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Data last updated: Aug 31, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 31, 2026): Telefónica, S.A. (TELFY) pays a $0.30 annual dividend ($0.07 quarterly), yielding 8.24% at $4.13/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-17. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 8.24%
Annual Dividend: $0.30 per share
Payout Ratio: -57.6%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-17
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Communication Services
Years of Dividend History: 35
Telefónica, S.A. dividend investors are looking at one of Europe's largest telecom operators, a Madrid-based company founded in 1924 that provides mobile, broadband, and TV services across Europe and Latin America. The current yield stands at 8.23%, placing TELFY firmly in high-yield territory. Payments arrive quarterly, with the last dividend at $0.1719 per share and the next ex-dividend date set for June 17, 2026, on a trailing annual rate of $0.30 per share. With a beta of 0.312, TELFY stock moves far less than the broader market, which suits income-focused investors who prioritize low price volatility over capital appreciation.
Telefónica, S.A. pays out -57.6% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%) on a cash-flow basis. The company's broad revenue base, spanning mobile voice, broadband, cloud, and digital services across multiple countries, supports the current payout level. Telefónica, S.A. dividend safety faces its most visible pressure from the long-term decline in the per-share dividend amount, which has fallen from $0.6883 in 2006 to $0.3490 in 2025, reflecting the structural challenges common to large telecom operators over that period.
Telefónica, S.A. dividend history shows a CAGR of -3.5% per year from 2006 to 2025. Per-share payments fell from $0.6883 at the start of the window to $0.3490 by 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 38.3% in 2008, but the data also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, and the overall direction over nearly two decades has been downward. Growth is slow, and for income investors focused on rising income streams, that is the central trade-off with this stock.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +3.7% | $0.31 (2022) | $0.35 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -5.1% | $0.45 (2020) | $0.35 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -9.8% | $0.98 (2015) | $0.35 (2025) |
TELFY fits income-focused investors who want a high current yield and can accept a dividend that has declined in per-share terms over time. The yield classification is high (above 4%), currently at 8.23%, and that figure sits just above the 5-year average of 8.19%, meaning the yield has been persistently elevated rather than temporarily inflated. Three consecutive years of dividend increases show recent stabilization, but the 19-year CAGR of -3.5% per year is the honest long-term picture. What an investor gets here is a large, geographically diversified telecom operator paying a substantial quarterly income stream. What they accept is a dividend that has shrunk in real terms over the long run.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | $0.1747 |
| 2025-12-17 | $0.1760 |
| 2025-06-18 | $0.1730 |
| 2024-12-18 | $0.1550 |
| 2024-06-18 | $0.1630 |
| 2023-12-12 | $0.1590 |
| 2023-06-13 | $0.1650 |
| 2022-12-13 | $0.1550 |
| 2022-06-01 | $0.1580 |
| 2021-12-01 | $0.1660 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.1747 |
| 2025 | $0.3490 |
| 2024 | $0.3180 |
| 2023 | $0.3240 |
| 2022 | $0.3130 |
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