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Data last updated: Jul 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Jul 06, 2026): Barclays PLC (BCS) pays a $0.09 annual dividend, yielding 1.64% at $27.77/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-02-20. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.64%
Annual Dividend: $0.09 per share
Payout Ratio: 31.0%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-02-20
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 40
Barclays PLC dividend investors are looking at a 334-year-old British bank that spans retail current accounts and mortgages, investment banking, wealth management, and US consumer credit cards. The current yield sits at 1.64%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.0860 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is February 20, 2026. BCS stock carries a beta of 0.884, meaning it moves somewhat less than the broader market, which suits income investors who prioritize lower volatility over maximum yield.
Barclays PLC pays out 31.0% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves meaningful room to absorb earnings pressure across BCS's diversified revenue streams, which span retail banking, investment banking, and wealth management across multiple geographies. Barclays PLC dividend safety faces its most direct test from the cyclical nature of investment banking and wholesale lending, both of which can compress earnings sharply during credit downturns, and the history table shows the dividend has been cut before when conditions deteriorated.
Barclays PLC dividend history shows a CAGR of -7.4% per year from 2006 to 2025. Per-share payments fell from $1.8581 at the start of the window to $0.4340 by 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 46.3% in 2019, but the overall trend includes multiple year-over-year declines exceeding 5%, which explains the deeply negative long-run growth rate.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.1% | $0.33 (2022) | $0.43 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.8% | $0.31 (2020) | $0.43 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +0.8% | $0.40 (2015) | $0.43 (2025) |
BCS stock fits dividend investors who want a low-payout, globally diversified bank with a yield above its own recent history. The current yield of 1.64% is low (below 2%), but it sits above the 5-year average of 1.25%, meaning today's income is better than what BCS has typically offered. The 31.0% payout ratio is the real draw: it keeps the dividend well-covered even if earnings from the investment banking or US consumer segments soften. The trade-off is clear. Long-run dividend growth has been negative, and the history includes real cuts, so income investors gain coverage and a modest yield premium over recent norms, but not a growing income stream.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | $0.3070 |
| 2025-08-08 | $0.1600 |
| 2025-02-28 | $0.2740 |
| 2024-08-16 | $0.1490 |
| 2024-02-29 | $0.2670 |
| 2023-08-10 | $0.1400 |
| 2023-02-23 | $0.2440 |
| 2022-08-11 | $0.1080 |
| 2022-03-03 | $0.2170 |
| 2021-08-12 | $0.1110 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3070 |
| 2025 | $0.4340 |
| 2024 | $0.4160 |
| 2023 | $0.3840 |
| 2022 | $0.3250 |
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