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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Imperial Brands PLC (IMBBY) pays a $1.64 annual dividend, yielding 6.57% at $33.51/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-21. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 6.57%
Annual Dividend: $1.64 per share
Payout Ratio: 74.2%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-21
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Years of Dividend History: 30
Imperial Brands PLC dividend income comes from one of the world's oldest tobacco companies, founded in 1901 and headquartered in Bristol, UK. IMBBY currently yields 6.57%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $1.6352 per share. The company sells cigarettes, e-vapour devices, and oral nicotine products under brands including Davidoff, Gauloises, and blu across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. A beta of 0.144 points to very low price volatility, which suits income-focused investors who prioritize steady payouts over capital gains.
Imperial Brands PLC pays out 74.2% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as elevated (60–75%). That level is near the upper end of what most income investors consider sustainable, though the company's global tobacco and next-generation product portfolio, spanning cigarettes, heated tobacco, and oral nicotine, serves markets with recurring demand. Imperial Brands PLC dividend safety faces pressure from the long-run decline in the per-share dividend, which has fallen from $2.5329 in 2007 to $2.3253 in 2025, a -0.5% annual rate that leaves little room for payout expansion at current earnings coverage.
Imperial Brands PLC dividend history shows a CAGR of -0.5% per year from 2007 to 2025. Per-share payments started at $2.5329 and ended at $2.3253 in 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The dividend history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, confirming this is not an unbroken growth record despite the current three-year streak of consecutive increases.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +9.8% | $1.76 (2022) | $2.33 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +2.3% | $2.08 (2020) | $2.33 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -8.2% | $5.50 (2015) | $2.33 (2025) |
IMBBY stock fits income-focused investors who want a high current yield from a global tobacco business and can accept flat-to-negative long-run dividend growth. The yield of 6.57% is classified as high (above 4%) and sits above the 5-year average of 5.78%, which means buyers today are locking in an above-average income rate relative to recent history. The trade-off is real: the dividend has declined in per-share terms over the full 18-year window, and a 74.2% payout ratio leaves limited capacity to accelerate growth. What IMBBY offers is yield; what it does not offer is meaningful dividend appreciation.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | $0.5673 |
| 2026-05-22 | $0.5511 |
| 2026-02-20 | $0.5288 |
| 2025-11-28 | $0.5375 |
| 2025-08-22 | $0.5384 |
| 2025-05-23 | $0.5488 |
| 2025-02-21 | $0.7006 |
| 2024-11-29 | $0.6790 |
| 2024-08-23 | $0.2999 |
| 2024-05-24 | $0.2834 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.6472 |
| 2025 | $2.3253 |
| 2024 | $1.9161 |
| 2023 | $1.8026 |
| 2022 | $1.7570 |
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