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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) pays a $1.84 annual dividend ($0.46 quarterly), yielding 2.60% at $70.78/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-07-30. 10+ consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.60%
Annual Dividend: $1.84 per share
Payout Ratio: 43.1%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-07-30
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 13
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. pays a dividend backed by one of the largest regional banking networks in the United States, with roughly 1,200 branches across 14 states. The Citizens Financial Group, Inc. dividend currently yields 2.6%, with a trailing annual rate of $1.84 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is July 30, 2026, and the last declared payment was $0.46 per share. CFG stock carries a beta of 0.997, making it a near market-neutral holding for dividend investors who want regional banking exposure without outsized volatility.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. pays out 43.1% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as moderate (40–60%). That level leaves meaningful earnings retained within the business, which spans both consumer lending products like mortgages and home equity loans and a commercial banking arm serving corporate clients across industries including healthcare, technology, and commercial real estate. Citizens Financial Group, Inc. dividend safety faces its most direct pressure from interest rate sensitivity, a structural feature of regional banking that can compress net interest margins and, in turn, earnings available to support the payout.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 15.7% per year from 2015 to 2025. The per-share annual dividend grew from $0.40 in 2015 to $1.72 in 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 53.1% in 2018, while growth slowed to roughly 2.4% in 2023 and was flat in 2024, showing that the pace of increases has decelerated in recent years.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +2.0% | $1.62 (2022) | $1.72 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +2.0% | $1.56 (2020) | $1.72 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +15.7% | $0.40 (2015) | $1.72 (2025) |
CFG stock fits dividend investors who want a moderate-yielding regional bank with a decade of unbroken annual increases. The current yield of 2.6% sits above the 5-year average of 2.33%, meaning today's entry point offers slightly more income than the historical norm. The 43.1% payout ratio keeps the dividend well-covered, but growth has slowed materially from the double-digit pace of earlier years. Citizens Financial Group, Inc. offers a yield classified as moderate (2–4%), and the trade-off is clear: income is present and the payout appears covered, but investors accept slower dividend growth going forward based on recent annual increases.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | $0.4600 |
| 2026-04-30 | $0.4600 |
| 2026-02-04 | $0.4600 |
| 2025-10-29 | $0.4600 |
| 2025-07-31 | $0.4200 |
| 2025-04-30 | $0.4200 |
| 2025-01-31 | $0.4200 |
| 2024-10-30 | $0.4200 |
| 2024-07-31 | $0.4200 |
| 2024-04-30 | $0.4200 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.3800 |
| 2025 | $1.7200 |
| 2024 | $1.6800 |
| 2023 | $1.6800 |
| 2022 | $1.6200 |
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