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Data last updated: Sep 02, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 02, 2026): Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) pays a $0.85 annual dividend ($0.22 quarterly), yielding 0.25% at $332.03/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-04. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.25%
Annual Dividend: $0.85 per share
Payout Ratio: 4.2%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-04
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Communication Services
Years of Dividend History: 3
Alphabet Inc. dividend history is short but striking: the company only began paying dividends in 2024. The trailing annual dividend rate stands at $0.85 per share, paid quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date on September 4, 2026. GOOG currently yields 0.24%, placing it firmly in low-yield territory. Growth-focused income investors are the natural audience here, given a beta of 1.247 and a dividend that has expanded rapidly in its brief existence.
Alphabet Inc. pays out just 4.2% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That figure leaves an enormous buffer: the company's Google Services segment, which spans Search, YouTube, and Android, generates the advertising and subscription revenue that underpins the current payout level. Alphabet Inc. dividend safety looks strong by the numbers today, though the dividend's short history means there is limited data on how the company manages payouts through a prolonged revenue downturn.
Alphabet Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 38.3% per year from 2024 to 2025. The per-share annual dividend grew from $0.60 to $0.83 over that period (2026 data is partial and excluded from the growth calculation, with Alphabet Inc. dividend 2026 figures reflecting only payments made to date). The smallest annual increase in the window was 38.3% in 2025, which is also the only full-year increase on record. For income investors, that pace is exceptional, but one data point is not a pattern.
GOOG stock fits growth-and-income investors who treat the dividend as a bonus on top of business exposure, not as a primary income source. The yield is low (below 2%), currently sitting at just 0.24%, so anyone relying on quarterly payments to fund expenses will find it falls short. What Alphabet Inc. offers instead is a 38.3% one-year growth rate on a payout that consumes only 4.2% of earnings, leaving room for continued increases if management chooses to pursue them. The trade-off is clear: investors accept a near-negligible current yield in exchange for a fast-growing dividend backed by one of the largest digital advertising and cloud businesses in the world.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | $0.2200 |
| 2026-06-08 | $0.2200 |
| 2026-03-09 | $0.2100 |
| 2025-12-08 | $0.2100 |
| 2025-09-08 | $0.2100 |
| 2025-06-09 | $0.2100 |
| 2025-03-10 | $0.2000 |
| 2024-12-09 | $0.2000 |
| 2024-09-09 | $0.2000 |
| 2024-06-10 | $0.2000 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.6500 |
| 2025 | $0.8300 |
| 2024 | $0.6000 |
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