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Data last updated: Sep 01, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 01, 2026): Bank of America Corporation (BAC) pays a $1.12 annual dividend ($0.32 quarterly), yielding 1.81% at $61.95/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-04. 16 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.81%
Annual Dividend: $1.12 per share
Payout Ratio: 29.0%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-04
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 41
Bank of America Corporation dividend sits at $1.12 per share annually, paid quarterly to shareholders of one of the largest diversified banks in the world. The current yield is 1.82%, with the next ex-dividend date on September 4, 2026. BAC serves roughly 67 million consumer and small business clients across Consumer Banking, Global Wealth and Investment Management, Global Banking, and Global Markets. With a beta of 1.168, this is a cyclically sensitive financial stock, suited to growth-and-income investors comfortable with some price volatility in exchange for a fast-growing dividend.
Bank of America Corporation pays out 29.0% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves substantial room to absorb earnings pressure without touching the dividend, and BAC's diversified revenue base, spanning retail deposits, mortgage origination, wealth management, and institutional lending across global markets, supports that cushion. The most significant data-supported risk to Bank of America Corporation dividend safety is the stock's beta of 1.168, which reflects above-average sensitivity to economic cycles that can compress bank earnings and, in turn, dividend capacity.
Bank of America Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 26.5% per year from 2011 to 2025. The per-share payment climbed from $0.04 to $1.08 over that window (2026 data is partial and excluded from the rate calculation). The largest single-year jump was 200.0% in 2014, when BAC raised the quarterly payout sharply after years of post-crisis restraint.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +7.9% | $0.86 (2022) | $1.08 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +8.4% | $0.72 (2020) | $1.08 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +18.4% | $0.20 (2015) | $1.08 (2025) |
BAC fits growth-and-income investors who want a rising dividend stream from a globally diversified bank rather than a high starting yield. The current yield of 1.82% is classified as low (below 2%), and it sits above the 5-year average of 1.5%, so the stock is actually paying more relative to its own history right now. Sixteen consecutive years of dividend increases and a 26.5% CAGR over the 2011-2025 window are the real draw here. The trade-off is straightforward: income investors get a fast-growing but still modest yield, backed by a conservative 29.0% payout ratio, while accepting meaningful cyclical exposure from a bank operating across consumer, institutional, and global markets.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | $0.3200 |
| 2026-06-05 | $0.2800 |
| 2026-03-06 | $0.2800 |
| 2025-12-05 | $0.2800 |
| 2025-09-05 | $0.2800 |
| 2025-06-06 | $0.2600 |
| 2025-03-07 | $0.2600 |
| 2024-12-06 | $0.2600 |
| 2024-09-06 | $0.2600 |
| 2024-06-07 | $0.2400 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.8800 |
| 2025 | $1.0800 |
| 2024 | $1.0000 |
| 2023 | $0.9200 |
| 2022 | $0.8600 |
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