The free dividend tracker to help you grow your wealth. Link your brokerage accounts and MerryDiv automatically syncs your holdings and dividends.
Data last updated: Oct 16, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 16, 2026): Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) pays a $1.98 annual dividend ($0.53 quarterly), yielding 0.46% at $430.01/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-11-19. 19+ consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.46%
Annual Dividend: $1.98 per share
Payout Ratio: 16.5%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-11-19
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Technology
Years of Dividend History: 22
Applied Materials, Inc. dividend reflects a business built on semiconductor equipment and materials engineering, serving chipmakers across the United States, China, Taiwan, Korea, and beyond. AMAT currently yields 0.42%, with trailing twelve-month payments of $1.98 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is November 19, 2026. With a beta of 1.591, this is a higher-volatility technology stock, better suited to growth-and-income investors than those seeking steady, high-yield income.
Applied Materials, Inc. pays out 16.5% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves substantial room to sustain and grow the dividend even if earnings face pressure, which is relevant given that AMAT operates in the cyclical semiconductor equipment industry. The most significant data-supported risk to Applied Materials, Inc. dividend safety is that cyclicality: equipment spending by chipmakers can contract sharply in downturns, which could compress the earnings base the dividend depends on.
Applied Materials, Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 13.3% per year from 2011 to 2025. The per-share annual dividend grew from $0.31 to $1.78 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year jump was 75.0% in 2018, while growth in earlier years was far more modest, with no increase at all between 2014 and 2017.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +20.4% | $1.02 (2022) | $1.78 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +15.4% | $0.87 (2020) | $1.78 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +16.1% | $0.40 (2015) | $1.78 (2025) |
AMAT fits growth-and-income investors who want dividend expansion from a semiconductor equipment business and are willing to accept a low current yield in exchange for it. At 0.42%, the yield is low (below 2%) and sits well below the 5-year average of 0.71%, meaning the stock's price appreciation has outrun its dividend raises. The 16.5% payout ratio means the dividend has room to keep growing. What an investor gets here is a fast-growing dividend backed by a conservative payout. What they give up is meaningful current income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-19 | $0.5300 |
| 2026-08-20 | $0.5300 |
| 2026-05-21 | $0.5300 |
| 2026-02-19 | $0.4600 |
| 2025-11-20 | $0.4600 |
| 2025-08-21 | $0.4600 |
| 2025-05-22 | $0.4600 |
| 2025-02-20 | $0.4000 |
| 2024-11-21 | $0.4000 |
| 2024-08-22 | $0.4000 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.0500 |
| 2025 | $1.7800 |
| 2024 | $1.5200 |
| 2023 | $1.2200 |
| 2022 | $1.0200 |
Project income from AMAT with the AMAT dividend calculator or track your full portfolio with the dividend tracker.