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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (VOD) pays a $0.46 annual dividend, yielding 3.17% at $16.90/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-06-05. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 3.17%
Annual Dividend: $0.46 per share
Payout Ratio: -267.4%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-06-05
Sector: Communication Services
Years of Dividend History: 38
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company dividend investors are looking at a global telecom operator with 323 million mobile subscribers, fixed broadband, and platforms like M-Pesa spanning Europe and Africa. The current yield sits at 3.17%, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $0.4600 per share. The next ex-dividend date is June 5, 2026, with the last payment of $0.2695 per share. VOD's beta of 0.333 points to low price volatility, which appeals to income-focused investors who prioritize steadiness over capital gains.
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company pays out -267.4% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That negative figure reflects a period of reported losses rather than an outsized cash commitment, and the company's broad revenue base across mobile, broadband, IoT services, and M-Pesa payments provides multiple income streams that underpin the current payout level. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company dividend safety faces pressure from the fact that earnings have turned negative, meaning the dividend is not currently covered by reported profits, which is the most significant data-supported risk in the available figures.
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company dividend history shows a CAGR of -1.0% per year from 2006 to 2023. Per-share payments moved from $1.1611 at the start of the window to $0.9857 by 2023 (2024, 2025, and 2026 figures are partial years and excluded from the CAGR). The largest annual increase in the window was 311.0% in 2014, but the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, confirming that growth has not been linear. A negative CAGR over 17 years means income investors have seen the purchasing power of their dividend erode over time.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -16.2% | $0.90 (2022) | $0.53 (2025) |
| 5-Year | -12.0% | $1.01 (2020) | $0.53 (2025) |
| 10-Year | -11.2% | $1.74 (2015) | $0.53 (2025) |
VOD fits income-focused investors who want low price volatility and can accept a dividend that has declined in real terms over time. The yield of 3.17% falls in the moderate (2–4%) range, and it sits meaningfully below the 5-year average yield of 4.95%, which tells you the stock has re-rated upward in price or the dividend has been trimmed. The payout ratio is classified as conservative, but negative earnings make that label less reassuring than it sounds. What an investor gets here is a low-beta telecom with global scale and a mid-single-digit yield history. The trade-off is a dividend that has shrunk in per-share terms since 2006 and earnings that do not currently cover the payout.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | $0.2695 |
| 2025-11-24 | $0.2676 |
| 2025-06-06 | $0.2639 |
| 2024-11-22 | $0.2348 |
| 2024-06-07 | $0.4887 |
| 2023-11-22 | $0.4888 |
| 2023-06-08 | $0.4969 |
| 2022-11-23 | $0.4480 |
| 2022-06-03 | $0.4550 |
| 2021-11-24 | $0.5020 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.2695 |
| 2025 | $0.5315 |
| 2024 | $0.7235 |
| 2023 | $0.9857 |
| 2022 | $0.9030 |
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