The free dividend tracker to help you grow your wealth. Link your brokerage accounts and MerryDiv automatically syncs your holdings and dividends.
Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Tencent Holdings Limited (TCEHY) pays a $4.76 annual dividend, yielding 1.28% at $52.75/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-05-18. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.28%
Annual Dividend: $4.76 per share
Payout Ratio: 18.6%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-05-18
Sector: Communication Services
Years of Dividend History: 18
Tencent Holdings Limited dividend investors are looking at a 1.23% yield from one of China's largest technology and internet companies. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Shenzhen, TCEHY operates across online gaming, social networking, FinTech, cloud computing, and digital advertising. The trailing annual dividend rate stands at $4.5225 per share, with the next ex-dividend date set for May 18, 2026. At a beta of 0.733, TCEHY stock moves with less volatility than the broader market, which suits growth-and-income investors who can accept a low current yield in exchange for fast dividend growth.
Tencent Holdings Limited pays out 20.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves substantial room within earnings to sustain and grow the dividend, supported by a business spanning high-engagement platforms like online gaming and social networking alongside recurring FinTech and cloud services revenue. Tencent Holdings Limited dividend safety faces its most meaningful pressure from geographic concentration: the core business operates primarily in Mainland China, where regulatory shifts have historically affected the internet sector. No data in the available record points to an earnings shortfall, but that regulatory exposure is the clearest risk the numbers cannot fully capture.
Tencent Holdings Limited dividend history shows a CAGR of 29.6% per year from 2009 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.0090 to $0.5726 over that window (with 2026 partial at $0.6749 so far and excluded from the CAGR calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 625.0% in 2022, reflecting the lumpy, non-linear nature of TCEHY's dividend progression. The history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so the growth rate has not been a straight line upward.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -27.4% | $1.50 (2022) | $0.57 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +29.9% | $0.15 (2020) | $0.57 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +28.6% | $0.05 (2015) | $0.57 (2025) |
TCEHY fits growth-and-income investors who treat the dividend as a signal of earnings confidence rather than a primary income source. The yield is low (below 2%), and at 1.23% it sits below the stock's own 5-year average yield of 1.73%, meaning buyers today receive less current income than the historical norm. The trade-off is a 29.6% annualized growth rate over 16 years, driven by a business with scale across gaming, FinTech, and digital advertising. One consecutive year of increases is a thin streak, and the history includes at least one meaningful decline, so income investors who need predictability accept real variability here. What TCEHY offers is growth potential; what it does not offer is a high or steady income stream.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | $0.6749 |
| 2025-05-19 | $0.5726 |
| 2024-05-17 | $0.4340 |
| 2023-05-18 | $0.3056 |
| 2023-01-04 | $1.6457 |
| 2022-05-19 | $0.2050 |
| 2022-01-19 | $1.2900 |
| 2021-05-21 | $0.2062 |
| 2020-05-14 | $0.1548 |
| 2019-05-16 | $0.1270 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.6749 |
| 2025 | $0.5726 |
| 2024 | $0.4340 |
| 2023 | $1.9513 |
| 2022 | $1.4950 |
Project income from TCEHY with the TCEHY dividend calculator or track your full portfolio with the dividend tracker.