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Data last updated: Oct 15, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 15, 2026): Apple Inc. (AAPL) pays a $1.05 annual dividend ($0.27 quarterly), yielding 0.32% at $344.47/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-10. 21+ consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.32%
Annual Dividend: $1.05 per share
Payout Ratio: 12.0%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-10
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Technology
Years of Dividend History: 24
Apple Inc. dividend income is modest by design: the iPhone and services giant pays a 0.32% yield, keeping cash returns low while reinvesting heavily in its business. Over the trailing twelve months, AAPL paid $1.05 per share in dividends, distributed quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date set for August 10, 2026. Growth-focused income investors are the natural audience here, given a beta of 1.069 and a dividend that has increased for 21 consecutive years.
Apple Inc. pays out 12.0% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low figure reflects a company generating earnings well in excess of its dividend obligation, supported by a business spanning hardware like iPhone and Mac alongside a growing portfolio of subscription services including Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade. Apple Inc. dividend safety faces its most plausible pressure from the cyclical nature of consumer electronics demand, where a prolonged hardware spending slowdown could compress the earnings base that makes the current payout so comfortable.
Apple Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 19.2% per year from 1994 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.0044 to $1.03 over that span (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation, with Apple Inc. dividend 2026 data still incomplete). The largest annual increase in the window was 9,475% in 2013, reflecting the reinstatement of the dividend after a long suspension rather than organic earnings growth.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +4.2% | $0.91 (2022) | $1.03 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +5.0% | $0.81 (2020) | $1.03 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.3% | $0.51 (2015) | $1.03 (2025) |
AAPL stock fits growth-and-income investors who treat the dividend as a signal of financial discipline rather than a primary income source. The current yield of 0.32% is low (below 2%) and sits below the 5-year average yield of 0.47%, meaning buyers today are getting less income relative to price than the historical norm. What the stock offers instead is a 21-year streak of consecutive increases and a 19.2% CAGR over the long run. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor accepts a yield that barely registers as income in exchange for a dividend that has compounded aggressively over decades.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | $0.2700 |
| 2026-05-11 | $0.2700 |
| 2026-02-09 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-11-10 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-08-11 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-05-12 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-02-10 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-11-08 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-08-12 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-05-10 | $0.2500 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.8000 |
| 2025 | $1.0300 |
| 2024 | $0.9900 |
| 2023 | $0.9500 |
| 2022 | $0.9100 |
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