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Data last updated: Aug 10, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 10, 2026): Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) pays a $6.85 annual dividend ($0.57 monthly), yielding 2.15% at $19.71/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-04-24. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.15%
Annual Dividend: $6.85 per share
Payout Ratio: 15.3%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-04-24
Dividend Frequency: monthly
Sector: Basic Materials
Years of Dividend History: 20
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited dividend comes from a company with over seven decades of mining history, operating gold, silver, uranium, and copper assets across South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. The current yield stands at 2.15%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $6.85 per share paid monthly. The next ex-dividend date is April 24, 2026. HMY's beta of 0.792 places it below average market volatility, which appeals to dividend investors seeking exposure to gold mining without the full price swings typical of the sector.
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited pays out 15.3% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves substantial room to absorb earnings pressure from gold price swings or operational disruptions across HMY's nine underground South African operations and its Papua New Guinea assets. The most significant risk to Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited dividend safety is the company's exposure to commodity prices: gold revenue drives earnings, and a sustained drop in gold prices directly compresses the earnings base that supports the payout.
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited dividend history shows a CAGR of 1.8% per year from 1999 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.1198 to $0.1909 over that span (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 213.4% in 2002. Growth is slow, and the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the earnings volatility inherent in gold mining.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Year | +24.0% | $0.07 (2017) | $0.19 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +10.7% | $0.07 (2010) | $0.19 (2025) |
HMY stock fits dividend investors who want gold sector exposure paired with a low payout ratio and moderate current income. The yield of moderate (2–4%) at 2.15% is meaningful on its own, but it looks especially notable against the 5-year average yield of just 0.49%, showing the current payout is far above what HMY has historically offered. The 15.3% payout ratio keeps the dividend well-covered. The trade-off is growth: at 1.8% CAGR over 26 years, Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited is not a dividend grower in any meaningful sense. Income investors get a conservatively covered yield tied to a global gold miner, but they accept minimal dividend growth and commodity-driven earnings volatility.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | $0.3187 |
| 2025-10-10 | $0.0710 |
| 2025-04-11 | $0.1199 |
| 2024-10-11 | $0.0525 |
| 2024-04-11 | $0.0779 |
| 2023-10-12 | $0.0404 |
| 2022-10-13 | $0.0100 |
| 2022-04-07 | $0.0220 |
| 2021-10-14 | $0.0150 |
| 2021-04-15 | $0.0770 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.3187 |
| 2025 | $0.1909 |
| 2024 | $0.1304 |
| 2023 | $0.0404 |
| 2022 | $0.0320 |
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