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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Gold Fields Limited (GFI) pays a $2.14 annual dividend, yielding 5.73% at $37.60/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-11. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 5.73%
Annual Dividend: $2.14 per share
Payout Ratio: 31.8%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-11
Dividend Frequency: semi-annually
Sector: Basic Materials
Years of Dividend History: 40
Gold Fields Limited dividend currently yields 6.8%, making it one of the higher-yielding names in the global gold mining sector. The company operates nine mines across Chile, South Africa, Ghana, Australia, and Peru, producing roughly 2.34 million gold-equivalent ounces annually. GFI pays semi-annually, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $2.3933 per share and an ex-dividend date of September 11, 2026. With a beta of 0.648, GFI stock moves less than the broader market, which appeals to income-focused investors who want commodity exposure without extreme price swings.
Gold Fields Limited pays out 36.3% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves meaningful room to sustain payments even if gold prices soften, given the company's large reserve base of approximately 48.6 million ounces and annual production of 2.34 million gold-equivalent ounces. Gold Fields Limited dividend safety faces its clearest pressure from gold price volatility: mining earnings are directly tied to commodity prices, and a sharp drop in gold would compress the earnings that support the current payout.
Gold Fields Limited dividend history shows a CAGR of 7.3% per year from 2006 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.2043 to $0.7772 over that period (2026 data is partial and excluded from the growth calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 202.5% in 2020, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so growth has not been linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +30.2% | $0.35 (2022) | $0.78 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +37.2% | $0.16 (2020) | $0.78 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +44.6% | $0.02 (2015) | $0.78 (2025) |
GFI stock fits income-focused investors who want meaningful yield from a large-scale gold miner with a conservative payout structure. The yield classification is high (above 4%), and at 6.8% today it sits well above the 5-year average yield of 1.13%, a gap that reflects how much the dividend has grown in recent years. The trade-off is that earnings, and therefore the dividend, are exposed to gold price cycles. What an investor gets here is a high current yield backed by a low payout ratio; what they accept is commodity-driven income variability rather than the predictable growth of a consumer staples payer.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | $0.9930 |
| 2026-03-13 | $1.3654 |
| 2025-09-12 | $0.4020 |
| 2025-03-14 | $0.3752 |
| 2024-09-13 | $0.1693 |
| 2024-03-14 | $0.2190 |
| 2023-09-07 | $0.1711 |
| 2023-03-16 | $0.2425 |
| 2022-09-15 | $0.1780 |
| 2022-03-10 | $0.1738 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.3584 |
| 2025 | $0.7772 |
| 2024 | $0.3882 |
| 2023 | $0.4136 |
| 2022 | $0.3518 |
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