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Data last updated: Oct 02, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 02, 2026): KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) pays a $0.76 annual dividend ($0.20 quarterly), yielding 0.83% at $91.24/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-10. 6 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.83%
Annual Dividend: $0.76 per share
Payout Ratio: 26.4%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-10
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 17
KKR & Co. Inc. dividend income comes from one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, a firm built on private equity, real estate, and credit strategies spanning buyouts, growth equity, and distressed assets across more than a dozen countries. The current yield sits at 0.75%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.76 per share paid quarterly. The next ex-dividend date is August 10, 2026. With a beta of 1.791, KKR stock carries meaningful price volatility, making it a better fit for growth-oriented dividend investors than those seeking steady income.
KKR & Co. Inc. pays out 26.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low retention of earnings relative to the dividend leaves substantial room to absorb earnings pressure without touching the payout. KKR & Co. Inc. dividend safety is further supported by the firm's diversified revenue streams across private equity, real estate, credit, and infrastructure, though as an asset manager, fee income and carried interest can fluctuate with market conditions, which is the most data-supported pressure point on the dividend.
KKR & Co. Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 0.2% per year from 2011 to 2025. Per-share, that translates from $0.71 to $0.73 over the full window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR). The largest single-year jump was 92.9% in 2013, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so growth has been anything but linear. At 0.2% annually, dividend growth has been essentially flat in real terms.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +6.2% | $0.61 (2022) | $0.73 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +6.6% | $0.53 (2020) | $0.73 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -7.4% | $1.58 (2015) | $0.73 (2025) |
KKR stock fits dividend investors who are comfortable accepting a low current yield in exchange for exposure to a globally diversified alternative asset manager. The yield of 0.75% is classified as low (below 2%), and it sits above the 5-year average of 0.64%, which means income has modestly improved relative to recent norms. The 26.4% payout ratio keeps the dividend well-covered, but six consecutive years of increases have produced only marginal per-share growth at 0.2% annually. The trade-off is clear: the dividend is conservatively funded and has grown without interruption recently, but income-focused investors get a thin yield with slow growth.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | $0.1950 |
| 2026-05-15 | $0.1950 |
| 2026-02-17 | $0.1850 |
| 2025-11-17 | $0.1850 |
| 2025-08-11 | $0.1850 |
| 2025-05-12 | $0.1850 |
| 2025-02-14 | $0.1750 |
| 2024-11-04 | $0.1750 |
| 2024-08-12 | $0.1750 |
| 2024-05-10 | $0.1750 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.5750 |
| 2025 | $0.7300 |
| 2024 | $0.6900 |
| 2023 | $0.6500 |
| 2022 | $0.6100 |
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