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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBF) pays a $1.64 annual dividend ($0.41 quarterly), yielding 5.99% at $36.81/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-20. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 5.99%
Annual Dividend: $1.64 per share
Payout Ratio: 75.4%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-20
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Years of Dividend History: 17
Imperial Brands PLC dividend history stretches back to 2015, and today the Bristol-based tobacco company pays a 6.57% yield on brands like Davidoff, Golden Virginia, and Blu. Trailing twelve-month payments total $1.6352 per share, paid quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date set for August 21, 2026. IMBBF carries a beta of just 0.145, meaning its price moves very little relative to the broader market. That low volatility profile makes IMBBF a stock income-focused investors tend to gravitate toward when prioritizing yield over price appreciation.
Imperial Brands PLC pays out 74.2% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as elevated (60–75%). Tobacco products, including cigarettes and oral nicotine under brands like JPS and Skruf, generate recurring consumer demand across Europe, the Americas, and beyond, which supports the current payout level. Imperial Brands PLC dividend safety faces pressure from the long-term structural decline in cigarette volumes, a risk the company's pivot toward vapour and heated tobacco products has not yet fully offset in the dividend data.
Imperial Brands PLC dividend history shows a CAGR of -2.9% per year from 2015 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $3.0760 in 2015 to $2.2976 in 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 19.8% in 2025, but the overall trend across the decade is negative, and the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +9.0% | $1.78 (2022) | $2.30 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +3.5% | $1.94 (2020) | $2.30 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -2.9% | $3.08 (2015) | $2.30 (2025) |
IMBBF is a high-yield income stock built for investors who want cash flow from a global tobacco business and can accept a dividend that has shrunk in real terms over the past decade. The current yield of 6.57% sits well above its 5-year average of 5.83%, a high (above 4%) reading that reflects both the elevated payout and the market's pricing of long-term volume risk in the cigarette category. Three consecutive years of dividend increases through 2025 show recent momentum, but the -2.9% CAGR since 2015 is a clear reminder that this streak follows years of cuts. The trade-off is straightforward: a generous current yield paired with a dividend that has not kept pace with inflation over the full history window.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | $0.5686 |
| 2026-05-22 | $0.5600 |
| 2026-02-20 | $0.5411 |
| 2025-11-28 | $0.5311 |
| 2025-08-22 | $0.5421 |
| 2025-05-23 | $0.5414 |
| 2025-02-21 | $0.6830 |
| 2024-11-29 | $0.6882 |
| 2024-08-23 | $0.2939 |
| 2024-05-23 | $0.2855 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.6697 |
| 2025 | $2.2976 |
| 2024 | $1.9186 |
| 2023 | $1.7831 |
| 2022 | $1.7766 |
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