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Data last updated: Sep 28, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 28, 2026): Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RYCEY) pays a $0.11 annual dividend, yielding 0.75% at $19.71/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-10. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.75%
Annual Dividend: $0.11 per share
Payout Ratio: 42.9%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-10
Dividend Frequency: semi-annually
Sector: Industrials
Years of Dividend History: 31
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc dividend sits at $0.11 per share annually, yielding 0.74% at current prices. The company designs and manufactures aircraft engines for commercial airlines and business aviation through its Civil Aerospace division, while also supplying aero engines and naval propulsion systems for military customers through its Defence segment. RYCEY pays semi-annually, with the most recent dividend of $0.0802 per share and the next ex-dividend date set for August 10, 2026. With a beta of 1.279, this is not a low-volatility income holding, and the sub-1% yield reflects that income generation is not the primary draw here.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc pays out 42.9% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as moderate (40-60%). That level leaves meaningful earnings retained within the business, which spans Civil Aerospace, Power Systems, Defence, and the emerging New Markets segment focused on small modular reactors. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc dividend safety is not under obvious pressure from the payout ratio alone, but the history table shows at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, and a beta of 1.279 points to earnings that can move sharply with broader market conditions.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc dividend history shows a CAGR of 0.1% per year from 2003 to 2025. Per-share, that is movement from $0.1390 to $0.1426 over more than two decades (2026 data is partial and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 78.5% in 2011, which illustrates how lumpy the growth pattern has been rather than reflecting any sustained upward trend.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -2.6% | $0.15 (2017) | $0.14 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -16.0% | $0.34 (2015) | $0.14 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -5.0% | $0.24 (2010) | $0.14 (2025) |
RYCEY stock fits dividend investors who already hold the shares for other reasons and treat the income as secondary. The yield is low (below 2%), currently at 0.74%, and the 22-year CAGR of 0.1% means the per-share payment has barely moved in nominal terms. The 42.9% payout ratio is not stretched, so the dividend is not at obvious risk of a cut from overextension. What an investor gets here is a modest, semi-annual payment backed by a diversified industrial technology business spanning commercial aviation, defence, and power systems. The trade-off is that income growth has been negligible, and the stock's beta of 1.279 adds price volatility that income-focused investors typically prefer to avoid.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | $0.0800 |
| 2026-04-24 | $0.0670 |
| 2025-08-11 | $0.0613 |
| 2025-04-22 | $0.0813 |
| 2019-10-24 | $0.0603 |
| 2019-04-25 | $0.0937 |
| 2018-10-25 | $0.0586 |
| 2018-04-26 | $0.0940 |
| 2017-10-26 | $0.0623 |
| 2017-04-26 | $0.0918 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.1470 |
| 2025 | $0.1426 |
| 2019 | $0.1540 |
| 2018 | $0.1526 |
| 2017 | $0.1541 |
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