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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFNF) pays a $78.50 annual dividend, yielding 2.76% at $20.64/share. Next ex-dividend date 2027-03-30. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.76%
Annual Dividend: $78.50 per share
Payout Ratio: 35.2%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2027-03-30
Dividend Frequency: semi-annually
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 25
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. dividend pays semi-annually, with the last dividend at $0.5720 per share and an ex-dividend date of 2027-03-30. SMFNF is a Tokyo-headquartered financial group offering banking, leasing, securities, and consumer finance across Japan and global markets including the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The current yield stands at 2.65%, with trailing annual payments of $78.50 per share. Low price sensitivity to the broader market, reflected in a beta of 0.401, makes this stock a fit for income investors who prioritize reduced volatility.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. pays out 35.2% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That level of earnings retention leaves meaningful room to sustain payments even if profits dip, and the company's diversified revenue across wholesale banking, retail wealth management, and global markets reduces reliance on any single business line. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. dividend safety is supported by that low payout ratio, though currency fluctuations across its multi-region operations (Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia) represent a data-supported source of pressure on reported per-share dividend amounts.
Over the past 14 years, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 10.3% per year from 2010 to 2024. Per-share dividends grew from $0.3967 to $1.5568 over that window (2026 data is partial and incomplete). The history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so growth has not been uninterrupted, and the largest single-year jump was 153.1% in 2024.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +19.4% | $0.55 (2022) | $0.94 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +9.1% | $0.61 (2020) | $0.94 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +8.1% | $0.43 (2015) | $0.94 (2025) |
SMFNF suits dividend investors who want moderate income from a diversified financial group with a low-volatility profile. The current yield of 2.65% falls in the moderate (2-4%) range, and it sits below the 5-year average yield of 3.44%, meaning the stock currently delivers less income relative to its own recent history. The 35.2% payout ratio is genuinely conservative, which supports payment continuity. The trade-off is that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. stock carries currency exposure across its global operations, and with only one consecutive year of dividend increases, income growth is not yet a defining feature of this stock.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2027-03-30 | $0.2833 |
| 2026-09-29 | $0.5720 |
| 2026-03-31 | $0.4966 |
| 2025-09-30 | $0.5271 |
| 2025-03-31 | $0.4136 |
| 2024-09-30 | $1.2597 |
| 2024-03-28 | $0.2971 |
| 2023-09-28 | $0.3013 |
| 2023-03-30 | $0.3138 |
| 2022-09-29 | $0.2653 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2027 | $0.2833 |
| 2026 | $1.0686 |
| 2025 | $0.9407 |
| 2024 | $1.5568 |
| 2023 | $0.6151 |
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