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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Compass Group PLC (CMPGY) pays a $0.69 annual dividend, yielding 2.11% at $32.63/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-18. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.11%
Annual Dividend: $0.69 per share
Payout Ratio: 36.5%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-18
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Years of Dividend History: 16
Compass Group PLC dividend investors are buying into one of the world's largest food and support services businesses, spanning corporate cafeterias, hospital cleaning, school facilities, and remote camp management. The current yield sits at 2.2%, with trailing twelve-month payments totaling $0.6880 per share. The next ex-dividend date is June 18, 2026. A beta of 0.659 means CMPGY stock moves meaningfully less than the broader market, which suits income investors who prioritize price stability alongside their payout.
Compass Group PLC pays out 36.5% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That level of earnings retention gives the company substantial room to maintain the dividend even if profits dip, and the breadth of sectors CMPGY serves, from healthcare and education to defense and remote operations, spreads demand across multiple end markets. The primary pressure on Compass Group PLC dividend safety is the Consumer Cyclical classification: portions of the business tied to sports, leisure, and corporate dining can contract when economic conditions tighten, as the dividend history's year-over-year declines confirm.
Compass Group PLC dividend history shows a CAGR of 6.6% per year from 2010 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.2377 to $0.6170 over that span (2026 data is partial and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest single-year jump in the window was 287.4% in 2014, though the history also contains at least one annual decline exceeding 5%, so growth has not been linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +27.2% | $0.30 (2022) | $0.62 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +4.7% | $0.49 (2019) | $0.62 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -8.5% | $1.51 (2014) | $0.62 (2025) |
CMPGY fits dividend investors who want a moderate yield backed by a genuinely low payout ratio. At 2.2%, the yield falls in the moderate (2–4%) range and sits above the stock's own 5-year average of 1.5%, meaning the current entry point offers more income than the historical norm. Three consecutive years of dividend increases show recent momentum, but the history includes cuts, so the streak is short. What an investor gets here is a conservatively funded payout from a large, diversified services business. The trade-off is that 6.6% annual dividend growth, while respectable, is not fast enough to dramatically compound income over short holding periods.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | $0.2550 |
| 2026-01-16 | $0.4330 |
| 2025-06-20 | $0.2260 |
| 2025-01-17 | $0.3910 |
| 2024-06-14 | $0.2070 |
| 2024-01-18 | $0.3570 |
| 2023-06-08 | $0.1926 |
| 2023-01-19 | $0.2690 |
| 2022-06-09 | $0.1139 |
| 2022-01-20 | $0.1860 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.6880 |
| 2025 | $0.6170 |
| 2024 | $0.5640 |
| 2023 | $0.4616 |
| 2022 | $0.2999 |
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