut its dividend?

Commercial Metals has not cut its dividend for 16+ years, in the 17 years of figures we hold.

How much has CMC's dividend grown?

Commercial Metals's dividend per share changed by +9.6% a year on average over the last five years.

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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.